Amalone, don't agree with 100% of your post (a little to much homerism if that is a word), but have to say it was well thought out and enjoyable to read. That is the Amalone I wish you we're all the time, that post you left out all that pompous over the top attitude, just had to say that from your anti-amalone friend.
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If trouble means being ranked 2nd-4th at the start of the season and still being ranked 2nd-4th, then no, we're not in trouble. If trouble means not being favored to win an NCAA title for the 6th straight year, then yes.
This.
This season we're on course to finish where expected. The "trouble" is that we are no longer ever expected to win. And we're definitely in trouble of remaining that way for the foreseeable future.
(Comments from TarpHawk 1st and then from Artradley... Hawk fans on Hawkeye Report) (Sorry I didn't add the LIKES to support the long term prognosis from these less than happy Hawk fans.)
I think what is getting old is the Hawk's performance on the mat for many Hawk fans. I wouldn't worry about what Penn State fans feel about your coach. You should worry about how your coach is recruiting and then coaching up those marginal recruits. Your coach in his post Minnesota interview said... "It can't be done with just 4 guys." He's a realist, but in making that statement, who's recruiting responsibility is it to get talent comparable to those four? Tom Brands seemed again to be counting on a late season "March Miracle" to get it done in his post match comments. Stating that a lot of progress needs to be made by the remaining 6 between now and Nationals. I would be worried about that. Not about what Penn State fans think about your coach. I would be concerned as these Hawks fans are... as to the long term direction of the team as Penn State and Ohio State outpace Iowa in the recruiting department.
Isn't doing things the same way and expecting change the definition of INSANITY.
And Cael left Iowa willingly and you can see the stunning results. He wasn't run out of anywhere. You don't have to be a Iowian for life to know the sting of being 2nd all the time. Cael said he came to Penn State to create a dynasty. Sentence one in his intro interview. It's becoming glaring that Cael made the absolute best decision he could have made to maximize his talents and bring to bare the immense home grown talent in Pennsylvania and then develop that talent at Penn State. It's not a fluke that Pennsylvania produces talents like Ed Ruth's, Zain Retherford and Jason Nolf's that electrify collegiate wrestling. And it's not a fluke that Cael can take a David Taylor or James English and turn them both into glaring success stories. Again... it's the CULTURE at Penn State that Cael, Cody and Casey Cunningham have created here. It's one I wouldn't give up for the world.
I need to get some sleep now. I can't wait to get to a rocking Rec Hall tomorrow and see Penn State wrestlers lift the roof off of Rec Hall.
And it was tad quiet Chief because Penn State fans were a tad spoiled with the four year run. A relative reloading year got things... back to normal around here. The year was worth the wait to see how the team along with it's phenom's ... Zain, Jason and Bo would mature. Tomorrow with be another testament for that wait. It brings back the DT, Ed "Money" and Q days... back to memory and into clear view. Nothing more exciting as a fan... than to see the progress the team and it's phenom parts have taken. It's electric wrestling at it's best.
i agree, I saw two as well. wondered why it wasn't reversed.... maybe it was the reverse Psyche - too much static in the ref ears.
Cael had a great vision and followed it. He knew that making the move to the most talented HS wrestling state in the US would only serve to help him win championships. TnT chose to ride on the coat tails of Gable's legacy. Cael is building his own legacy.
Naw, I think we should play that video right before the match and at every delay and intermission. We should ask for a second intermission so it can be shown again. The crowd will go wild.
Mike... There wasn't any "homerism" in that statement. Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford and Jason Nolf were and are electrifying. If you had a seat next to me in Rec Hall for the matches that Frank Molinaro, Quentin Wright, David Taylor, Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, and Jason Nolf bring and brought the house down, you'd become a bigger fan of wrestling. Maybe not so much of Penn State, because you can't "ride" a Nittany Lion, but you can ride a Poke. You know I'm kidding. I'm calling NO homerism on that one.
Cal knew the only way he could beat Brands and Iowa was to get the heck out of Iowa State. He was getting beat and out recurited badly. I give him credit that he saw that, but he ran Bobby Dogulas out of Iowa State and then pulls this. He is yes a good coach., but Arz chief could coach this team to title. Sure he recurited them but no way would your Penn state high school wrestlers go to Iowa State to wrestle.Only thing I will say is if Brands was at Penn State he would be doing just as good, he would be getting the cream of the crop of your state wrestlers. Enough of this bull who is better Both Cal and Brands are good coaches, represent the sport well and support and love their wrestlers. So us fans just enloy the show without being such assess to one another.
Jeez fellow, what has happened to you? You seem a little irate this day. Sleep it off, come back and see us in the morning.So what if you don't win four in a row now. Will you be able to get up in the morning.
This. The whole Brands at Iowa, Cael at Iowa State comparison mystified me. If Brands took his first job at Iowa State and Cael took over at Iowa at the same time, what would have been the likely results? Did Brands win any titles that I'm unaware of at VA Tech?
Chief... Cael saw an opportunity to leave as has been stated directly from his mouth as Penn State administration had contacted him about coaching at Penn State. He left to create a dynasty. He wasn't doing that from the rustic confines of IOWA.
Cael didn't get run out of Iowa. He left on his own -- which was the source of all the butt-hurt in Iowa over him leaving, Bael, and the like. This is disappointing, you're usually a lot saner than this.
"He got run out"? Really, I remember a lot of angst coming from ISU when Cael left. Maybe that was just posturing.
