Ugly situation, it seems like maybe Buffalo doesn't want a wrestling team anymore...
Coaching changes 2024
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There's a school right down the road in Erie that could probably use some D1 wrestlers right about now. Just saying.
I was actually referring to Mercyhurst, which is transitioning from D2 to D1 next year.
They’re starting the process next year. I’ve been told they’ve got a bunch of guys in the portal now because of the postseason ban during the transition. I’d imagine they’ll participate in the NCWA championships in the meantime
That's just a pipe dream from Tanya.
The John Smith retirement news conference is worth a watch.
A true legend of the sport and a good man.
A true legend of the sport and a good man.
That's a shame. Their tournament performance this year hinted they may have been making huge strides forward.
At Nebraska they are hiring Miss Manners to teach Marky Manning how to use Twitter and exit an arena without being a douche. Tough task, so pay will be premium and rumor is they are hiring AJ Ferrari. I know what everybody is thinking, what!? The reasoning is that despite AJ continous childlike and criminal behaviors that he will be able to teach Coach Manning to do a split and the athletic administration will then be able to disengage his head from his ass and his Twitter and arena exiting skills (and manners) will improve.
Word is this big news is Pitt adding former Oklahoma head coach Lou Rosselli to their staff.
Rosselli previously ran the Ohio RTC when the Bucks had their run at/near the top. If true, it's a huge hire for Gavin.
Rosselli previously ran the Ohio RTC when the Bucks had their run at/near the top. If true, it's a huge hire for Gavin.
I just don"t get this. That program has the potential to do so much better.
Good for PSU though, will keep the pipeline of Whisky wrestlers wide open.
What's the back story with Barbour??
All i can find is that Cael and Franklin didn't love her...
Thanks in advance.
For one, she required coaches to submit weekly reports for review of the programs. Russ Rose spent an entire flight from Philly to Atlanta sitting next to my best friend explaining how he spends more time explaining his program's needs and goals to Sandy than he did coaching and recruiting combined.
There was the one summer he would not sign his contract until the negotiations for his assistant coaches' pay was taken out of the AD's hands and negotiated to Cael's satisfaction at a level way above Sandy's pay scale.
Sandy wasn't the vaccine problem, but the closest I was ever aware that PSU might lose Cael was over the vaccine.
Classic bureaucrat. Not enough of a people person to effectively fundraise or to lead execution of a vision that she didn't have anyway.
She's the reason PSU fell so far behind the pack in NIL that multiple alumni splinter groups popped up to fill the void ... and overlapped and caused confusion because of the leadership void. Too much inertia.
Also the Facilities Plan, coach/assistant coach/staff salaries, etc.
Her reign at UC Berkeley wasn't notable either. Probably PSU hired her to bring stability and be on high-profile NCAA and B10 committees ... which is settling for 3rd place behind Ohio State and Michigan in football, and worse in hoops and most Olympic sports. And is the wrong approach during an dynamic industry-wide upheaval such as NIL.
But it could be worse. At least she wasn't Trev Alberts or Sharon Taylor.
Think this is probably a good summation. Not a disaster but nothing clear of aggressively fine at best.
Sharon Taylor was Satan. I had to sprinkle holy water on my computer because of your post. Now it doesn't work. Thanks man.
Correct me if I'm misremembering, but IIRC a big part of the RBY issue was that PSU had no NIL guidelines or advising in place for the athletes, and rejected RBY's deal because it potentially violated PA law that PSU failed to help him acquire or advise him on.
And that's the Barbour Athletics Dept in a nutshell. PSU had to set up a committee to study the issue. PSU athletes were left on their own to find deals without fundraising or legal help. Meanwhile, other schools studied the issue while it was still before the Supreme Court, had proactively set up NIL support infrastructure, helped shape their states' laws, and were off to the races.
Though to be fair, that's also the PSU approach to most anything.
Ah, the difference between management and leadership. One manages by the book. The other creates the book.
Mark would be an excellent choice and a 3 for 1 hire. Director of Operations, Assistant Wrestling Coach and Texas hold em advisor.
Please no, don't send him to Iowa!
PRTC might be falling apart. Berger to MMA, Marky to Norman, and who knows about JB
4 for 1. Don’t forget teaching recorder lessons.
I can't remember if their is an actual thread in here about coaching changes or not but news about to break that Hayden Hidlay is heading to Stanford.
I found the other thread
I found the other thread
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