Kevin Jackson Resigns

[dunkej01]

I guess another way of looking at it is PSU,Iowa, and Okie State all have threads at the top talking about the ISU situation. This would not occupy much space in the minds of the fans of the top three programs if this wasn't at least a somewhat relevant wrestling school even today. Wrestling fans know ISU wrestling. Certainly any young wrestler that hopes to someday become a world class coach should consider becoming a Clone.

Not so sure since we have maxed out of pull the shirt threads, this has become relevant.

 

[James P. Whitters III]

Coaching develops talent. Tradition certainly can help recruiting. ISU with a driven coach will out recruit Rutgers with a driven coach. Jackson just out recruited them and he isn't exactly driven.

 

[Franklin_Restores_TheTradition]

Tom Mc just posted this with his articles for today, but here is what the Cedar Rapids Gazette has to say about possible ISU targets....HIT THIS LINK.

 

[El-Jefe]

Coaching develops talent. Tradition certainly can help recruiting. ISU with a driven coach will out recruit Rutgers with a driven coach. Jackson just out recruited them and he isn't exactly driven.

That's flat out false about ISU vs. Rutgers. NJ is the 3rd or 4th best HS wrestling state in the country, and its residents are notoriously territorial about the state. Rutgers is the only public school in the state with D1 wrestling. Put the same coach, a good recruiter, in Ames and in New Brunswick, and ISU loses.

It's absolutely true that Jackson outrecruited Goodale -- but when has ISU had a NJ wrestler on its roster? Meanwhile Rutgers has lost out on every top end NJ wrestler in beyond the past decade except Ashnault and Glasgow. Burroughs, Molinaro, Caldwell, Mocco, Hahn, Campolattano, Kolodzik, McFadden, Chakonis, Kutler, Kui, Lewis, Sebastian, Griffith ... and they haven't exactly dipped into PA -- Tyson Dippery is the best recruit in memory (though they did land Dziewa before he flipped to Iowa). The Lehigh Valley (Allentown) -- the #1 or #2 talent pool in the country -- is 1 hr from Rutgers, and yet Rutgers lands none of them.

Frankly, it's embarrassing for the sport that Rutgers isn't at or near top 5 every year and an occasional title contender. Though not nearly as embarrassing as Pitt.

 

[James P. Whitters III]

ISU out recruits rutgers. What is false about that. You make the point for me. Jackson wasn't out working Goodale- It is just much easier to convince studs to wrestle at ISU when compared to Rutgers. Geography is nice, but recruiting is much more of a national game. ISU is a much more known program than Rutgers. Rutgers has made some strides, but any quality coach at ISU will out recruit them year in and year out.

 

[James P. Whitters III]

Tom Mc just posted this with his articles for today, but here is what the Cedar Rapids Gazette has to say about possible ISU targets....HIT THIS LINK.

Ryan Morningstar? I would rather we just drop wrestling. Bono would be the obvious choice if he wants it, but I still think the Mark Branch thing may have legs. Time will tell.

 

[FineMaterial]

That's flat out false about ISU vs. Rutgers. NJ is the 3rd or 4th best HS wrestling state in the country, and its residents are notoriously territorial about the state. Rutgers is the only public school in the state with D1 wrestling. Put the same coach, a good recruiter, in Ames and in New Brunswick, and ISU loses.

It's absolutely true that Jackson outrecruited Goodale -- but when has ISU had a NJ wrestler on its roster? Meanwhile Rutgers has lost out on every top end NJ wrestler in beyond the past decade except Ashnault and Glasgow. Burroughs, Molinaro, Caldwell, Mocco, Hahn, Campolattano, Kolodzik, McFadden, Chakonis, Kutler, Kui, Lewis, Sebastian, Griffith ... and they haven't exactly dipped into PA -- Tyson Dippery is the best recruit in memory (though they did land Dziewa before he flipped to Iowa). The Lehigh Valley (Allentown) -- the #1 or #2 talent pool in the country -- is 1 hr from Rutgers, and yet Rutgers lands none of them.

Frankly, it's embarrassing for the sport that Rutgers isn't at or near top 5 every year and an occasional title contender. Though not nearly as embarrassing as Pitt.

You forgot Suriano.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Tradition doesn't land recruits. It doesn't develop talent or pay the tuition bill.

It's like the famous Curt Schilling quote about the Yankees' "Mystique and Aura":

"Those are dancers in a nightclub. Those are not things we concern ourselves with on the ball field."

I'm thinking there are some teams that are really leaning on tradition right now, hoping that it helps.

 

[El-Jefe]

Another decommit today: MD state champ Ethan Smith (Pletcher's former teammate at Latrobe). Top 50 national recruit for 2017. Wrestling 170.

 

[James P. Whitters III]

The program is in terrible shape, so the guys who decommit don't really worry me. Jackson was able to get a really good group to commit and I believe the next coach (if he doesn't suck) will not have too much trouble filling the roster with top 50 type kids like they are losing. It needs to drain completely and leave the new coach with a nice 9.9 to start over. Let him bring in his guys.

 

[diggerpup]

https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/dresser-to-isu-per-iawrestle.181611/