So AGAIN it wasn't "the hand he was dealt", right? They knew about the autism and accepted the challenge. You act like DeSanto was on the team before Brands got there.
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So AGAIN it wasn't "the hand he was dealt", right? They knew about the autism and accepted the challenge. You act like DeSanto was on the team before Brands got there.
You see it’s not the hand you’re dealt when you got to pick the cards.
You're a coward because, unlike you claim, you are afraid to call out Iowa fans like you do Penn State fans.
It is a figure of speech. One you are using incorrectly.
I'd ask you to show me where you call out Penn State fans, but frankly, I don't give a shit. Moving on..
Damn Turk, you're doing another fine job of slithering away from what you posted.
I don't have a problem with Iowa doing nothing. But I'll write dozens of posts bitching about Iowa doing nothing. Irony=Priceless
No, what's irritating is their hypocritical need to make themselves look good (i.e., making a big deal of their "zero-tolerance policy" as a condition of accepting AD after Drexel kicked him off their team for his behavior at NCAAs.). They had no intention of enforcing this policy at the expense of losing team points, so it's rather obvious why they did it (again, to provide immediate cover for themselves).
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So why did they make a big deal of the "zero-tolerance policy" as a condition of acceptance when the took AD in, if they had zero intention of enforcing it?
I am sorry to be in the minority, but I am have yet to be triggered by any of ADs antics. The kid is wired a bit differently but aren't we all. If he were to pull another Tucker incident on the mat, then by all means a suspension in proportion to the offense would be in order.
I am not big on outrage or punishments tied to the spoken word, including whatever happened at nationals. When he runs into the stands and lays hands on someone, then....
Hey, did Brands really grab him around the neck? Brands should be given a time out. ;-)
I am not big on outrage or punishments tied to the spoken word, including whatever happened at nationals. When he runs into the stands and lays hands on someone, then....
Hey, did Brands really grab him around the neck? Brands should be given a time out. ;-)
You realize that running into the fans and confronting them is just 1 small step away from a riot. What happens when a fan decks Desanto, then the fans buddies jump in? Do Desanto’s teammates come to his aid? You ever hear about Malice at the Palace? Luckily this situation didn’t come to that, but you just can’t run into the fan section and confront people cheering against you.
What happened at the tourny i have no idea. But everyone knows unless he goes crazy during a televised event, Iowa will do nothing. Even then it will be up to their admin to do any punishment and we all know it will not happen.
Just curious: what were all those people on the side of the mat looking at, if not the stands? Were there *two* incidents happening: one commented on by the announcers, and another catching the attention of 2/3 of the standing crowd?
No, that’s why I rely on all the reported accounts of the events that I’ve seen, and the video commentary.
Was he in the locker room when when Brands pulled him away by the neck?
What about this reported account from a guy who sat next to Cullan's dad in the stands?
Seriously, whether he did something or not at Luther, it’s not our problem, or even HR’s problem. Let the Iowa coaches handle it (or not handle it) and they will then deal with the consequences. Complain about parking, or worry about 157… you know, PSU issues.
No Cael did not try to recruit him to PSU from Drexel. Cael had this wrestler coming in named Roman Bravo Young, possibly you have heard of him?
Cael did talk to the DeSanto's parents, but I bet Cael and Brands for that matter talk to a lot of parents of wrestlers they really have no interest in.
From what I could tell "the stands" were like 3 rows. Is this just nitpicking by saying he wasn't "in" the stands when he was likely saying something from right "in front" of the stands?
OK, you guys. You keep talking about this topic even though nobody knows the exact facts. So I had to go look for more video evidence of Brands choking DeSanto, for the third time. See GIF. If you keep on with the same fact-free discussions, I’ll have to find even more evidence and probably get banned.
This misuse of “hand he was dealt” to describe Desanto just somehow showing up at Iowa reminds me of the Big 10 commentators “hand he was dealt” comment about Bojo balancing being a young father as well as a student athlete - as if the baby was dropped off by the proverbial stork
I was of the understanding Cael did try to recruit DeSanto at the time. Even with Bravo Young coming in, it's good to keep a wrestler with Desanto’s ability away from Iowa and Ohio State. Plus he would have added depth in case of an injury. Not that PSU needed it, but Austin would have won that 141lb match last night imo.
Also why would a Head coach like Cael go out of his way to talk to Austin's parents if he had 0% interest? I don't believe that to be true
When Drexel fired DeSanto, lots of coaches got in on the action. Offhand: Dresser, Manning, Zeke, Brands, Goodale. Certainly had to be more than that.
Cael met with them -- once. It's not that far (2.5 hrs) to kick the tires on someone that talented. And that's all it was. PSU quickly moved on.
So no, Cael did not recruit him. It didn't get that far.
Did they? I don't remember anything about a "zero-tolerance policy" and that frankly isn't something I would expect a coach to speak publicly about. This seems like something a psu fan made up in their head.
I'm going to just leave this here. This is all I need to see to know it's being overblown. Cody Goodwin is about a standup guy as you can find in the industry. Say what you want about him being an "Iowa" guy but he wouldn't outright defend something that bad if he saw it happen.
They had to come here to defend AD because the hard guys that can post/say/like anything they want about other teams, coaches, and wrestlers started asking where the mods were and crying for bans when this was brought up on their board.
Does your phone know anything about Brands v Sheldon Community School?
I'm not defending AD at all. I came here to the PA board to find out what really happend in Iowa.
If something bad happened in Iowa, you won't find out about it on HR. Another smart move by you, Turk. That's two today!
Good choice. Eliminate the hometown spin and get to the truth.
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