Being a manager is not just about intelligence. It’s also about personality, about being the kind of person who wants to and likes to help other people, about being the kind of person who can make many many decisions quickly and delegate and do boring but necessary administrative work. Many brilliant people are not good at delegating or don’t particularly like to spend time doing mundane things or are not good at hiring or not good at judging good people from bad. If I am going to hire a manager, I want to see some experience at managing! General intelligence is not nearly enough.
Is Iowa our biggest rival?
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That was just a hypothetical example. I have no idea if he would want to do it. That is a prerequisite for the whole thing, so if he doesn’t, then that’s obviously not the direction it’ll go, but even if they move on to someone outside PSU like Dake or Burroughs, it would still behoove them to get that person onboard before these next two recruiting classes come in so that the new staff has them for 100% of their careers there.
don't forget we do have others from 'our room' that are currently out there... maybe not in charge but would be sure their brains are being picked... Joseph, Markie
This is a big reason why I think DT has been so successful instantly. Running a club like M2 have him managerial experience as well as coaching. Nolf is currently not coaching a college program, he’s … running a club.
My bad i read somewhere he was done after this year. Thanks willie. I want one of those willie nelson shirts
Im pretty sure i saw a flo video with nolf saying he wanted to coach at some point and he is already running an academy.
Yeah, if Nolf does take a head job somewhere, I expect he’ll look to bring guys like that in with him if they’re interested.
There are some extenuating circumstances that apply to both Zelesky and Brands. Zelesky inherited a Gable team. Hence he benefited for several years from the remainder of previous NCAA champion teams. After a few years, Iowa stopped winning and Zelesky got replaced.
A similar situation applies for Brands. When he jumped ship to take over the Iowa program, some good recruits including Metcalf came along with him. For the first few years, Iowa benefited from a loaded lineup.
Then, in 2009, something changed.
From a college wrestling perspective that "something" was heaven and earth moving.
Still, Cael has 12 championships since his PSU arrival. The other 3, one is Ryan's and the other 2 are Brands'. Brands also has a couple runner-ups.
I enjoy making fun of the brothers as much as anybody, but despite sticking to their outdated training guns they manage to typically out tough and bully most everybody not named PSU.
If Iowa goes for a Penn Stater, I want them to hire Troy Sunderland
Over the course of Cael's entire career at PSU, Iowa has clearly been the second best program (not second every year, but 2 championships and consistently closer to the top than anyone else). This is whole basis for MSU's logic defying defense of TnT. However, now they are clearly falling further and further behind every year, and DT is in the process of exposing the problem as outdated training and program structure, which is squarely on the coaching staff. This is one of those moments when the elite programs (in any sport) will adjust and adapt, something the Brands have shown ZERO inclination to do, so as long as they are at the helm, they will continue to fall further behind and will be passed by more programs that just Ok St once others adapt as well. Iowa is clearly one of the elite coaching positions in the sport. They could have their pick of anyone not named Cael or DT right now, but that will dwindle as the Nolfs and other enticing candidates are picked up by other schools.
Stubborn certainly gets in the way of forward progress. Apparently the slumlord has no interest in helping with building up the Hawkeye club.
The could use 2 changes. Club upgrade. The second, bring somebody in who can teach scrambling techniques. I honestly think one of the reasons they don't shoot is because their scrambling techniques are so outdated and ineffective they have chosen as a program to try and and win 1 td or OT matches. It's pathetic. Call Nolf up, offer him a half a million to be an assistant and let him teach wrestling. Especially scrambling wrestling.
Iowa board killing Keuter:
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This is gold - think this guy is a Mod for Iowa
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Do Kale and Kueter sit in an apartment and tattoo each other instead of attending practice?
For sure . Guys wrestle sick all the time. Penn St has had guys wrestle sick this year as well . Michael Jordan played an unbelievable game with a high fever..These guys are D1 athletes and have a different mindset then most people. This year multiple teams have had sickness go through the room 4 times . Go watch Jacob Frost last night he's very sick right now but he wrestled and barley beat McDougald
JR champ at 97kg and was silver at 125kg but lost to the only true HWT in the bracket. He's 236-242 now and he hasn't forgot how to wrestle its obvious he's not healthy
101, I’ll buy. 103? You are getting dangerously close to heading to the ER. At a minimum, you’re being examined by a physician and taking precautions against severe dehydration. If that’s true, something is seriously wrong over there. I don’t need to hear any stories from the Stone Age. It’s a new world now, and it was the Michigan dual for F sake, not the world championships.
I really don’t believe that. Of course, I can’t really believe that Terry screamed at his 197lber that he was quitting on him because he wouldn’t get a cortisone shot in his neck either, can I? So there’s that.
Big difference between 103 and a lower number that a lot of guys wrestle with. I have to think that number is exaggerated.
This tweet could be like Mad Libs.
Man Iowa ruined _(name)_____…. I’m old enough to remember when he was a __(event)_______ champ and the next big thing
Iran is safer than Iowa.
Excellent post with great analysis....for me !owa is the team which I simply despise! This for me comes from both the arrogance of the fan base and the words of the coaches. Probably I am swayed toward Iowa since I remember Ferentz accusing Penn State of faking injuries to excuse the Iowa fan base booing our players being injured on the field. .
Ohio State historically is our biggest rival even before 1994 when we joined B1G due to location and games played....including the B ig 33 games.
Bingo. 104F = ER trip. Unless temps miraculously decrease during high-intensity physical competition, "sending him out with a 103F fever" is accusing Brands and the trainer of medical malpractice.
OTOH, not terribly different from people saying Kasak needed to shirt this year to recover from concussions, after Cael and Monthley let him compete at B10s and NCAAs in March, and let him train for and compete at Bill Farrell in November.
Sometimes during a competition being injured or sick isn't that terrible.. You feel like **** but sometimes you are thinking about that instead of letting your brain get clouded with other bs... It might have helped Gabe to think about being sick instead of letting all the other noise in...
I hear you, but let's not solve their problems for them.
I believe it . But we all are entitled to our own opinion. I wrestled in HS at a regional with chickenpox scabs all over me they made me wear tights a turtle neck and the mask guys where when they have a broken nose. I had a 102 fever that day
Will look around I probably have some. The whole tournament was delayed over an hour while they decided what to do. I had a DR saying I was no longer contagious. So they decided on tights , turtle neck and a mask. I was from Sycamore and it was in DeKalb so my mom ran home and grabbed a turtle neck and an assistant coach back to the HS to dig in old boxes for tights. It was definitely a mess. And after my 1st match I fainted and the ambulance came and got me and took me to the hospital. I had pneumonia
Anybody who understands the impact his surgery was going to have on him knew it wasn't going to be there this year.
However, becoming less and less offensive the longer one hangs out in the Hawk wrestling room is not an isolated occurrence that can, nor should be blamed on the individuals health.
To be very honest here, I have restrained from posting that rant for more than a year because I didn't want Larry Lee to tell Tom that he may want to reread through a thread on the NitLion wrestling board.