Bob definitely has a fine eye for talent. Everyone says Bob runs everything 🤷 Now that narrative is dead hmm interesting
Illegal tampering would be if Tom was the one making the phone calls . Also the NCAA laughed at all of those. So now you know what coaches talk about in meetings. Wonder how the NCAA would feel about someone saying they had to be talking in meetings 🤣🤣. Man someone is reaching
I don't believe that was close actually.
The 250 mi rule has always been stupid. 250 miles in Texas is completely different than 250 in Jersey.
Yea I’m the one reaching.
That's why the NCAA always had the "institutional control" hammer when boosters got out of line.
A basic legal principal assuming a conversation was had. Man you must be a lawyer.
The NCAA used to assume that these conversations occurred because of institutional control. So you were guilty of overt actions or inactions. Pick the poison.
Is it a rule if USAW provided advice on the subject and that advise was followed?
Exactly. This is a USAW issue, and not a university compliance issue. It is a cop out for Iowa to say their complaince doesn't agree.
If I remember right this summer Vega wrestled Basset in freestyle and lost 12 to 10. However, this last tournament I believe World Trials Vega did not wrestle very good and got upset and so didn't face basset. Vega had a break I think based on the Coaching staff thinking that he was wrestling too much. The Raney's 1 or both have beaten Jax before and the bigger one has gotten bigger and would be in Bassets weight class and I think he would be close to Basset. But they have not wrestled and so this would just be my opinion. We should stick with and keep the Raney's. Keeping Ross is vitally important for us.
UsaW said just get an address and everything is ok? That's not the response others got when they asked.
I never said anything of that sort. Not just get an address and it’s cool, even though that address is his new address and will be for at least a few years barring unforeseen circumstances.
Chase you must reside within 250 miles of the RTC. No sense in discussing this anymore. Just don't be accusing other programs of breaking rules and acting like everything is squeaky clean in Stillwater
Where is the biggest collective of young talent in this country? Within 250 miles of anywhere in Pennsylvania?
Yes, it's crazy to think that Iowa's #1 booster is talking to the Iowa coaches about what wrestlers from other teams to target with NIL offers. Did you go to the MSU School for the Obtuse?
This was the first offseason the Raney brothers ever competed in Freestyle or Greco. Went to Fargo and made a name for themselves.
I'm crazy for not acting like I know what was said in a personal conversations between people when I wasn't there. Maybe the crazy person is the one acting like they know 🤷
Jesus … yeah I’m sure Bob is throwing massive bags without input from what the Iowa coaches really want.
Bad take. I get what youre saying but that applies/APPLIED to several programs
, lets be real. Yes Iowa has its history but they have finished consistently better than just about everyone other than PSU for awhile now. What Cael has built of course is insane..Jax is a super recruit and the Raney's are right there with him. The Raney's are super talented but also they are fighters who never quit.
This has been the central tension in global soccer forever. The clubs pay the players and absorb all the training costs, then they are expected to go play for the national team gratis. If/when they get injured that is the club's problem.
You can drop "just about" from that sentence. This needs to be updated for this year, but it will not change the result. The line with the number in each distribution is the average placement over the period.
If Im being unbiased, I could see what you're saying. But I'm not in the room or program so have no idea. Wrestlers are also a different breed of person so who knows what goes thru their mind. Prior to NIL, maybe they were fine waiting or wrestling unattached or being one injury away. Maybe they realized they are in the best place for them for other reasons like proximity, girlfriemds, classes, comfort...whatever. I've read of that being the case with many highly ranked football kids who just liked PSU. However, I get it.Bad take. I get what youre saying but that applies/APPLIED to several programs
Theres just one thing I dont get about Cael though and that is how he managed to keep great wrestlers who couldnt start for so long. People in the wrestling media all act like its no big deal that all these bench riders stay "because they want to be the best". Is it just me or is that just F insane? Where else does that happen? Is there another sport or team where this happens? If it does its because they got complacent along the way or theyre simply after an education (which I can somewhat respect), not because they thought they'd be the best version of themselves. Why are so many people like "oh ya, makes total sense"? No Karen it doesnt, not when someone who has AA potential loses 3 or even 4 years eligibility. Its very cultish over there, almost like some church organizations
But maybe were seeing a shift now?
I guess Jax has his address in Stilly now? Why didn’t Bo get an address in Iowa city? When I watched the Chael videos of him in the Hawkeye room, it seemed they did not put a priority on freestyle. I’m pretty sure Lee never wrestled freestyle his entire tenure at UI.
Lee has always had a focus on international aspirations I’m pretty sure.
And I get what youre saying as well. But, where would our minds be if DT hadnt lost at Olympic trials and the crazy whirlwind that saw him replace John Smith and make great strides in Cowboy wrestling? We were all struggling for second and Iowa was doing better than us and there was nothing we could do about it. And technically we all still will be for 2-3 more seasons. Yes, even us Cowboys with DT as HC I think it will be at least that long before we really challenge. Psu could literally have 6 champs this coming season and I believe only lose 1 of them. Thats reality unfortunately.
