DT Intro Conference

[OKSTATE1]

Free. Good quotes from Richison. He tried to get DT to OU last April. 🤮

David Taylor Has Help in Launching His Plans to Put Oklahoma State Back on Top

Taylor comes in knowing exactly how Cael Sanderson and Penn State took control of the collegiate wrestling world. He needs some help and he's got it.

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[JAY45]

daton was fixing to have to leave if he wanted to get better and achieve his goals

i’m so happy what he needed came to him

DT bringing up daton and caldwell by name spoke volumes about their future

The change Daton needed came to him.

 

[biocowboy]

Good press conference. Definitely avoided answers questions regarding portal and facilities. Also avoided what his discussion was like with both Chads.

Not sure I believe him when he said Chad Richison called him a year ago but “never got his message”

If a billionaire calls you typically get the message 😁

I think this is similar to when PSU hired Cael. Cael was young and all the kids idolized him.

 

[Cowboysforlife]

Just watched Daton's interview on Flo. It starts out pretty tough, but gets better a a minute or two in. He said a few things that really stood out. One was his love for Stillwater and OSU Wrestling and desire to stay LONG term. He also lights up when talking about getting to scrap in the practice room against Gilman. There's a few points in the interview where it seems like he's almost about to speak candidly about how excited he is for the change but instantly reigns himself in and just makes a generic positive comment.

I've thought for years now, that he really needs an outside perspective to help open his wrestling up a bit, and now it's so bleeping awesome that he is going to get that perspective while getting to stay in Stillwater!

I think we may start to see a new side of Daton. Not specifically in his wrestling but he just seems to have a different demeanor in this interview

 

[Old Number Nine]

I was struck by something Gilman said. He said (probably not word for word) that Daton is in the same situation now that he, Gilman, was in when he went to Penn State. Maybe this is true but in Daton's case, Penn State is coming to him.

 

[tom_v31]

I think we may start to see a new side of Daton. Not specifically in his wrestling but he just seems to have a different demeanor in this interview

His freshman year he had Picc to roll with now he has Gilman. I think he will jump a few levels, specially since Taylor seems the be making fix his primary example of how we can develop talent. I bet he does the same with Plot.

 

[AtownPoke]

Here’s the Cliffs. It was great.

Well I'm packin' up my game and I'ma head out west
Where real women come equipped with scripts and fake breast
Find a nest in the Hills, chill like Flynt
Buy an old drop-top find a spot to pimp
And I'ma Gil-Man it up and down your block
With a bottle of scotch and watch lots of crotch
Buy a yacht with a flag sayin' "Chillin' the Most"
Then rock that bitch up and down the coast
Give a toast to the sun, drink with the stars
Get thrown in the mix and tossed out of bars
Sip the Tijuana, I wanna roam
Find Motown, tell them fools to come back home
Start an escort service for all the right reasons
And set up shop at the top of Four Seasons
Tom Gilman and I'm the real McCoy
And I'm headed out west sucker because I wanna be a

Cowboy, baby!
With the top let back and the sunshine shinin'
Cowboy, baby!
West Coast chillin' with the Boone's wine
I wanna be a Cowboy, baby!
Ridin' at night 'cause I sleep all day!
Cowboy, baby!
I can smell a pig from a mile away

🤣 well done.

 

[tom_v31]

The change Daton needed came to him.

We would like to say that our alumni left for various reasons, and some may have, but we were not providing our wrestlers, under grad and post grad, the resources needed to be win. This is certainly not a knock on JS, he could win in any age or environment. He had coached for 33 years. The sport has evolved, but the generational gap has widened even more. If john was a movie, he would be Rocky I. I’m not sure which movie you would compare current athletes to, but it’s not RockyI.

 

[DEWrestlingFan]

We would like to say that our alumni left for various reasons, and some may have, but we were not providing our wrestlers, under grad and post grad, the resources needed to be win. This is certainly not a knock on JS, he could win in any age or environment. He had coached for 33 years. The sport has evolved, but the generational gap has widened even more. If john was a movie, he would be Rocky I. I’m not sure which movie you would compare current athletes to, but it’s not RockyI.

 

[Rdcldad]

His freshman year he had Picc to roll with now he has Gilman. I think he will jump a few levels, specially since Taylor seems the be making fix his primary example of how we can develop talent. I bet he does the same with Plot.

jamison and thompson are defensive control oriented guys who can set the standard for what this new staff will bring to the program

both are extremely strong and i can see making huge jumps

 

[On Tulsa Time]

I haven’t listened to all of these different interviews yet but I’m impressed with Gilman

We’re going to leave you in charge of correcting his use of “Okie State”.

 

[trapped_in_tx]

We’re going to leave you in charge of correcting his use of “Okie State”.

I figured that would get a few people riled up

 

[CowboyMedic]

There's a lot of interviews on OSU Max if you have a subscription.