What really pisses me off is that this isn’t new or some overreaction. Outside of 2020 and 2021, it’s been the same crap for well over a decade. I don’t expect Iowa to win every year. PSU is unreal right now but Iowa should legit be in the mix to win a team title every 3 to 4 years. We should have guys who can finish takedowns consistently and wrestle tough in every position without looking completely lost when put into uncomfortable spots.
Make Dake and/or Burroughs an offer they can't refuse. First to accept gets the job.
We had that chance two years ago with DT and Iowa completely blew it. Okie State was ready to hire Coleman and instead ended up making the biggest hire since Cael went to PSU.
Who out there has experience to just hand over a top 3 program to? I don’t see anything wrong having a proven winner with very little. Assts play such a big role that a few young guns with proven winner seems like a win.
Uhh no. Thats the mentality that people have got way to comfortable with. It’s Iowa wrestling and it was against Isu. Expectations are to win every period, match, dual. Hawks looked bad and it’s a trend not an one off.
Stop pretending we haven’t seen the same nonsense for years. It’s like Groundhog Day. Same issues over and over. No changes with your staff or approach and no surprise, nothing changes with the results. Funny how that works.
I really like most of your posts Corby but please don’t act like this is a reaction to one dual!! If we aren’t willing to change things up, at the very least with new assistants then the whole thing needs blown up.
Come March the usual suspects will show up calling anyone frustrated 'casuals' and ensuring us that everything is completely fine. As I mentioned in another thread, their attitudes and low standards for this program are a big part of the problem. Iowa fans need to be upset about these recurring poor performances before apathy takes over and people stop caring. We are closer to that point than many realize.
Do you believe that Ryan Morningstar and Bobby Telford are the best Iowa can do for assistant coaches? Iowa fans should want things to get better, not just the bare minimum of the sun continuing to rise.
Yeah, because T&T and KF are her fault. Duh.
After the first day of national duals nobody was saying this. Casuals don't understand and think Nolf and Dake and guys like that are the answer it's hilarious. People have no clue . Just because DT is in Stillwater now it's lets name every wrestler who was good.
I think people don't understand what goes on and most have never stepped foot in a D1 room. And when a loss happens everyone says dumb sh*t
Bringing KF into this discussion is absurd. KF is running Iowa football and getting results with limited resources. Meanwhile, TNT is running Iowa wrestling and accomplishing less despite having more. This job feels like having the Bama football program without a real shot at a title for a decade. We are a blueblood and need to start acting like one.
Limited resources they get 105 scholarships. Wrestling has 9.9. And now NIL GO clearinghouse is a thing. And football NIL valuations dwarf wrestling valuations
Please, go ahead and enlighten us casuals. I didn’t realize wrestling at the D1 level was required to understand what happens in a wrestling room or the ins and outs of the sport. Funny how plenty of other highly successful people in wrestling can see Iowa’s shortcomings, yet you seem completely blind to them.
Well since you think wrestling has more resources than football no sense in trying to explain anything
You can't be serious in comparing KF’s job coaching Iowa football to the Brands running a blueblood wrestling program. By comparison, KF runs a football program with a top 30-35 NIL in college football. Iowa wrestling has a top 3 NIL program and still can’t get it figured out. One of these jobs starts you on third base. I’ll let you guess which one lol.
Yet many have and know this is going in the wrong direction.
By comparison, in their respective sports, Iowa wrestling has more resources, and it isn’t even close. Are you being serious right now?
You understand NIL GO clearinghouse is now a thing and all deals gotta be cleared. And wrestlers valuations arent 6 figures . It's ok the sun will come up tomorrow and March is 3 months away
Askren just publicly offered his services. That’s as slam dunk as it gets.
Even if the deals aren’t what they once were, Iowa still dedicates more resources to wrestling than most other schools. It’s understandable that folks are getting frustrated
NIL valuations for football and wrestling are night and day. Also the money you speak of I assume is Bob's $ and he's said when Tom is done he's done donating. When Tom does retire some of you people are in for a rude awakening
