The only comment of hers that I've seen was when someone asked "has anyone heard [the rumor that Keck is moving to Stillwater]?" and she jokingly responded "no
" and Lance Runyon replied to her with "me either." So to me, she didn't comment one way or another about the validity of the rumors.
Below is a Google-translated passage from an article about Rin's U20 JOC win. He also was given the Best Athlete Award (the tournament's OW, which includes both freestyle and greco).
The 2025 JOC Junior Olympic Cup U20 All Japan Championships (men only) was held on April 26th at the Yokohama Budokan in Kanagawa Prefecture, where Sakamoto Rin (CWC) , winner of last year's Emperor's Cup All Japan Championships , won the men's freestyle 57kg class, his second victory after winning the 61kg class in 2023. He was also awarded the JOC Cup, which is given to the best athlete in both styles.
It is incredible how quickly the narrative has changed!
FIFY
There are a lot of reason (good and bad) John didn't embrace the RTC model. Not sure laziness is in the top 50.
The #1 is what PSU (IA, MN etc too) was doing was against NCAA rules (read why OSU was put on probabation, the rules hadn't changed). Many thought the NCAA would at some point enforce the rules. We are now well past that possibility.
It was nothing more than John was not going to enter the purview of the NCAA. What was happening at State College (and others) was literally in a grey area that was so dark, at the correct angle could've been viewed as black. So, John wasn't going to take a gamble that could hurt OSU Wrestling.
I mean you said yourself John is not lazy. John is a lot of things lazy is not one of them.
He was woefully behind when it was crystal clear that it HAD to be done. Like Saban, he retired when he could leave the Program on firm footing.
Not accurate. He was afraid to do it in the beginning, then, he didn't know how to do it correctly. Once that was apparent, he retired. I agree, he didn't want to play that game...but he wanted to win, OSU to win!
I don't disagree with most of anything here. I will say it is hard for people outside of OSU to understand how scared to death of the NCAA our athletic department can be. Anytime we've had issues with the NCAA they've used a nuke as a punishment.
Also, John was probably, and understandably, more sensitive to possible ncaa punishment than most because of the circumstances that caused him to start coaching when he did.
No, it shows the exact opposite. It is lazy to micro-manage, it is super difficult to build a staff that allows absence as frequently needed.
Pyles alluded that we probably won’t see AB this year, Carter will probably be at WTTs.
Ok, just curious...sounds legit, lol.
Seriously. Just a few years ago they put our basketball program on probation because a former assistant coach did some sketchy things that actually HURT OSU basketball 3 years prior. And other programs got similar charges from the NCAA that season but they did not get probation. Nonsense.
Apparently not. Never once did the NCAA blink at what Cael was doing, so the only conclusion is that it wasn't even close to a violation. I'm happy you guys have a growing RTC but don't rewrite history. Nothing Cael did was wrong, and when other programs followed suit, they did nothing wrong either. John just wasn't in the "building" mode as he got older. It happens in all walks of life. DT was hired to build what John did not have the energy to do. And before I am criticized, I have spent a couple decades building businesses, but at 61, even I am slowing down. Stuff happens in life.
Because they were asleep at the wheel and decided enforcement of rules was no longer a priority.
You're probably either not thinking it through fully, or you're heavily biased when you can only come up with one conclusion.
was it ever classified as a violation? Did the NCAA ever investigate? Did other programs join PSU in building an RTC shortly thereafter? Maybe the bias is with you.
or OSU missed the boat. It's pretty obvious after 12 years that OSU should have joined the party. You can keep to your story but the reality is that John was winding down and not winding up. That is NOT a criticism but a reality of age.
