John Smith retires
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OKST poached Coleman Scott away from North Carolina last year to be coach in waiting. He'll get the job.
And you can forget an idea of OKST kids portaling out over this. Everybody expected Smith to retire this offseason -- otherwise why would they have hired Scott when they did?
Oklahoma State Head Coach John Smith Retires
Thursday afternoon American legend John Smith shook up the wrestling world as he announced his retirement from his position as head coach at Oklahoma State University. After a legendary career as a competitor that included six world and Olympic titles, to go along with a pair of NCAA titles, Smit...
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John Smith Retires After Legendary Career As Oklahoma State Coach - FloWrestling
Oklahoma State coach John Smith announced Thursday that he is retiring after 33 years as the Cowboy wrestling coach.
Not trying to take anything away from Smith, but I can't imagine what Cael's numbers will look like if he sticks around for 33 years.
Good grief. I am convinced this is Spyker's current account.
Cowboy wrestling legend John Smith retires as program's head coach
John Smith’s career at Oklahoma State has come to an end. His success, however, will forever endure.
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Coleman Scott on replacing John Smith as OSU wrestling coach: 'That's not my call'
For most of Coleman Scott’s life, John Smith was the head coach of Oklahoma State wrestling.
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Timeline seems weird. They interviewed four candidates before the trials and now Taylor two weeks after the trials. What were they doing during that time? Did negotiations with one of the others break down or did it take them that long to get Taylor’s number?
I don't think DT applied, so it could have taken that long to get in touch with him. It may have taken that long for the donar to let OSU know DT will be paid as needed.
Cael wasn't interviewed right away by PSU. He asked twice and donars had to get involved to "promote" him. Even the "no-brainers" are not always obvious to the decision makers.
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I have no information but was thinking that maybe Taylor wasn't interested because he was focused on the Olympics. Since he didn't make the team maybe he reached out, maybe they took a chance and reached out to him.
They were doing well in the portal so I assumed "next" was on staff. I am sure John Smith had regular talks with the AD about his plans.......he just seems like a straight up guy.
Taylor not making the Olympics would have me reach out if I was an AD replacing a legend and if I would be taking the call.
Taylor not making the Olympics would have me reach out if I was an AD replacing a legend and if I would be taking the call.
It’s been two weeks since the trials. If they were interested, why wait two weeks. If they were not interested why not interview other candidates or hire one of the four that they already interviewed?
I assume that your LinkedIn profile boldly highlights: REALLY GOOD AT SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
C’mon Spice, you forgot to mention his K2Roots juice empire which is either moving or opening a second location. Be Better.
So far: OKST AD met with Taylor in State College on Thursday. He flew back home without Taylor. There have been no reports of either Taylor flying to Stillwater or receiving an offer.
Unless Askren has been told something privately that has not yet been made public, then he's telling us Taylor has accepted an offer that hasn't been made, within 3 days of his first interview and without a site visit.
Do you really think he hasn’t been offered? They came to him, I don’t think it was to do anything other than try and put an offer on the table that they hoped was enough to get him to take the job. Now, is Askren guessing, actually has some info, or just stirring the pot I have no idea.
Not one person or entity has reported that OKST offered Taylor the job. Not Flo, not Willie, not Mineo, not the wrestling reporters in Oklahoma ... nobody.
What conclusion should we draw? Coleman Scott's offer last year was known before he took the job, so it's not like OKST is hermetically sealed.
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