Metcalf would be on my short list. With the money and facilities Iowa has he could get better recruits that we have gotten recently. Add in Spencer, Kemerer, and some guys from outside Iowa City. Kick the tires on Gable Steveson and see it there is any interest. Trent Hidlay is a young talent with a great personality. Ramos would come back to Iowa City I'm sure. The list of possibilities is long.
New coach or not?
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I’m sorry, what evidence do you have of this?
Put another way-if they were bad coaches, how would the team be different from today? Or alternatively, if there was no coaching in the room whatsoever, how would the results be different?
He certainly wouldn't break the tradition of poor scrambling skills.
Good enough to own PSU his whole career. Also there’s this thing called assistant coaches.
I think he placed at state/states as a senior.
I don't know if that's totally accurate. Only so many coaching spots available, and Nolf obviously had other plans with Athletes Ocean in TX. That gives him valuable coaching-type experience. And he is an absolute master technician with a monster wrestling IQ. Watching some of his interviews, he will analyze tiny details in matches or matchups that I never even thought about. And he is just a standup sportsman and genuinely likeable guy.
He expressed interest in being a D1 coach recently on Flo. I'd take Nolf in a heartbeat if change is coming. Doesn't have the high-level freestyle accolades, but that doesn't always translate to a good coach. I think he has all the right ingredients to be a fantastic coach.
I am generally an idiot, but if I had to put together a new staff, it would be Askren HC for at least the near term, with Nolf, Kem, Dake, and/or Spencer as assistants, one of whom could rise to be the next HC when the time comes.
Has a chance? Any of these guys would love to be making what Brands does and leading Iowa Wrestling, IMO.
Askren can't even go to his kids wrestling tournament out of fear of contracting something there and dying and you guys think he's an option to be a college coach. Hell, he needs to take special precautions to meet for a session with one of his club kids and you think he can travel all over the country coaching. Come on guys.... throw out realistic names if you're going to do it.
Wonder if David Taylor has gained enough experience yet to try steal him away from Ok St...
You are taking this personally and you shouldn't be. This is a big move. What moves the program forward and you are focused on that culture sucks yet all the best kids want to go there. Nolf is man enough on his own to bring his own twist to a head coaching job. In my opinion the best overall wrestler i ever watched at psu in terms of scrambling and creativity. The man loves to wrestle and he loves teaching it even more just saying
If you hire Nolf then i will have to stop hating iowa lol. Forget it don't hire Nolf
I actually agree with you on this. Plus Nolf has been a part of the current PSU dynasty and knows the ins and outs of their sucess. Scrambling is a huge problem at Iowa and is what the current landscape has become in college wrestling and Nolf can absolutely fix that in the Iowa room.
I mentioned that last night and the response is he hasn't proved anything as a coach lol.
3 "must haves" for the next head coach -
1. Strong national name recognition due to recent high level success (last 10 years).
2. Solid freestyle background and dedication to having a strong rtc.
3. Genuinely WANTS the job. We don't need to twist someone's arm or just throw a huge bag of cash at someone who isn't sure they want to be a head coach. This needs to be an "all in" deal bc that's what is going to take to close the gap.
I'm concerned about JB and Dake on #3 and a little on Nolf with #2.
1. Strong national name recognition due to recent high level success (last 10 years).
2. Solid freestyle background and dedication to having a strong rtc.
3. Genuinely WANTS the job. We don't need to twist someone's arm or just throw a huge bag of cash at someone who isn't sure they want to be a head coach. This needs to be an "all in" deal bc that's what is going to take to close the gap.
I'm concerned about JB and Dake on #3 and a little on Nolf with #2.
Maybe just add Will Lewan to the staff to help perfect the current wrestling style.
I'd add 4. Willing to accept having an assistant coach with ties to the program, that could be Kemerer, or if a first time head coach wants to bring in Barry Davis as a mentor/asst., just for examples
Your right, why would you want a guy with a stellar career, ties to the state with the best talent and still fairly young. You are definitely better off now, in fact please stay as you are.
Your right, why would you want a guy with a stellar career, ties to the state with the best talent and still fairly young. You are definitely better off now, in fact please stay as you are.
He wouldn't be my number one choice but he's a damn good coach. He made Campbell relevent and is doing a great job at Navy, hell they almost beat Lehigh today.
I'm open for anything that puts Jason Nolf as whatever semblance of coach that he says he wants to be for the Hawkeyes. I have the utmost respect for him when it comes to knowing the sport, its applications and change in the modern day evolution, training, culture, etc. Just a downright impressive young man in every regard. I would be over the moon with him in the Hawkeye program.
So what has he done as a head coach in his 10+ yrs? Do current hs kids even know who he is?
I believe one of your starters and the only one to win was coached by that guy. Check out his past Campbell kids. He did pretty well with a program that started with nothing.
I get it but at the end of the day a coach needs to be able to hire his own assistants regardless of where they wrestled. I personally don't care where they're from as long as they're world class coaches. They'll be Hawkeyes coaching Hawkeyes, that's what matters.
I have struggled a long time about how Tom sounds and what he says when interviewed. Something doesn’t seem genuine or authentic. I don’t get that he believes what he says himself. He no longer has the fire inside him that he once had.
Legendary coach John Smith had his hand-picked successor lined up, but as soon as DT got upset at OTT trials their donors and admin said it's now or never to land this guy...and they did it. They saw the writing on the wall and made a tough choice while we sat back and watched it happen while throwing more money at transfers in hopes of covering up more recruiting deficiencies.
Glad to see the love for Nolf coalescing a bit here. I think he's the right guy. Would love to see Nolf + Kemerer.
And it's time. For the sake of the program, this needs to be TnT's last year.
And it's time. For the sake of the program, this needs to be TnT's last year.
Is it known that he was rejected for a position he wanted?
Brands' aren't the best staff in the state. I don't understand why Schwab is not considered more here. Give him more money for NIL deals and he develops talent from within and see what happens. To me, this is so obvious. The big names aren't coming to Iowa. No Dake, Burroughs, or Nolf.