Probably my biggest concern, and this goes back 15 years, is that Iowa never seems to peak at the end of the season. Even in years they won a title, they didn’t wrestle as well as many (rational) fans may have expected given who we had. They were just ahead of the field far enough to win anyway.
It seems as though coaches simply say, “Go harder…harder….harder” all season. What it feels like we should do is evolve so we can go harder and smarter. We’re beating our head against a wall when we need to stop and realize there is a better way.
We’re not developing wrestlers as well as other programs. We’re losing ground, and headed for a 6th or 7th place finish this year. I don’t see that changing until there are fundamental changes in the program. But don’t make a small change, go big. Small adjustments in the coaching staff will do absolutely nothing. Your first call is David Taylor. Tell him to build what he’s planning to build, but let’s do it together in the Big Ten. Then, throw whatever it takes at him to get him. That is the change that needs to be made. If that is the change that is made, donors will be maintained, and possibly grow because that says we mean business. Go get Kemerer and Nolf and anyone else Taylor wants as assistants.
It seems as though coaches simply say, “Go harder…harder….harder” all season. What it feels like we should do is evolve so we can go harder and smarter. We’re beating our head against a wall when we need to stop and realize there is a better way.
We’re not developing wrestlers as well as other programs. We’re losing ground, and headed for a 6th or 7th place finish this year. I don’t see that changing until there are fundamental changes in the program. But don’t make a small change, go big. Small adjustments in the coaching staff will do absolutely nothing. Your first call is David Taylor. Tell him to build what he’s planning to build, but let’s do it together in the Big Ten. Then, throw whatever it takes at him to get him. That is the change that needs to be made. If that is the change that is made, donors will be maintained, and possibly grow because that says we mean business. Go get Kemerer and Nolf and anyone else Taylor wants as assistants.
