Wrestling Coaching Carousel & Rumors

[SCNJ]

Understood. But, currently the fanbase is being driven away, not being built. Continue on the same path and it will continue to dwindle, even some diehards here have said it. And my elephant in the room wasn't on the current roster or recruiting. The staff needs an upgrade. Improve that and I think recruiting will get better than it has been.

I don’t disagree but I don’t think a postseason comment is going to do anything positive. Actions speak louder.

 

[Kiddagger311]

Understood. But, currently the fanbase is being driven away, not being built. Continue on the same path and it will continue to dwindle, even some diehards here have said it. And my elephant in the room wasn't on the current roster or recruiting. The staff needs an upgrade. Improve that and I think recruiting will get better than it has been.

Well Lehigh has an elite staff but they are still far removed from their glory days so I don’t think “upgrading the staff” will automatically bring change… we need to attract the top recruits somehow this is the most important thing… maybe they will come if the staff upgraded but maybe they won’t… it’s not like Lehigh is a perennial top 10 team… we gotta get recruits to buy into what RU is selling somehow..

 

[SCNJ]

Knox will help with recruiting. He’s a game changer of a recruit.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Well Lehigh has an elite staff but they are still far removed from their glory days so I don’t think “upgrading the staff” will automatically bring change… we need to attract the top recruits somehow this is the most important thing… maybe they will come if the staff upgraded but maybe they won’t… it’s not like Lehigh is a perennial top 10 team… we gotta get recruits to buy into what RU is selling somehow..

Yet somehow Lehigh has cranked out more All Americans than Rutgers (quick glance) over the past 10 years. They had two top 25 recruits last year. Rutgers had 1. I'd bet most elite and top wrestlers want to train with the best coaches, the best programs and the best training partners. Iron sharpens iron. Lehigh is achieving more than Rutgers with less resources (probably), facilities that most likely are below our's (I've never been there), and they dont wrestle in front of crowds like at Rutgers. What's the draw? Education possibly. Coaching I'd say is probable. Number one, the coaches get the right wrestlers there in the first place and then they develop them. Just my thought.

 

[Crackersisback]

Yet somehow Lehigh has cranked out more All Americans than Rutgers (quick glance) over the past 10 years. They had two top 25 recruits last year. Rutgers had 1. I'd bet most elite and top wrestlers want to train with the best coaches, the best programs and the best training partners. Iron sharpens iron. Lehigh is achieving more than Rutgers with less resources (probably), facilities that most likely are below our's (I've never been there), and they dont wrestle in front of crowds like at Rutgers. What's the draw? Education possibly. Coaching I'd say is probable. Number one, the coaches get the right wrestlers there in the first place and then they develop them. Just my thought.

I think lehigh would be consistently in the top 10, if Santoro and his staff were not proverbial dicks. santoro is in notorious ahole. Have you ever seen any of zach rey or brad dillons interviews? They are as arrogant and as obnoxious as they come. I have a friend of mine who is in administration in hopatcong. He said that rey was the greatest athlete hopatconh ever produced , but a massive douchebag. Condescending , snide and egotistical are his exact words.