Metcalf promoted to Head Coach at ISU

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Just a reminder that this poster is one of the select few the Spooner said you all should listen to when it posts…. This is 1000% false as zero conversations ever took place for Brent to replace Bobby, let alone any “offer”.

It was either a blatant lie or this poster was taken for a serious ride by its sources…. Fun to giggle at either way.
Throwing stones from a glass house. You realize you’re the Mineo of our board, right?
 

TheREALSpooner

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Iowa st dropped Gymnastics. Adding a womans team and having dresser be the director of wrestling wouldn't change his contract

Something along these lines follows logic and the rumor mill both.

Which is wild. ISU is having major financial difficulties and this is going to cost them serious $$$. More Pollard mismanagement.
 
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Metcalf was the face of the program and embodiment of Iowa wrestling in TnT's first few years. Whatever happened between them?
Metcalf retired from competing and accepted a job at USA Wrestling. Then like a month or so later he got offered a huge bag to be an assistant under Dresser. Then after Zadick was let go he became top assistant.
 
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93hawkeye

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What do we credit Metcalf for doing as an assistant? Carr was an ultra-talented legacy guy. Otherwise, their middleweights have kinda whatever, right?
 

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Pat has had some swing and miss moments for sure, but he is pretty good at bringing news out very early. He broke the Nick Suriano to Rutgers story a full month before it happened. Willie backing him makes it pretty much confirmed in my mind. Willie probably knew of this before Pat but had enough tact to let ISU release it as they wanted.
 

Mattski

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The glue eaters here can’t square the circle that Dresser saying he’s not leaving ISU doesn’t mean he’s remaining HC or that Metcalf isn’t being elevated to HC.
No one said he was leaving ISU. All the posts we've seen said he was moving to a different role within the program.
It sure sounds like the story is true but ISU has undeniably botched this... again.
 

TheREALSpooner

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Pat has had some swing and miss moments for sure, but he is pretty good at bringing news out very early. He broke the Nick Suriano to Rutgers story a full month before it happened. Willie backing him makes it pretty much confirmed in my mind. Willie probably knew of this before Pat but had enough tact to let ISU release it as they wanted.

Say what you will about Willie but there’s a large chasm between Willie and Pat Mineo. Mineo gets some good info (as I suspect this info is) but he’s gotten enough bad info over the years, and been exposed so many times as a fraud, the respect he gets from people is incredible.
 

Grapple24

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Have they officially announced who the next head coach will be and what dressers role is going forward? Stuff like this getting out with STILL no official word from the university is botched.
Do they need to, to not be botched. Especially when Gilman comes on board? Cmon man the hawks need to do something better. Fan base is dwindling
 
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Libertylover

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Pat has had some swing and miss moments for sure, but he is pretty good at bringing news out very early. He broke the Nick Suriano to Rutgers story a full month before it happened. Willie backing him makes it pretty much confirmed in my mind. Willie probably knew of this before Pat but had enough tact to let ISU release it as they wanted.
So has ISU released it or just Mino?
 

chipackhawk

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Iowa st dropped Gymnastics. Adding a womans team and having dresser be the director of wrestling wouldn't change his contract
It might not change his compensation but it most certainly would change the language in his contract. That aspect will get redone.