Burroughs asked about coaching at Iowa

[LIV4GOD]

We are all just surprised you didn’t put Jordan Williams on staff.

I am just hopeful that someday we have both a head coach and a fan base who isn’t obsessed with filling the coaching staff and wrestling club with ex-Iowa wrestlers.

I agree. It's asinine to just fill positions with ex-Iowa wrestlers.

Is Cael from PSU? Is DT from Okie State? Was Gable from UofI?

 

[el dub]

I agree. It's asinine to just fill positions with ex-Iowa wrestlers.

Is Cael from PSU? Is DT from Okie State? Was Gable from UofI?

But…. We like our guys.

 

[PUR158]

That's not true at all, every single guy had success on the world stage before transferring to NLWC. They all sold out. It's part of the game, can't hate guys for doing what's best for themselves and their family. But call a spade a spade. IF NLWC didn't have the large funding they do, Snyder and Dake wouldn't be there. You think okie st club just got 100 times better because DT went there 2 years ago??? No, it was because donors started passing out buckets full of cash to get the top guys to come on over. They will do the same thing NLWC did in time, It's easier to buy talent than create it.

That is an interesting theory. Another theory could be, PSU was the best collegiate program in wrestling for 10 years, before Snyder and Dake sold out. "Huh, they must be doing something right, maybe it would make sense into looking into training there?"
OK St paid a lot to get Taylor, but wrestlers are drawn to him, his style, the star pupil of the most successful program the last 15 years "Huh, it would make sense into looking to wrestle there".
Every kid is different, but these might appeal more to top recruits than the current Iowa style. Reel them in with the potential and trajectory of the program, close with the money. How many big timers are biting on Iowa currently?