Not starting any rumors or anything like that but would like to hear who the wrestling gurus think Pollard should go after, if in fact KJ does get let go. I myself think change is needed as there is no excitement in the program right now.
Who does ISU go after
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I don't have an answer on that question but I do agree with what the guys on Flo said a while back in that if you do fire KJ you better get a big name to replace him other wise it's might just be a moot point.
I can't be the only one who saw this thread on the side and thought it was about basketball
Do not agree with this philosophy at all. You have a coach who has proven he can't get the job done. So he's out. Then, you pick a guy who you think can. It doesn't get any more complex than that.
There was a thread about a month ago with some great names--Nick Mitchell, Donny Pritzlaff, Mark Perry, Damion Hahn, etc. Will see if I can dig it up.
I understand this logic but don't agree with it. KJ is proving that he can't get the job done and it's time to let someone else run the program. By that logic, your wanting a program to just keep the same coach and keep in spiraling downward.
I don't know who but it has to be somebody. I'm sure we'd all prefer a sure thing home run hire but even if we can't make that happen, we need a change.
ISU has been finishing just outside the top ten at nationals the last few years. You guys seem to want to be consistently back in the top ten and competing for national titles again correct? If so I'd think getting someone who can for sure make that happen over someone who might get you the same end results would be the answer no?
Wrestling is different from other sports where the best competitors are not the best coaches. In wrestling, they generally are one in the same. I believe that coaching wrestling at this level is mostly about A) recruiting and B) motivation. Therefore, I don't need my HC to have previous coaching experience. Is Jordan Borroughs about ready to hang them up? What about Kyle Dake, David Taylor or Jake Varner? Let's get some young blood in the program.
Those guys are some of who I thought about but questioned myself if they were ready to quit there wrestling career to start coaching.
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Your philosophy is the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. You have a guy who's proven he can't get it done and taken the program in the wrong direction because you're afraid to give someone a chance to do better? I can't figure out that logic. It literally sounds crazy, as mentioned in the first sentence.
BTW, I don't buy your premise that we have been "just outside" the top 10. We would have had to score about 50% more points to get into the top 10 last year. We were literally closer to 20th than 10th. Same was roughly true for the season before in 2015. Our team score has gone down over the past 3 years.
Jordan Burroughs is absolutely the number one name on my list if I'm Pollard
Was Tom Ryan a big name when Ohio State hired him? He had been head coach at Hofstra, wrestled at Iowa...don't think he was. Should OSU have passed on him?
No. No offense to the Paulsons but in my opinion, they aren't proving to be any better then KJ. We need somewhat of a clean slate. I can understand if they are somehow kept in the program to keep unity but not as a head coach.
He actually was a pretty big name. Coming from the Gable tree he had a good thing going at Hofstra and made them a very respectable program in his time there. Similar to someone like a Popolizio today who has done amazing things at a program that doesn't have much of a wrestling tradition.
My opinion is we have to get a successful head coach from a smaller program like Pop, Mark Branch, or Bono, or a big name assistant like Perry Pritzlaff.
I could be wrong, but doesn't Bono have a personal vendetta against us?
Won't any decent candidate want to be guaranteed better wrestling facilities? The current wrestling room inside Lied Rec Center seems a little bush league to me. Building a stand alone facility, or something attached to Hilton seems like a must for the future.