I wonder if they can get Ty Walz (hwt ) and Joey Dance (125) to come here in some capacity like volunteer assistants or RTC athletes.
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Pretty sure Walz has already stated he is staying to train at VT
Dresser would definitely be going balls to the Walz if he got him here..I can't wait to see how this new staff shakes out in the coming days. Equally excited about who the RTC athletes will be..
My understanding is the vol. coach will also be the ROTC coach. Gadson is still training tor the Olympics so he will not be a coach and no Walz makes no sense if Dresser is able to keep Gadson and Bradley. Dance makes a ton of sense and would be a great addition for the CROTC.
I think Dresser tries to get Metcalf as volunteer coach & CRTC coach. This way Metcalf can be in room & coaching in the corner
It's a solid recruiting strategy and the reason wrestling is growing so much at the D-III and NAIA level. You bring in 30 or so tuition paying students (which more than covers the cost of fielding the team) and you help balance out the student body - a lot of those schools are tipped really far female and struggle to get guys on campus without wrestling/football teams.
Tuition from the athletes. According to their website tuition is $31k a year. I count 35 guys on their roster. That's a million a year in tuition minus whatever aid they are getting. And the cost of a lower level coach and some mats isn't all that much, probably costs them less than a quarter of that to field the team for a year. And their marginal cost to educate those 35 guys is a lot less than the remaining $750k.
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I didn't know Dana College had closed. That's where former Cyclone Willie Parks landed and (I believe) he was an NAIA champion.
I wouldn't! You can't have a complete staff by having all lightweight coaches. Need an upper weight coach on staff!
Who give a flip what Brands thinks?
Depends on who he brings in. The "Iowa Brand" under Brands is guys like Ramos and Gilman. Its for guys who think being an ******* is what makes somebody tough. Pushes after the whistle, bending rules, taunting after matches. **** like that. Which leads to hilariously childish responses when they lose because that's where people like that are emotionally. Not everybody in their lineup fits that mold. They just always manage to have 1 or 2 that do and those guys become the face of the team.
Now don't get me wrong, there's a lot of room to be a **** on the mat and do it within the rules and without being an ass. DSJ wasn't exactly an angel himself. Which is why I don't care if we hire guys who were Hawks. If we hire a Clark or Brooks type guy then sure, I'm down. I mean, hell, Gable was a Cyclone and now is a Hawk legend. I just don't want to hire the Brands wannabes. Metcalf was one, which is why I have some reservations about him, but as I posted upthread he's been said to have mellowed out once he hit the international circuit. So I'd be a lot less opposed to him than I would a more recent example.
Looks great. Would be a complete change in mindset and approach, which is exactly what is needed.
