wrestlingshoe Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Which current or former US World or Olympic team members who have never been a head coach at the college level would you choose to coach your team? My choice in no particular order... Askren, Taylor, Kemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestlingRasta Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Lee Kemp is a good pick. Would be a fantastic CEO type coach, would easily be able to recruit tremendous talent to fill his staff. Has a whole lot to offer in terms of behavior and guidance off the mat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Elite Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Askren seems to being doing well with his Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said: Askren seems to being doing well with his Academy. But could Askren work for someone? Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlingshoe Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: But could Askren work for someone? He has no desire to coach at the college level. Just think he would be a good draw, fun, and he's doing an amazing job at the club level it seems. Even some of my non wrestling HS students recognize his poster on my wall from MMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 We're already more than good with the one that we have here at UNI. Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Energy Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Askren has said he’d consider coaching Wisconsin. Seems like much would need to come together to make it so. I’m liking the idea of coach Vito in the future. Edited October 2, 2023 by Dark Energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Elite Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: But could Askren work for someone? Probably not lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlingshoe Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dark Energy said: Askren has said he’d consider coaching Wisconsin. Seems like much would need to come together to make it so. I’m liking the idea of coach Vito in the future. I almost put Vito on my list. Love to watch him. If he can translate his wrestling to coaching that would be amazing. Funt to watch. Dynamic. Technical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konquest Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Tervel Dlagnev. There isn't anyone in college or international ranks who has anything bad to say about him. He was instrumental in Kyle Snyder's development as well. A great role model and everyone sings his praises as being great in terms of technique instruction. Experience building relationships and recruiting top kids as well. Nebraska is lucky to have him but I could see him becoming HC somewhere. Askren is a superstar kids/club coach, but the Twitter X rants about cryptocurrency, conspiracy theories, and right-wing political stuff (like re-tweeting Cernovich) would be a problem with big college admin who are very liberal/PC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Uetake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le duke Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 But could Askren work for someone? Let’s ask him:@Ivan Stankowski, could you work for someone? Would you take the Wisconsin job?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Terry Brands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: Terry Brands He's a two-time former head coach. Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husker_Du Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, wrestlingshoe said: He has no desire to coach at the college level. what makes you say that? TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, Le duke said: Let’s ask him: @Ivan Stankowski, could you work for someone? Would you take the Wisconsin job? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What say you, @Ivan Stankowski? You stand accused. 1 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husker_Du Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 good topic. HC's have to wear a lot of hats so my list will be small. but gimme James Green (in the future) Brandon Slay Reece Humphrey Tony Ramos TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlingshoe Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, Husker_Du said: what makes you say that? He's said as much on FRL a few times recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le duke Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 good topic. HC's have to wear a lot of hats so my list will be small. but gimme James Green (in the future) Brandon Slay Reece Humphrey Tony Ramos Reece seems like a guy who can build rapport with college kids, instantly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le duke Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 He's said as much on FRL a few times recently. I don’t believe him.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 How about Varner? Has been learning under Cael for years. Has connections coast to coast being from California originally. Won multiple NCAA titles and an Olympic gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribers Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Dave Schultz Dake Burroughs is another great pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortaJohn Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Steve Mocco has the tools to be a good HC I Don't Agree With What I Posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 10 hours ago, wrestlingshoe said: He's said as much on FRL a few times recently. He's actually said he would consider the right job, recently! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Potentially some great coaches there, but... A lot of these guys who are being mentioned may have the tools, but aren't in the college ranks. Unless they have an "in," I imagine it would be tough to get an AD to look at them. Kemp, Mocco, Dake, Burroughs, Askren, Slay, Humphrey aren't in college rooms or (more importantly) offices. An AD isn't going to want to take a chance on a club coach who is going to violate multiple NCAA rules and create headaches for the AD. I'm not privy to individual circumstances, but it is certainly possible that Slay (for instance) has a great relationship with the Penn athletic department and they'd love to hire him. The same could be true for any number of the other guys. However, knowing athletics like I do, most ADs are going to be risk averse and in full-time CYA mode. You'd likely need a "visionary" type AD, someone plugged into wrestling, or a pre-existing relationship to get an AD to hire an RTC coach or club coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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