Not really. All of Zalesky's titles came right after Gable left, and the program was trending generally downward after that. Brands took over a down version of the program, won three titles in a row fairly quickly, then Penn State became the current Voltron it is (something Zalesky didn't have to compete with) Brands then got the program back to win another title and be in a position to with another but for COVID. If you remove Brands first year, where 4 huge recruits were not allowed to wrestle, Brands has never been outside the top 5, and even if you include that year, Zalesky had more years outside the top 5 in 8 years than Brands has had in 15.