While I love this hire, I do worry that they will sink back down in their middle and upperweights. He has been there a few years we can count using one hand (to be clear - you could count using no hands) how many AAs NDSU has pulled in in the lower weights.
For those not really in the know on Obe, he was a four or five time US National Team member from ~2009-2013ish down at 55/57kg. It would be expected that he coaches the lightweights up, but the results we currently have show otherwise.
From a morale perspective, this is an absolute grand slam. From a developmental perspective this doesn't move the needle.