Interviewed_at_Weehawken

Dake used to go to NLWC to roll with Taylor a lot, but there was no way he would ever end up relocating there.

Coach Cael's voodoo doctor

Silver right out of the gate. Has done nothing to show that he has really improved on his initial performance at Worlds.

Found it! Brother Morris: "Two of the most important contributors to whatever success I had in wrestling were my HS Coach Gary Kreizenbeck at Sacramento H.S. and Dave Schultz, primary citizen of the wrestling universe... "Since most of our guys were first-year wrestlers, and most of our tournaments were 0-2 and bar-b-que, Coach K worried that we were getting knocked out so fast that we never had a chance to watch really good wrestlers compete, so he made a rule that we had to stay at the tourney until he said we could leave, which usually wasn't until after our weight class finals. This was great as we got to see a lot of guys whom we would never get to observe unless we were wrestling against them. Even then it was hard to really observe someone who was headlocking you into oblivion, or blast doubling you across two mats! I was lucky enough to be able to watch Dave Schultz on occasion and it was truly a learning session, each and every match. Seeing how he made up for a seeming lack of strength by applying excruciating leverage to one particular joint, and never letting up on that joint until the guy either turned over or the body part turned purple and fell off! Just watching Dave taught me that one of the major aspects of the sport is to impose your will, not just on your opponent, but on the body part of your opponent that you wished to claim as your own. Even if you weren't the strongest guy in the world, you could pretty much overpower any body part of your opponent with focus, determination and a clear idea of where and why you want that part to go in a certain direction. This was a true revelation to me and introduced the concept of FOCUS into my wrestling ideology, something I never forgot. " ... I had been so very fortunate to have been able to watch Dave several dozen times over the years and even practice with him once or twice. I was a better wrestler by now, having won a Jr. World medal, made a world university team as well as US teams to Cuba, Romania and Germany. My folkstyle was getting a little stronger too, as I placed at the Midlands and had taken 2nd at the D2 nationals, with a generous portion of what I knew and used coming from those observations of and the rare but valuable private coaching sessions (in exchange for being the willing recipient of Dave's artful mayhem). "There was one story that I have shared here before, but will again at the risk of being redundant. This story took place during my senior year, while I was wrestling as a heavyweight at San Francisco State. We had a home dual meet against Stanford University, where Dave was the assistant coach. As I mentioned earlier, I was a D2 runner-up at heavyweight and ranked in the top 4 or 5 at heavyweight in AWN. I was also 2nd on the Olympic Greco ladder for the upcoming Olympic Trials that coming spring/summer. Dave had been doing ok himself, having just won his first world championship and had placed 3rd at 180.5 the previous year. I was not aware that prior to the match, Coach Chris Horpel of Stanford and Dave had gotten together with my coach and informed him that they had no heavyweight and would have to forfeit our match. Dave came up with the idea of he and I having a freestyle exhibition match that they could bill as 'Battle of future Olympians' or some such. My coach agreed with the idea, but, thinking that he had a sense of humor, told Dave and Chris not to mention anything to me about it until we went out to shake hands! Coach then came over to me and said that Stanford had this great new transfer from Oregon, but he had to weigh in earlier in the afternoon because of a big final that he had to take. He was driving up with one of the assistant coaches and would definitely be there by match time, so I should stay warm and get ready for a war! Well, that got me juiced up and I went around the gym, stretching and shooting and hitting fake throws and such. I noticed Schultz in sweats, riding a stationary bike on his team's side, but I thought 'that's just Schultz. He's always warming up in sweats and wrestling shoes!' By the time the 165-pounder went out, there was still no Stanford beast, so I ambled back over to Coach and asked what the story was. He said they had just called in from a gas station and were about 20 min. away, so make sure I was warm he said, giving me a stern look. Finally the 190 pounders were out shaking hands. I noticed that Dave had removed his sweats and was just stretching on the floor with one of his Stanford boys. I kept looking around the room, but didn't see anybody who looked like a heavyweight. The 190 match ended quickly with a fall, I stripped down, thinking that I had figured it out ... I was getting a forfeit! "Ha! I walked out onto the mat and here comes Dave at the same time. Odd. The PA guy was also announcing our international and national records too, which was real odd for a dual meet! What the heck? I looked back and my coach and teammates were laughing their heads off, as was the Stanford coaches and our AD. I smiled at Dave, and with only a bit of cracking in my voice said 'Hey man, you wouldn't be the transfer from Oregon would you?' Dave just smiled some more and said 'Let's have some fun, Morris. Show these guys what freestyle is all about.' :shock: . We shook hands and, as with most matches, the fear was quickly replaced by adrenalin. Dave took a quick outside single. I thought, 'Bad move man.' I clamped down on a hard whizzer and prepared to hit him with my famous double over, hip toss. Somehow though, instead of my heel and calf catching his knee and thigh, sending him flying over my hip, Dave took a little step backwards and around to his right. The next thing I recall was my head, back and shoulders all hitting the mat at approximately the same time, with pretty remarkable force! After the ringing in my ears started to dissipate, to be replaced by the 'oooohhhhs' and 'aaahhhhhs' punctuated with the occasional 'Oh my God!' or girlish scream. I checked my mouth to make sure that the girlish scream wasn't coming from my mouth, but it was pretty much locked shut from shock and awe! Dave hopped on top right away and I braced myself in my best gut wrench defense! I guess it was so good that Dave didn't want to even try and turn me with it, so he reached back and grabbed my left foot with his right hand. He cranked it up and over my shoulder with so much force, I really didn't feel much pain ... .until he crossfaced me with his left arm and drove my face from the mat to my right shoulder. I managed to open one eye and looked to my right side (Mr. Schultz didn't want me to look at my left side, and I thought it best to cooperate with his wishes from that point on. I noticed Dave's wrestling shoes and I recall thinking "Oh wow, Dave and I wear the same kind of wrestling shoes! It took a few minutes before I realized that I was looking at my own foot, planted nicely right next to my face! Well, at least I knew were to look for it after the match! Luckily for me, our AD was officiating this match as it was an exhibition. We went a few more minutes, with my AD stopping the match several times for potentially dangerous (I was wondering why he didn't do this right after the handshake! "Time [FINALLY] ran out. I stayed until Dave's hand was raised and started walking off the mat, looking for the nearest ice machine to crawl into! It was my first and only collegiate loss at my home gym, and I was too sore to even whisper the word 'bummer!', much less say it out loud in front of Dave. Before I could step off the mat however, I felt this hairy, sinewy arm wrap itself around my neck and shoulders and who else but Dave Schultz was escorting me off the mat. And just like the Dave Schultz we all know and LOVE, he sat down next to me and told me I did a good job out there, and that I just need work on defending the single leg, and a better way to keep my balance on my once famous hip toss, and how he expected me to dominate at D2 nationals (I did) and the Olympic trials (took 3rd) so that he can say he had a close one against a CHAMPION, not some scrub that just fell off the onion truck! That was Dave. Who else could beat you like a rented mule and leave you feeling like you were just a move or two away? Who else could pound your head on the mat and reframe it into a small mistake that you make on your way to a potent offense? No one but Dave Schultz. We miss you man. Miss you and love you and for many, many, many of us, you are still just a heartbeat away." https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/16308

It would be great if someone copied them from the old board!

The late, great Brother Morris Johnson also had a similarly great story about being in Dave Schultz's bent leg turk.

False statement. That simply does not happen at PSU.

James Green? I think he retired because he needs hip surgery. Not sure on his current hip status. I think "needing hip surgery" and "just received hip surgery" will both result in stiffness.

Smitty's Barn in NH is coached by former PSU starter Matt Smith, who wrestled for PSU for a short time in the early 2000s alongside his high school teammate Eric Bradley. I believe Smith placed in Midlands as a freshman, but did not finish his career at PSU. Nick Avery, who wrestled at Indiana, is one of the main coaches at MetroWest outside of Boston. Jack Conroy, who wrestled at Bucknell, coaches South Side wrestling in southern CT. I saw Steven Burrell wearing a South Side singlet in U20 finals yesterday. Two of the main coaches at DoughBoy Wrestling Club north of Boston are Edinboro All-American Dave Shunamon and Mike Marshall, who was on the team at ASU. The main guy at Empire, across the CT border in NY is John Degl, a national qualifier and Midlands placer for Iowa. I think Muzaffar Abdurakmanov may run a club too? So, although not household names, a lot of these guys did their college wrestling in some D1 rooms outside of New England.

Idaho: Nobody was criticizing the handling of Lee ? Ok Other than the Long incident from 11 years ago, what issues has PSU wrestling been involved in? Seems Iowa has had more issues in the last 2 months, from Bob to gambling , than PSU has had in the last 12 years. Idaho: PSU athletics..... wrestling? What does male -female discrepancy have to do with the wrestling program? My earlier post was about wrestling...not the athletic departments. wrestling coaches have no bearing over that. That would be like lumping brands in with a cross country scandal.

Bro, you need to lay off the sauce. As previously stated, the first part of my post was a response to you about Spencer. You are correct there. You then went off the rails and quoted my response to DJT (which is the last post on page 6) and acted like I was responding to you. Check it... last post on page 6. You took it as a response to you, it wasn't... Clearly to The Donald: A. Hamilton: Talk about disingenuous! Do some research! PSU athletics have had their share of racial incidents in recent years and also has the most pathetic numbers for Title IX compliance in the Big 10. They are ranked 14th in discrepancy between male and female athletes! That is a lawsuit waiting to be lost. Here you are hours later, claiming it was a response to you. Some real NJ Dan stuff going on! I can't help you any further, bro.

Creighton Edsel

I worked a couple camps with him and got to see him up close and in person. I stayed away during live goes!

It didn't seem like much of a pleasure, unless your name is Mitch Clark!

Thanks. Not to mention, our own resident LeDuke knew that Haines was quite underrated as a junior. After his success in college opens as a high school senior, he promoted Haines ability to the extent that he earned the nickname "Mrs. Haines." In all fairness, young Levi turned out to be almost as good as LeDuke hyped him up to be. But after his college level success as a senior, there's no way he was "only." #12 (or 13).

Doug Blubaugh.

But the point is... he wasn't really the #12 recruit when he graduated from high school. His junior year, with a very incomplete picture of exactly how good he was, saw him ranked #12. If they ranked him as a senior, I'm sure that he was much higher.

Not exactly fair. Cael absolutely has his pick of the litter at the moment. #12 when he committed as a junior. Made a cadet team. Took senior year off. Worked out with NLWC. Won two college tournaments. That ranking was not exactly a reflection of what he would be as a senior. Is this a fair statement? Did they redo rankings his senior year?

Really? What was Haines final ranking as a senior and who is the #1 he majored two years later? He just finished his true freshman season, correct? I suppose it is possible...

PSU athletics..... wrestling? What does male -female discrepancy have to do with the wrestling program? My earlier post was about wrestling...not the athletic departments. wrestling coaches have no bearing over that. That would be like lumping brands in with a cross country scandal. Uh, sure bro... Look again, the Spencer part was a response to you. The other part was a response to DJT. You seem to think the response to DJT was directed at you?

LOL because Cael goes after all the #10 recruits! lol When has Cael taken a #10 recruit and gotten him to major the #1 guy two years later? Maybe you referring the the time that 1x state champ Kem beat 3x World Champ Mark Hall 11-6?

I'm not sure if Cael believes that. He did leave Iowa State for a reason...

Yes. And Cael recruited over a diabetic.

What personal reasons?

Tracy Hancock.