boilergrappler Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Indy announced officially this afternoon on their website. http://athletics.uindy.edu/news/2009/4/20/WREST_0420091326.aspx?path=wrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyslamma Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Congrats to Josh Hardman, but I think he might be in for a rude awakening when he said he wants to turn the Greyhounds into one of the top schools in the nation. He sure is being a bit unrealistic. Hopefully he can adapt to the team well and try to help them improve their academics. I know the teams' grade point average is a large concern of Dr.Sue Willy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilergrappler Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hopefully what your saying is not true. I would hope that the guys next year will be eligible to wrestle. Can anyone list their recruiting class for 2009 season. How does it compare to some of the other schools in state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Gard Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Congratulations to Josh Hardman. Another Manchester Alumn back coaching in Indiana...I couldn't be more excited for him, for Indianapolis, and for wrestling. Having known Josh since 1995, I believe he will do a great job in both aspects of teaching young men to be STUDENT-athletes. The returning Greyhounds better be ready to work and rise to the occassion. Three MC alumns now at Indiana Colleges... Mike Ester @ Trine Brian Anderson @ Wabash Josh Hardman @ U of I All doing great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestling1 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Congrats to Josh Hardman, but I think he might be in for a rude awakening when he said he wants to turn the Greyhounds into one of the top schools in the nation. He sure is being a bit unrealistic. Hopefully he can adapt to the team well and try to help them improve their academics. I know the teams' grade point average is a large concern of Dr.Sue Willy. The academics on the team are actually pretty good with the Greyhounds having 4 NWCA Scholar All-Americans this season (Panko, Irwin, Fornal, Harris) and a 7th place National Academic standing for their starting lineup. These 4 individuals, plus the 10 or so Coach Yates had over the last 5 years is pretty good. There are just a few gpa's on the team that are probably bringing down the whole group. A lot of the guys do well in the classroom. Dr. Sue Willey just overlooks these things and instead focuses on the negative, only on the lower end guys. Congrats to Josh Hardman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyslamma Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I agree there are good students on the UIndy team. I only stated this because Sue Willy's main concern while hiring a new head coach was finding someone to improve their teams' grades. So this should be what Josh Hardman focuses on while he takes over the program. I just thought he should make more realistic goals for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
college125 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Congrats to Josh Hardman, but I think he might be in for a rude awakening when he said he wants to turn the Greyhounds into one of the top schools in the nation. He sure is being a bit unrealistic. Hopefully he can adapt to the team well and try to help them improve their academics. I know the teams' grade point average is a large concern of Dr.Sue Willy. Here is the article, be sure and read the last few lines......four NCAA Division II wrestling coaches association all-academic selections and a seventh-place academic ranking in the coaches association listing. http://athletics.uindy.edu/news/2009/4/20/WREST_0420091326.aspx?path=wrest The University of Indianapolis has a total G.P.A. of like 3.21 , Dr. Sue Willy is just as concerned with the golf teams academics as she is with the wrestling teams. For you to make a comment like that really plays down the hard work these young men have done. As for not being able to Compete? I think this team held things together pretty well for being a young team that had to go through a lot. lets look at the line up? 125- Jimmy Nichols 133-Ethan Harris- Red shirt Freshman, all-academic selection 141-Matt Irwin- true Junior, all-academic selection 149-David Lopez- true Freshman 157-Cory Fornal- Red shirt sophomore, all-academic selection 165-Jacob Blackwell- true Freshman 174-J.T. Jenkins- true Freshman 184-Keith Smith- true sophomore 197-Sam Johnson- true Freshman 285-Lynn Panko- Red shirt Junior, all-academic selection Everyone is back next year with the exception of 125, and i believe that true sophomore Blake Harvey had the Varsity spot until he tore his ACL, and that true Junior Josh Allen also spent time wrestling at the varsity slot. Add in a few new recruits to help push these young hard workers and who knows whats gonna happen. I have a feeling Uindy is gonna be just fine, and has some of its best days ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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