Coach King

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Was anybody else impressed how quick Snyder got his tie off?? Must of been a clip on! 

There is always a risk of getting injured...better not practice this week...just in case

I am looking to put together some info.
Who has the largest room in the state?
Who has the smallest?
What is the average?
If you want to post your rooms size I plan on making a spread sheet. I think this will be interesting to see who has the biggest room vs how successful of a program. And vice versa.
This is for a presentation I plan on giving.

Brian Williams was at Merrilville distributing the state pairing formulas. He said he pushed print.

I don't disagree with you coach.  I am currently at Ritter and there are a couple of reasons for the lack of numbers.  The two biggest are numbers at the youth level and support by other coaches.
 
For the youth level, the CYO is dying a slow, painful death in wrestling.  We have tried to bolster the teams as much as possible in the last 3 years, but we have only added about 15% in numbers to our teams.  It is near impossible for me to get into other feeder grade schools and get the kids to come out and try the sport.  Kids just don't seem to be tough enough to try the sport in high school and stick it out.  The numbers for attrition are much higher for non experienced high school wrestlers versus kids that have experience prior in grade school.
 
The other major reason is coaches pushing their kids to only play one sport.  They want them to "work out" and focus on one sport.  This is a  complete joke and now you are seeing all of the literature and professional coaches coming out and speaking against specialization.  I hope to see this change, but ultimately you need different coaches with friendlier philosophies in pushing for multisport athletes.
 
Again, I can't speak for other schools, but I can speak from mine.  This is what I have seen.  I am working on changing both for sure, but it is a long term solution of building youth up and waiting for them to get to high school.
 
King

I don't disagree with you coach.  I am currently at Ritter and there are a couple of reasons for the lack of numbers.  The two biggest are numbers at the youth level and support by other coaches.
 
For the youth level, the CYO is dying a slow, painful death in wrestling.  We have tried to bolster the teams as much as possible in the last 3 years, but we have only added about 15% in numbers to our teams.  It is near impossible for me to get into other feeder grade schools and get the kids to come out and try the sport.  Kids just don't seem to be tough enough to try the sport in high school and stick it out.  The numbers for attrition are much higher for non experienced high school wrestlers versus kids that have experience prior in grade school.
 
The other major reason is coaches pushing their kids to only play one sport.  They want them to "work out" and focus on one sport.  This is a  complete joke and now you are seeing all of the literature and professional coaches coming out and speaking against specialization.  I hope to see this change, but ultimately you need different coaches with friendlier philosophies in pushing for multisport athletes.
 
Again, I can't speak for other schools, but I can speak from mine.  This is what I have seen.  I am working on changing both for sure, but it is a long term solution of building youth up and waiting for them to get to high school.
 
King

They do charge for them, but you get to try and figure out the changes and correct them yourself for free

Is it too early to get the "blind draw" controversy started?

Obviously "Dragon Coach" you are not a true fan of the sport, nor knowledgable about Indiana wrestling (or you have a personal ax to grind with someone).  There was great competition at last year's team state duals event with 24 of the best teams in Indiana in attendance.  If you would attend an IHSWCA meeting, you would see that there aren't politics played at all.  This association works hard to offer opportunities to teams and wrestlers across the entire state.  Two of the 2013-14 Classed Team State Duals team champions finished 2nd and 3rd at the IHSAA post season event.  Many of the other top placing IHSAA teams participated in the IHSWCA duals event.  If you would provide me with your name and e-mail address, we would gladly welcome you on board to assist with this event in some capacity.  In addition to helping out, you could gain a better understanding of how the IHSWCA functions.
 
Coach McCormick

Spencer King
Cardinal Ritter