The Guru

Ersland... meh

I'd really like to know how we ended up with Ersland when he clearly wasn't the best guy who applied. I'm not giving up but if history is our guide, discount coaches = discount results. We'll see if any of those great athletes he "worked with" want to come and work under him.

Why blow out guys like Hinkel and Fleeger for Ersland?

Ersland doesn't seem like much of an upgrade to me. Depends on assistants I guess. This is very disappointing.

I was hoping he'd end up at Uindy.

West Virginia hires Sammie Henson

http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?sport=wrestling&story=25805&cat=exclusives

Well the list of finalists for the West Virginia job looks a hell of a lot better than what Purdue is looking at.

WV wrestling forums list the final five are Roselli, Henson, Branch, Heskett, and Jones for the WV job.

Purdue Assistant AD:  "It'll be a good hire..."

Me:  "Not looking too good there pal."

Got a nice email reply from the athletic department but no juice.

I'm pulling for a big name but Robie is interesting to me.

http://news.theopenmat.com/2014/05/manchester-assistant-coach/

Interviews this week. Anyone hearing anything?

Heard Pritzlaff is going to Rutgers.

Somebody has to have heard something by now. C'mon guys.

Somebody tell me this Pete Rogers rumor is fake...

Pete Rogers...?

No way. This can't be happening.

Let's start a list. I love lists.

Guerrero

Frayer

Lightner

Moore

Bono

Perry

Pritzlaff

Borshel

Espozito

Nickerson

Hahn

Becker

Bormet

Popolizio

Hasseman

Jaggers

Tsirtsis

Eggum

Humphrey

Escobedo

Dolly

Kolat

Spates

Dubuque

Borelli

Rowlands

Zadick

Paulson

Fleeger

Abas

Herbert

Hrovat

Pendoski

Bergman

Maurer

Valenti

Buxton

Juergens/Stritmatter

Jeff Jordan

Jim Tonte

Powless

Steven Bradley

Who else?

I heard their post graduate pimpology program is top flight.

http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=209459261

Former Three-Time Sun Devil All-American Is New AD Ray Anderson’s First Coaching Hire

TEMPE, Ariz.—USA Wrestling National Freestyle coach Zeke Jones has been tabbed to become the next head coach of the Arizona State wrestling program, athletics director Ray Anderson announced on Wednesday. His appointment will commence pending approval from the Arizona Board of Regents.

“I think it’s a tremendous day for the sport of wrestling in the state of Arizona,” Anderson said. “The hire of Zeke Jones makes a statement to the wrestling community within our state that Arizona State University is seeking to reestablish its program among the elite in the country. We are thrilled to welcome Zeke back to his alma mater.”

http://athletics.uindy.edu/news/2014/4/16/wrest_0416145515.aspx?fb_action_ids=10201277438772792&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[242713742597144]&action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&action_ref_map=[]

4/17/2014 11:50:00 AM

INDIANAPOLIS- Head Coach Jason Warthan will add seven new Greyhounds to his 2014-2015 roster, signing the new UIndy student-athletes as a part of National Signing Day April 16.

Joining the Hounds will be Kyle Keller, Brendon Kelley, Heath Lange, Tyler Scott, DJ Smith, Brian Wagner and JD Waters. The seven new Greyhounds boast placing at their state meets a total of 16 times, including four state championships. The group contains three grapplers who hold their prep career wins records, and a total record of 1,034-213 with a .829 win percentage, while the group went to the state meet a total of 19 times in their careers. 

"We are obviously very excited and proud to add these student-athletes to the Greyhound wrestling family," Warthan said. "They are all character guys that take academics seriously and will all bring a unique set of skills to our team."

Keller, who will come in as a 133-pounder for the Hounds, is a Delta, Ohio product, earning four letters for the Panthers. He is a four-time state qualifier, and placed three times at the Ohio State Championships in his career. He boasts a runner-up finish this past season, along with a fourth place finish as a junior and a fifth place finish as a sophomore. Keller closed out his prep career with a record of 178-28, along with 96 career pins. He helped Delta to two state dual championships, and was a four-time league and sectional champion. His 178 wins are a Delta career record, while off the mat he was a four-year honor roll student and a 2014 Academic All-Ohio selection.

Kelley is an Indiana native, coming to the Hounds from Evansville Central High School. The three-time IHSAA state placer holds the Bears' record for career wins, posting a record of 169-18 in high school. Kelley went 50-0 with 37 pins en route to the 152-pound Indiana State title, pinning his opponent in 2:24 in the state championship bout. He will come in as a 149 for UIndy, after placing fourth as a junior and fifth as a sophomore. Kelley tallied a total of 121 pins and tech falls during his career, and was a three-time Regional champion a two-time sectional champion and a two-time Southern Indiana Athletics Conference champion.

Lange will also make the trip West to UIndy from Ohio. The Huntsville native earned four letters on the mat for Indian Lake High School, posting a career record of 147-36 as a two-time Ohio state placer. Lange, who will come into the UIndy room as a 157, is a three-time state qualifier, taking fourth as a junior and third as a senior. The honor roll student is a four-time All-Area selection, a three-time Conference champion, a two-time sectional champion and Indian Lake's career wins leader.

Scott will come in as a 197 for the Greyhounds, from Cedar Lake, Ind.'s Hanover Central High School. The high honor roll student went 139-40 as a prep, placing fourth at the IHSAA state championships as a senior. He is a two-time Regional and Sectional champion, adding a semistate and conference title to his resume as a senior as well. The two-time Academic All-State honoree was also a four-time semistate qualifier during his career for the Wildcats.

Smith, from nearby Franklin, Ind., will come into the UIndy room as a 125-pounder. The 2014 Indiana state champion at 113 pounds, Smith is a three-time Midstate, Johnson County and sectional champion. He was a three-time state qualifier and two-time state placer, also taking third as a junior. He boasts a career record of 111-14 with 494 career takedowns as a Grizzly Cub, and is also an Honor Roll student and National Honors Society member.

Wagner is also a Central Indiana product, from UIndy alum Chad Red's New Palestine program. Wagner earned nine total letters at New Pal, and will come to UIndy as a 197-pounder. He is a two-time state placer, taking third at 182 in 2013 and second at 195 this past year. He also earned a semistate champion as a senior, and was the sectional and regional runner-up this past year. He leaves New Pal with a career record of 131-29, and is a four-year member of the Academic "A" Team, as well as a member of the National Honors Society.

Waters rounds out the class, coming to UIndy as a 149 from Hudson, Mich. The two-time state champion and three-time state placer went 159-48 as a prep, and also was a three-time All-County selection, along with a three-time District and Regional champ. He also was a two-time League and county champion, and was honored as the LCAA Wrestling Scholar Athlete three times. He was also Academic All-State as a senior, and is a National Honors Society member.   

The Greyhounds lost seven of their 10 starters from this year's eighth-place finishing team at the NCAA Division II National Championships to graduation or exhaustion of eligibility.

Words I hate saying to my wife, "I was wrong".  Off my game, it's off season and things are foggy, I'll get better.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2014-04-15/committee-proposes-three-new-experimental-rules-pending-approval

Committee proposes three new experimental rules pending approval

NCAA.com

Last Updated - Apr 15, 2014 16:30 EDT

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The NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee recommended three experimental rules, including two that involve stalling, be implemented at the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic Nov. 1 at the University of Pennsylvania.

The committee met this month in Indianapolis. All rules proposals, including rules used on an experimental basis, must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss wrestling recommendations during a conference call June 25.

The first experimental rule focuses on wrestlers who step out of bounds with both feet while in a neutral position. In this scenario, the referee will call stalling on that wrestler.

The other experimental rule will result when, from a kneeling starting position on the mat, the wrestler in the top position drops to a lower extremity or uses a side headlock. In either of these situations, the referee will make a visual five-second count using his arm. If the wrestler who started in the top position doesn’t make an attempt to engage in action before the referee reaches the count of five, the referee will call stalling.

The protocol for all stalling calls includes a warning for a first offense and a point awarded to the opponent on the next offense. The stalling penalty sequence is warning, one point, one point, one point, disqualification.

Both of the rules are being looked at on an experimental basis because the Wrestling Rules Committee wants to encourage the wrestlers to create action and not use stalling tactics to preserve a lead.

“The Wrestling Rules Committee is trying to be forward-thinking in their approach to potential new rules,” said Ron Beaschler, the NCAA secretary-rules editor for wrestling and the head coach at Ohio Northern. “The committee is looking at ways to ensure there is action during matches to make it fun and exciting to watch and easier to understand to the casual fan, yet easier for the officials to officiate.”

The final experimental rule involves a wrestler earning a position of control, such as a takedown or a reversal to earn the top position, and the action comes to a natural stoppage. An example of a natural stoppage would be when the wrestlers go out of bounds.

In the proposed experimental rule, instead of beginning in a kneeling position on the re-start, the wrestler who earned the top position can indicate to the referee that he elects for the next action to begin in the neutral position.

Currently, the referee awards a point to the opponent of a wrestler who makes this choice. Under the experimental rule, the point will not be awarded.

In positions of control that are not earned – for example, at the start of the second or third periods – a wrestler can elect to release his opponent after a break in the action, and the opponent will receive a point.

Committee members want to gather data on the matches at the NWCA All-Star Classic, a one-day event featuring one all-star matchup in each of the 10 weight classes, to see if the experimental rules should be something they consider for permanent changes in the future.

I REALLY doubt IU is at the top of anyone's dream job . 1-31 in the B1G the last 4 years (with little change in sight ) is hardly a magnet for top names .

I say give the job to DeGain and Powless and bring Young back from Army -find a lightweight coach and let these guys outwork everyone else.

Schalles

This will be very telling as to how the athletic department feels about the wrestling program. Go big or stay home. Eric Guerrero?

It's difficult to focus on (or be optimistic about) individual results when the team is so horribly uncompetitive. If the Colts had the worst coach in the AFC for a couple decades nobody would be getting caught up in too many discussions about a bump in production at the safety position. That may not be the best analogy, but you get my drift. IU fans are frustrated with being a doormat. The level of talent we're getting is surprisingly good for what the program has become. The athletes are obviously dedicated and living the life. As a team, the "holes" are at the positions of leadership.