Not sure why all the panic as we are in our best position since the Letters/Zinc/Cooperman/Dillon era. Calm down everyone until we see how this all settles out as it applies to wrestling vs the big time sports. Exactly!!! Ironically, Letters and Cooperman were both top 15 guys, Dillon, Zinck, T. Fr...

I welcome the discussion. Recruitment is a two way street. The student-athlete needs to be a good fit for Lehigh but also Lehigh needs to be a good fit for them. In the past, it was difficult to get black students to even want to come here. There were only 12 on campus when I arrived. Talk to them a...

That seems pretty hyperbolic to me. Recruiting doesn't really seem to be a huge problem that can't be fixed with a little money. Look at the credentials of our roster. It doesn't vary much from our "glory years". Like I mentioned on another thread, we now have 3 individuals who were Top 15...

Perhaps, here is another angle.

Next season. Lehigh will have 3 guys who were Top 15 as a senior in HS.

I don't know when recruits began being ranked but how many wrestlers has Lehigh gotten that were ranked that high? It may be far less than you think.

Now that is just plain stupid.

When you get a chance, hop over to campus and ask Pat about the absolute studs that had Lehigh on their very short list. In the end , it's the girl who chooses what handsome guy they go to the dance with. It's not always about the looks.

My bad. Thanks for the correction

Oracle, A couple of takes. 1.) Academics at Lehigh are still a priority but don't believe for a second that everyone on the wrestling team has a 1300 on their SAT. For many, wrestling is viewed as their ticket to Lehigh and then it is up to them to succeed in both the academic and athletic arena. Mo...

Ironically, 138 was the last weight that Ryan Crookham wrestled in high school too. Due to PIAA restrictions in Ryan's junior year and Tyler forfeiting his season season to train with Taylor, I don't believe the 2 have ever wrestled each other in high school. I so wanted to see that and Cruz vs Lyse...

I believe Lehigh's MBA program requires 2 years of work experience now. I could be wrong. On a side note: I fondly remember Thad telling me a list of wrestlers who were begging to come to Lehigh but there was no way he could get them in. I know there was one future national champion and a multiple t...

Just a side note on Alirez and Northern Colorado U.

Northern Colorado offers 9 separate post graduate degrees in Sports and Exercise Science and an online Masters Degree in Sports Coaching.

That is the definition of a good fit. Lehigh was never going to be in this discussion.