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by Oracle » Tue May 07, 2024 10:56 am
Without question this is a kick in the nuts to Coleman Scott. He leaves a head coaching position where he just had a national champ, in a great conference, to take-over from John Smith. Ouch.
IMO, Okla State made the right choice in David Taylor.
His Penn State pedigree is what almost everyone is looking for. Kind of the same thing with former Gable wrestlers who went into coaching and ended up with plum jobs at many big schools. We're going to see a lot more of this moving forward.
Would it be a stretch to say DT will recruit PA, Ohio, and Michigan really well? Then OSU has always done well in-state where there is plenty of home grown D1 talent. Add in California. The potential is there to bust it wide open for the Pokes. IMO, this hurts Iowa and Iowa State more than anyone else.
But, you can only put 10 on the mat at a time. The depth currently in the PSU room is unprecedented. Can Taylor duplicate this formula? I guess we'll find out soon enough. There are several high placing AAs currently in the portal: Hendrickson, Parco, Schultz, Amine, and NCAA champ Alirez.
Will others flip their commitment? That's more than likely. Wild times.
And what becomes of Coleman Scott? Therapy?