>>>>>>>>In response to: LUEngineer——if you’ve watched any amount of Santoro’s coaching, you know, without a doubt, that Lehigh does not play the duck tough competition game. To even imply would be ridiculous, to state it, as you did, is basically malice toward Santoro and Humphries. Why can’t you ( ...

>>>>>>>>In answer to Mountain Hawk: The reality I describe is that wrestling is a minor sport and even before the woke culture gained traction Lehigh would not single out one sport———-and if they did, it would be football. None of the regular top programs have never had wrestling on special status. ...

>>>>>Agree 100% that losing guys like Meys, Hess and Milonis were huge negatives.

But the focus is on recent years and statements that recent recruits haven’t panned out.

>>>>>>>>The trustees and admins are not going to pick one sport for exalted status. It’s not a political or woke issue——it’s reality. None of the Power 5 programs that excel in wrestling designate wrestling for special status. They are all put football at the top of any list Money for an NIL to attr...

>>>>>>>>>>Freedom for college athletes ( or oboe players, etc) to sell their likeness was ruled favorably by the Supreme Court. I don’t think it’s going to change any time soon. One man’s slush fund is another man’s education fund or autograph/picture collection. For instance, a charitable education...

>>>>>>>>>>I’m far from a title nine expert, but the Power 5 schools have gone to great lengths to increase women’s programs and scholarships to offset football. Schools like NW and others have women’s lacrosse but no men’s lacrosse. We don’t need ( and will never achieve) the trustees, admins, etc t...

>>>>>>Look at this from another direction: Identify one sport as special and every recruit for football, softball, etc will hear a steady drumbeat from competing school coaches that they shouldn’t waste their time at Lehigh, because all Lehigh cares about is wrestling and every other sport is second...

>>>>>>>>Once more into the breech. mookster, spladle and now porgie with comments on “high level” recruits that didn’t pan out. Who are these recent high level recruits that didn’t pan out? The only guy in recent years that remotely fit that description was Ruth, who transferred out for self inflict...

>>>>>>>>I’m still waiting for mookster or spladle to post the the long list of blue chip recruits in the last 5 years that missed. I respect all opinions, but for opinions to hold water they need to have substance or they are just hot air. Much of DRD’s info is a long walk down memory lane, but even...

>>>>>>>To satisfy O: In my opinion, mookster’s comment that Lehigh had way more recruiting misses the last 5 years was a negative statement about the coaching staff. In my opinion, there is no other way interpret that statement. Plus, i said said show us the list of misses. The highest ranked recrui...