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When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:11 pm
by ASU
Santoro did a fine job, but at some point it is time for new blood to breathe life into the program.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:03 am
by mookie
You're touching the "third rail "of Lehigh wrestling.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 am
by Toast
ASU wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:11 pm
Santoro did a fine job, but at some point it is time for new blood to breathe life into the program.
Ayres has a good thing going right where he is that he built from scratch. The grass isn’t always greener. Just ask Mark Cody.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:14 am
by lu_alum
Toast wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 am
ASU wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:11 pm
Santoro did a fine job, but at some point it is time for new blood to breathe life into the program.
Ayres has a good thing going right where he is that he built from scratch. The grass isn’t always greener. Just ask Mark Cody.
...and Jason Borelli.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:46 pm
by drd5748
At appropriate time, we’re fortunate to have solid options like McCoy, Dillon, Ayres, Rey developing; some will have bigger dreams, I doubt Power 5 will understand what Lehigh is about (real careers)
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:53 pm
by jdalu75
lu_alum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:14 am
Toast wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 am
ASU wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:11 pm
Santoro did a fine job, but at some point it is time for new blood to breathe life into the program.
Ayres has a good thing going right where he is that he built from scratch. The grass isn’t always greener. Just ask Mark Cody.
...and Jason Borelli.
I don't think Borelli left Stanford because the grass was greener at American; he left because of the heavy dose of Agent Orange dropped on Stanford's grass.
I don't know that we'll be looking for a new head coach anytime soon, but the trend is towards younger coaches. Borelli is younger than Ayres, McCoy, and probably Dillon too. The times I've spoken with him he appears to be intelligent and forward-looking, very involved in things like improving seeding (something we'd all like to see). He's the kind of guy we should talk with.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:05 pm
by lu_alum
jdalu75 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:53 pm
lu_alum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:14 am
Toast wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 am
Ayres has a good thing going right where he is that he built from scratch. The grass isn’t always greener. Just ask Mark Cody.
...and Jason Borelli.
I don't think Borelli left Stanford because the grass was greener at American; he left because of the heavy dose of Agent Orange dropped on Stanford's grass.
I don't know that we'll be looking for a new head coach anytime soon, but the trend is towards younger coaches. Borelli is younger than Ayres, McCoy, and probably Dillon too. The times I've spoken with him he appears to be intelligent and forward-looking, very involved in things like improving seeding (something we'd all like to see). He's the kind of guy we should talk with.
My post had more to do with Borelli going to Stanford, which ended up not being as lucrative as he thought it would be.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:10 pm
by DavidKla
How about the job Troy Nickerson did at UNC this year (about 70 miles north of me)? Took 3 to Tulsa with a champion and 2 round of 12 - all of which are back next year. Poulin found his way to Greeley from N.C. State. Of course our friend Tate found his way from Castle Rock (about 15 miles south of me) to Lehigh via Wyoming. I don't believe that UNC is even fully funded. Nickerson is from NY originally, if I am correct. Given the way Rutgers is trending...
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:29 pm
by jdalu75
lu_alum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:05 pm
My post had more to do with Borelli going to Stanford, which ended up not being as lucrative as he thought it would be.
He only stayed 13 years; couldn't have been too unhappy.
Re: When does Ayres take over?
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:41 pm
by whiz wit
Chris would be a breath of fresh ayres but for a Jersey guy I'd go with Damian Hahn.