Its frickin wrestling who cares?

[cyeah]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

Its a pretty big deal in the state of Iowa.

 

[Cyclone62]

I'm sorry you aren't a wrestling fan and miss out on all the pure domination, physical aggression, emotion, and excitement that happens at Hilton Coliseum every winter.

 

[gocy444]

This thread is gonna make a lot of people mad. I like how all the time before this cael thing happened no one cared but now they all do.

 

[bluejayrock]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department.

Financially no, but it's a big source of pride. Every school has a sport outside of the "Big 2" that they can always hang their hat on. Minnesota has hockey, Johns Hopkins has lacrosse, and Iowa State has wrestling.

 

[Cyclone62]

This thread is gonna make a lot of people mad. I like how all the time before this cael thing happened no one cared but now they all do.

I actually won't read half of the threads started about this situation that have no idea what they're talking about.

 

[alaskaguy]

And a lot of non-wrestling fans do seem to care for a couple of reasons; first they see a pattern as to how this was handled by the AD and secondly they see how this pattern replicates itself into the money sports.

 

[Go2Guy]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department
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It doesn't appear like you have an appreciation, or understanding of the history, legend and importance of wrestling to Iowa State. It's a big deal.

 

[CyCrazy]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department.

I really dont care about wrestling either, but you have to see that it is a pretty big thing in this state for alot of people.
just because you dont like it doesnt mean much

 

[Seth]

I care. I've gone to the NCAA Tournament the last 2 years. It's an amazing experience, and like it or not, our program was just dealt a nasty blow. People necessarily want/need to talk about it.

 

[everyyard]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department.

he was as much an isu icon as cy, the campanile, and lake laverne. they don't just come around every day. Whether you like wrestling or not, it will be a LONG time until someone comes around to ISU as unique in sports as Cael. You need a larger view of how this affects ISU than just who coaches the team.

 

[CYKOFAN]

Agree bluejayrock, it's a source of pride for Clone fans to know there is one sport in which we will always achieve excellence at a national level. It's our only sport where we have tradition and recognition for consistently having a great program, and even most casual sports fans who know nothing about wrestling would recognize the name of Cael Sanderson and associate it with Iowa State. Imo we're losing a good chunk of our identity and pride with the loss of Cael.

 

[cyfan964]

I care because someone who should have had an unbelievable amount of loyalty and pride in his university... apparently didn't.

 

[singsing]

he was as much an isu icon as cy, the campanile, and lake laverne. they don't just come around every day. Whether you like wrestling or not, it will be a LONG time until someone comes around to ISU as unique in sports as Cael. You need a larger view of how this affects ISU than just who coaches the team.

Good post. It's a pride thing. You don't lose your icons to other schools.

 

[GoShow97]

I actually won't read half of the threads started about this situation that have no idea what they're talking about.

Sounds like 95% of all threads started on CF.

 

[jtd9046]

Financially no, but it's a big source of pride. Every school has a sport outside of the "Big 2" that they can always hang their hat on. Minnesota has hockey, Johns Hopkins has lacrosse, and Iowa State has wrestling.

Except hockey in MN makes quite a bit of cash for the athletic department.

 

[Scott34]

For the amount of complaining about Cael leaving you would think the crowds are usually sold out at the meets.

It is wrestling not a sport that makes or breaks our athletic department.

This has to be the dumbest comment that i have ever heard by anyone. Have you ever tried to wrestle? have you ever been to a meet? Prolly not so you have no room to complain. Wrestling is by far, prolly the hardest sport there is. Some people may differ with me on this, but do you think you could go seven minutes on a mat. I doubt it. Thats just the minimum.There were multiple times that Big Z went 11 minutes straight cause of overtime. And your also asking why anyone cares? Name just 1 Cyclone sport that won the Big 12 title 3 consecutive years. Cant think of any can you. So the next time you wanna post any idiotic comment, maybe you should have some fact to back up your complaint!!!!!!!! Go Cyclone Wrestling

 

[cyfan964]

This has to be the dumbest comment that i have ever heard by anyone. Have you ever tried to wrestle? have you ever been to a meet? Prolly not so you have no room to complain. Wrestling is by far, prolly the hardest sport there is. Some people may differ with me on this, but do you think you could go seven minutes on a mat. I doubt it. Thats just the minimum.There were multiple times that Big Z went 11 minutes straight cause of overtime. And your also asking why anyone cares? Name just 1 Cyclone sport that won the Big 12 title 3 consecutive years. Cant think of any can you. So the next time you wanna post any idiotic comment, maybe you should have some fact to back up your complaint!!!!!!!! Go Cyclone Wrestling

Easy Scott.... easssssyyyyy.:yes:

 

[bluejayrock]

Easy Scott.... easssssyyyyy.:yes:

There are 3 groups of people you don't agitate: Wrestlers, Wrestling Fans, and Wrestling Mothers.

 

[sdillon500]

Not a lot of people care about bike racing in the states either, but a lot of people would have been pissed off if Lance Armstrong had decided to join the Italian team a few years ago.

Like Lance is for biking, Cael is a legend in wrestling and icon for ISU. It hurts to lose arguably our most famous alumni.