Storr Responds

[cycloneman003]

I'm not trying to absolve the staff of all blame, but goodness this screams of a kid trying to cover his ass and the Paulson's as well. Repeatedly being asked to cease communication with the Paulson's, etc. The push and "feeling scared" seems pretty convenient now when the Register quotes him as wanting to try and lessen the tampering penalties for UVA and then backing out of the story when they said they would fact-check it with the university.

Best of luck to Storr at his next stop, but good riddance it would seem to me.

 

[nfrine]

Storr won't transfer to the Hoks. He couldn't handle the heat there.

 

[jkbuff98]

Pollard was at the meet , wonder what his perception of it is ?

 

[cyfan21]

I hate coaches that are just way to over the top. Same with Eustacy. I’m guessing we will all stick up for the coaches until it becomes a pattern. However, if you don’t think a crazy wrestling coach didn’t push a wrestler. Then I would submit you might be drinking a little to much kool aid. Wrestling coaches and people are crazy. I am guessing the Brands brothers have shoved or throttled every single one of their wrestlers at some point.

True Statement

 

[cycfan1]

BS. You can't blame the kid for being fed up with the coaches' story being the only one out there being told.

But they never ripped the kid.
If the Paulsens wanted to put out another story thats a different story.

 

[Gossamer]

football coaches have been dismissed for putting their hands on players. If that happened, and the coaching staff admits it, they are in the wrong.

Can we please not forget these still college aged kids? No matter what, I'm disappointed in how this was handled by ISU. No reason for it to come to this in this way.

 

[bthomps01]

D1 wrestling is not for everyone -- What I witnessed at the WVU meet was in no way abuse.
It was a tight match in overtime and Storr zonked out - no energy. Metcalf did hustle him out of the arena - I didn't view it as any type of abuse.
One fact that was not printed - The paulsons absolutely cannot develop talent.

 

[HobbitNation]

Can we please not forget these still college aged kids? No matter what, I'm disappointed in how this was handled by ISU. No reason for it to come to this in this way.

Handled by ISU? You have a student athlete (whom you are footing his collegiate bill) and he is in constant contact with another universities coaches (clearly illegal) he also attempts to cover his own derrière and looks foolish in doing so. How was this mishandled by isu? They have done the only good thing in cutting ties with him and pursuing legal means of ramifications, they have all publicly wished storr good luck and moved on.

 

[Kevburk]

I was sitting in one of the sections behind the ISU bench at the WV meet when all this went down. This thread makes it sound like Metcalf went up and shoved Storr because he lost or didn’t show enough effort. What I saw was Metcalf trying to hurry Storr out of the arena because he was slowly leaving the mat/pouting after the match. If you have seen Storr lose before, he has a tendency to do that. Metcalf comes from the Hawkeye mindset where every wrestler runs out of the arena win or lose as to not let your opponent see your emotion. He’s done this with other ISU wrestlers that pout after matches, including Parker the match right before.

I totally agree with this. That is exactly what I saw too. He wasn't shoving him because he lost. He was trying to get him away from the mat instead of pouting & feeling sorry for himself

 

[isit]

I was at the meet and saw what happened. Dresser stood up and talked to Storr when he came off the mat. Storr turned away from Dresser and headed to the bench Metcalf , obviously unhappy, intercepted him and put his hand on his butt or lower back area and directed him toward the back. It was more of a push than a shove and it was not physical abuse . I don’t have any problem if Metcalf said get the hell out of here. Later Zadick sat with Storr on the bench talking for at least 5 min maybe more in a calm demeanor.

Dresser has said multiple times Storr was not practicing like he should. Storr admits he talked to Paulson about his situation after Las Vegas. Paulson talking with him about anything like this is a direct violation of NCAA rules.

This is spot on. I was there watching from walking off mat to metcalf hurrying him along. The comments of abuse are insane. As I said earlier this is much more about ultimatums and consequences.

 

[chuckd4735]

Between reading this and what Storr wrote, seems like he wanted special treatment. If that is the case, glad both sides have moved on.

Seems like he wanted to make sure the story spun in his favor, rather then have equal coverage of both sides.

 

[Scott34]

football coaches have been dismissed for putting their hands on players. If that happened, and the coaching staff admits it, they are in the wrong.

Can we please not forget these still college aged kids? No matter what, I'm disappointed in how this was handled by ISU. No reason for it to come to this in this way.

So you're ok with ISU paying for a kid to go here but not be totally committed? Ok

 

[Brandon]

It sounds to me like someone needs their binky (pacifier)

 

[yler4cy]

I agree with others, in that the DSM Reg article shedded a lot of light on the situation and I too believe Store felt like he needed special treatment. I see this in when he was asked by Zadick to stop all communication with the Paulson's and be 100% committed to ISU or leave and he chose to leave.

Either way good luck to him in the future and I stand behind these coaches.

 

[2forISU]

This shove is on the same level as MC shoving Jacob Park. Two kids that had a hard time dealing with high expectations and wanted to pout when things didn't go their way.

 

[BCClone]

Will agree if it was a push back to the lockerroom, or area, that is way different than coming up and just shoving him around after a loss. With what people are saying on here, the staffs account seems closer to what witnesses have said.

 

[Gossamer]

So you're ok with ISU paying for a kid to go here but not be totally committed? Ok

you ok with a coach pushing your kid and talking to him in that manner?

 

[CTTB78]

How did the ISU staff know KS was communicating with the Paulson's prior to the WV meet? And how long did the staff know this was going on?

 

[Knownothing]

Honestly this just sounds like two sides who had a bad breakup. Probably both were wrong. I am guessing the kid did not want special Treatment. Just treated well. I am guessing the coaches we hired are good because they are hard asses and that apparently works in wrestling. So basically the kid transferred. Onto the next kid.

 

[Gossamer]

Handled by ISU? You have a student athlete (whom you are footing his collegiate bill) and he is in constant contact with another universities coaches (clearly illegal) he also attempts to cover his own derrière and looks foolish in doing so. How was this mishandled by isu? They have done the only good thing in cutting ties with him and pursuing legal means of ramifications, they have all publicly wished storr good luck and moved on.

cut him loose when you know he's doing what he shouldn't. No need for additional theatrics. Don't be a fool, Hobbit...you don't know what has happened behind closed doors. If you're naive enough to think their public wishes are best intended, ok...but I don't just think that because theyre at ISU that they couldn't have done it differently.

I'm not mad about it like you seem to be...I simply feel the coaches and administration should be held to a higher standard. It's ok to disagree.