And there’s another recruiting loss. This one to ex-cyclones Reader & Bono. I’m going to go out in a limb and say we don’t get the other 2 possible transfers either.
Dun, dun, dun..another one bites the dust.
Seriously folks... IF every time a guy transfers or commits elsewhere and you guys tell us about "another miss" and "our recruiting sucks" it's going to drive me crazy. Are you saying you think we should be giving $$ to Moore? He's only got two years left and is at 141. Maybe you aren't aware of this but our guy for next year (Parker) is pretty damn good. Then the following year we've got another stud (Gomez) that will probably bump up and fill in quite nicely. Heck IF Moore did decide to come here you same guys would probably roast the coaches for spending time and money focused on the wrong weight classes when we would only likely see him as a starter for one year.
As for Weiler I could say about the same thing... A R12 guy coming in with one year left at a weight that we've got a underclassman with a bright future. I wouldn't be surprised to see Coleman (or Broderson or Colbray) beat him next year.
As for posting a list of the last few top recruits from this year and pointing out that none of them listed ISU as their final choices... I'm sure ALL of the true ISU wrestling fans are quite aware AND admit that our coaches had more than a few swing and misses this past year. Things are NOT all sunshine and roses on the recruiting front... We get it! Thanks for educating us on this (over and over and over). Oh, by the way... go back 3 years and look at the Hawk board and how many posters wanted to run M* out of town because he couldn't recruit. A few wanted Terry sent packing for the same reasons and I'm sure some wanted a change at the top. Oh how the tide has turned over at EIU. But heck, if I'm understanding some of these posts correctly...There is NO way our coaches can turn the tide next year or the following year and it's helpful to point out every time another school has a recruiting or transfer victory.
I know, I know... "I've got my head in the sand" and "all of these posts are just pointing out facts" and "any posters that say anything negative towards the coaches will get flamed" in 3, 2, 1....