I feel like this is where I draw the line on some of this "team leader" stuff. Yes having a team leader/leaders is important, no i don't think it outweighs "being the better wrestler" in so far as who we want to have at a weight. This isn't even a comment on Casey vs anyone specifically, but we can't be just giving spots out purely for intangible reasons and telling other guys to vacate for Casey, especially given his injury history.
Valid pts and I don’t want to misconstrue giving spots to guys without being the best wrestler. If anything I think this enlightens me to the reality of how extensive roster mgmt is going to be going forward. Managing NIL and what you can allocate to room guys and starters, new allocations of numbers on the team etc. It’s going to be hectic to say the least…
The intial thrust on Swid is based on his leadership intangibles that have been floated around and gleaned from interviews that he seems to be the next “guy” like David was, rallies the team, guys follow he example etc. if there is any merit to the claim that him and Chittum are headed to OsU doesn’t that warrant assessing Swid “value” compared to just his wrestling ability? Yes the majority is what he does ON the mat BUT IF others within the program view him as that leader one would have to exercise caution more if he would leave not knowing the fall out behind it…this is magnified for us as we aren’t a NiL blue blood that can just write another check for the next shiny toy that wants to join us for awhile…we are a “draft and develop” with a few shiny toys at need positions.
Same analogy in FB if you got the “the guy” at QB your gonna get FA that want to join, if you don’t and he moves on your team could turn into a ghost town. Dresser has a great staff of coaches and a on campus case study in CMC on how to do more with less, let’s hope it
Continues on the upward trajectory we have right now!