I say that as a person who has posted on the wrestling thread in the past. Very few posted on CF, or expressed their pleasure with how the program was going. Now that Cael leaves, what happened?
One instance...this is just one instance.
No.
More.
Spin.
And that's what this "no one cared about wrestling before today" is...spin and another way to soften the blow. This is bigger than just the sport. It's a legendary Cyclone flying the coop. It's another bad day in a laundry list of sour days.
If this were just some coach not named Cael, it would not be near the issue that it is.
I agree with you - but this is a microcosm of what has plagued our entire athletic department for a decade or so now.
When somebody that is as big of a part of Iowa State Athletics as Cael leaves the program he professed to to love more than anything in life, it really makes people step back and ask questions of what is wrong that causes even that person to bolt.
While most people couldn't care less and just use it to further their agendas of bashing anything and everything that goes on - some see it as a sign that something is fundamentally wrong.
I say that as a person who has posted on the wrestling thread in the past. Very few posted on CF, or expressed their pleasure with how the program was going. Now that Cael leaves, what happened?
When you're a truly elite program in the sport, are paying the coach the highest salary in the business and he is more Cyclone than anybody before or after him - it raises some big flags when he bolts after three years.
And...
Most that are complaining and aren't wrestling fans, are complaining that the biggest Cyclone legend in our entire history as a University just left for a program that was 1-6 last year and has very little tradition compared to us. When you're a truly elite program in the sport, are paying the coach the highest salary in the business and he is more Cyclone than anybody before or after him - it raises some big flags when he bolts after three years.
To most people in the state, it's not an issue. It's just something to be hypersensitive about.
And...
Most that are complaining and aren't wrestling fans, are complaining that the biggest Cyclone legend in our entire history as a University just left for a program that was 1-6 last year and has very little tradition compared to us. When you're a truly elite program in the sport, are paying the coach the highest salary in the business and he is more Cyclone than anybody before or after him - it raises some big flags when he bolts after three years.
Just admit that you want something to be pissed about, and get it over with.
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Exactly. As I posted in another thread, very few on this site even read the wrestling forum before today. Now, it's another symbol of the pseudo-indignant, "woe is Iowa State" attitude that a lot want to take. Yes, the world is ending because a sport that loses money that you didn't care about two days ago has a coaching change. Just admit that you want something to be pissed about, and get it over with.
Well-reasoned post. Intelligent response right there.
Apparently Angie also works for the athletic dept. Don't you folks get the night off to enjoy the VEISHEA activities?
When someone is calling people out for not being reasonable and saying the only reason people are upset is they are seeking out reasons to just be mad - hard to come back with anything else.
I've listed countless facts as to why this is a very upsetting event and it's just another issue in a long trend of bad events.