Hayden Taylor

[WhizzerClone]

3-time state wrestling champion Hayden Taylor ruled ineligible by IHSAA after return from injury, transfer

Hayden Taylor, a three-time wrestling state champ, won't get the chance to wrestle for his fourth later this month.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Disappointing story to read. I feel bad for the kid. Rules are rules as far as his transfer goes. He transferred to Greene County to be with Sebolt (sports related) so he has to sit his 90 days.

What the article doesnt mention is what went down at Solon to cause this transfer. Rumor has it the coaches didn't let him wrestle off for the spot after being out majority of the year. I understand if this was your average wrestler, but this is your 3x state champ going for 4. He has done more for that program than anyone. It mentions in the article the Solon coach attended the appeal, probably in favor of upholding the block. Disappointing for all sides.

@Buf, any word if we are on Taylor’s radar?

 

[buf87]

Pretty sure he is Iowa bound

 

[WhizzerClone]

Pretty sure he is Iowa bound

Figured.

 

[BCClone]

Pretty sure he is Iowa bound

He wrestles for TJ, that generally means Iowa.

 

[jkbuff98]

From what I hear there is more to the story at Solon .
I've met Hayden and think he is a good kid that probably got some bad advice.
Would have liked to see him go for 4 .
Also heard Iowa bound

 

[crablegs]

I've met Hayden and think he is a good kid that probably got some bad advice.

From someone like Sebolt or Fellers? Impossible

 

[WhizzerClone]

From someone like Sebolt or Fellers? Impossible

I think Ironside was involved with the bad advice giving.

 

[CyGold]

Obviously one of the Doctors is giving bad advice.... one saying to get surgery asap and the other says to wait. Mute point now

 

[BCClone]

Easiest way around these things is for the parents to say they separated, if still together, hard for someone to argue that. Then they miraculously reconcile in May.

 

[crablegs]

Obviously one of the Doctors is giving bad advice.... one saying to get surgery asap and the other says to wait. Mute point now

True, but you can always find a doctor to tell you what you want to hear. In fact, some people even see “chiropractors” for things like this.

Anyways, we saw a similar thing with the OG Sebolt kid Cullen Schriever. He wrestled his senior year on a bad injury because of trying for that fourth title, and no doubt in my mind Sebolt is pushing it. Heal up, focus on the next level. Make AA a couple times and it doesn’t matter how many HS championships you won.

 

[jkbuff98]

Easiest way around these things is for the parents to say they separated, if still together, hard for someone to argue that. Then they miraculously reconcile in May.

Not an option in this case

 

[BikeSkiClone]

This story out of SMU football is the first thing I thought of when I heard he received a second opinion from a former unnamed Iowa wrestler, going against the opinion of Taylor's doctor. Hope he didn't receive similar advice.

Taylor's mom responded to a comment on one of the Twitter threads (I think TJ's) admitting that he had a school code of conduct violation that cost him a chunk of the wrestling season. Didn't go into details of what the violation was for, but said that he "served his time." In my experiences, coaches always state at the beginning of the season that wrestle-offs/challenges are not guaranteed and are at the discretion of the head coach. Sounds like the Solon coach probably looked at the two guys at the weight and over here has a kid who has a code of conduct violation and hasn't wrestled in competition all season, and a kid who kept his nose clean all year and has been making weight and competing, so he went with the latter.

 

[EIClone]

Pretty sure he is Iowa bound

His grades not real good from the information I heard, (not what got him kicked off the Solon team). Conduct rules did that. Would be a struggle academically at any D1 school. Might mean he has to go JuCo or lower division. That wouldn't mean some schools wouldn't be interested and try.

 

[VeloClone]

His grades not real good from the information I heard, (not what got him kicked off the Solon team). Conduct rules did that. Would be a struggle academically at any D1 school. Might mean he has to go JuCo or lower division. That wouldn't mean some schools wouldn't be interested and try.

I'm pretty sure Brands would figure out a way to keep a bar of soap eligible if it would help his squad.