John Smith Retired from Stallwater?
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Didn't Nate have some real battles with Kenny Monday, who would be close friends with Smith?
Nate probably worked Smith over at Olympic and World training sessions.
Of course he might not like the Carr family.
Smith seems pretty petty, especially the last few years.
I have some friends that road tripped to an OSU game in Stillwater. They arrived early on a Friday and were walking around campus with their ISU gear on. They were all HS wrestlers and wanted to check out their wrestling facilities. An assistant invited them in to watch practice/drills. They said John and his staff were very humble, kind, and gracious. They said John talked with them for about 10 minutes and couldn't have been nicer.
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Wyatt Sheet’s dad wrestled in 1988 Olympic trials, training at Oklahoma State when Smith was. Probably Smith showing loyalty to Sheets family more than dislike of Carrs.
The kind intensity and competitiveness uber successful athletes have is hard for some to understand. Gable, Michael Jordan, Tiger, etc... they're wired differently and some would argue pathologic. I would put Smith in that category. Cael and, from what I can tell Jordan Burroughs, have shown being borderline crazy, is not a prerequisite for that level of success, although Cael won two world medals compared to Smith's six. This is just me sharing some random thoughts on a Friday morning...
I'm so torn on his retirement. Even though he's whiny and too much in the corner we cannot ignore the fact that the guy is probably 1 of the 3 best US wrestlers of all time. And it pains to say this, a great coach. So enjoy retirement, its much earned and I can now focus all my disdain and anger on Chris Perry. This should be fun!
I'm still seeing posts and articles on social media talking about the position and speculating about who will be taking over for Smith. I can't imagine Scott would have left his own fairly successful program to come back to OSU if he wasn't basically guaranteed that he'd get the keys. Is there a legit chance that this issue isn't settled and if not, why the wait in making the announcement?
I think I read somewhere that by Oklahoma law, the job has to be posted for 5 business days. Guessing the announcement comes out that Scott is taking over the program by the end of the week
I wonder how realistic it is that Eirsman goes as associate head coach.
One could assume he’d bring his AA’s along and they just so happen to be at weights of need for OSU.
One could assume he’d bring his AA’s along and they just so happen to be at weights of need for OSU.
That would be pretty nuts. OSU would have a super salty lineup up adding in the Bailey's, Little, and the Bianchi's.
I really don't see Erisman walking away from a program he's built from scratch to be an associate, though.
That said, OSU is infinitely higher profile than Little Rock, and crazy crap happens all the time.
