JOHN SMITH retires

[1/2NELSON]

Speculated for some time now comes to fruition!

With advancing age he had become somewhat cantankerous, and a whinner, but amicable in my conversation with him a year ago at our place. I referred to him as a LEGEND as I shook his hand in Grace Hall a year ago, and asked him if had been up in the attic to the Caruso Wrestling Complex? He said it was absolutely beautiful, and they needed something like that back in Stillwater.

Highly decorated as WRESTLER/COACH is an understatement

https://okstate.com/news/2024/4/11/cowb ... retirement

[JAD77]

A legend indeed. Good post 1/2 Nelson!

[HFO]

Same age as Pat Santoro 58. Smith 100–5 at Sr. Level. Amazing!
He most definitely is a legend and still quite young. Wonder if Okie State will have him doing something within Athletics Department. If not, he will get plenty of appearance fees for media and coaching clinics.

[lu_alum]

33 years. Acknowledged he was ready to retire 2-3 years ago, but stuck around to leave the program in a better place.
https://youtu.be/DCzNPEqrRiw?si=yWZNBDjP34LVW83f

Godspeed, John Smith!

[1/2NELSON]

The COWBOYS just going thru the mandatory formality of a hiring process/protocol for COACH, when the choice was made a year ago when the GOAT reached out to Coleman Scott at North Carolina.

[martinsilvestri]

David Taylor has just been announced as the new Ok St coach

[HFO]

David Taylor has just been announced as the new Ok St coach

102 of 108 years have been coached by an Oklahoma State alumni. Only Joe Seay and now David Taylor.
A huge gamble of PA's Coleman Scott to leave as Head Coach at North Carolina as heir apparent of John Smith that now has not paid off. A huge move by AD to go after David Taylor which I guess means he is done with wrestling and will not stick around for another cycle for 2028. It is a massive hire because Taylor will attract talent. Then you have Penn State and Oklahoma State as the ones to try to stay up with. It is going to be tough. I think Brands value at Iowa is starting to wane. They are not getting the PA wrestlers anymore. Michigan may be able to stay in the mix. Cornell can stay in the mix. Will be interesting times ahead for Teams at NCAA.

[Oracle]

Without question this is a kick in the nuts to Coleman Scott. He leaves a head coaching position where he just had a national champ, in a great conference, to take-over from John Smith. Ouch.

IMO, Okla State made the right choice in David Taylor.

His Penn State pedigree is what almost everyone is looking for. Kind of the same thing with former Gable wrestlers who went into coaching and ended up with plum jobs at many big schools. We're going to see a lot more of this moving forward.

Would it be a stretch to say DT will recruit PA, Ohio, and Michigan really well? Then OSU has always done well in-state where there is plenty of home grown D1 talent. Add in California. The potential is there to bust it wide open for the Pokes. IMO, this hurts Iowa and Iowa State more than anyone else.

But, you can only put 10 on the mat at a time. The depth currently in the PSU room is unprecedented. Can Taylor duplicate this formula? I guess we'll find out soon enough. There are several high placing AAs currently in the portal: Hendrickson, Parco, Schultz, Amine, and NCAA champ Alirez.

Will others flip their commitment? That's more than likely. Wild times.

And what becomes of Coleman Scott? Therapy?

[BP-LU87]

Columbia U??

[Spladle1989]

I would say Coleman Scott definitely ends up at ASU, the closing of the Sunkist program only thing that makes me think twice about it.......Don't see him wanting Coumbia or Hofstra jobs..........