Ryan Crookham- signed

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drd5748
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Re: Ryan Crookham- signed

Post by drd5748 » Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:16 pm

>>>He will be welcomed in the snake pit to team up with the other young guns to bring Lehigh back to its rightful spot regularly in the Top 10 on the national wrestling stage.

Might depend on our definition of 'regularly.' It's been 35 years since we were last a truly frequent Top 10 (more often than 2000-2006, i.e. like 50% of the years from 1955-87) ...there were programs nowhere near the Top 10 that are now regularly in it or Top 12-13: like Ohio St, Cornell, Missouri, Va Tech, Nebraska, Illinois, NC State. Minnesota has made quantum leaps since the '80's; factor in Iowa & Penn State's quantum jumps from 1974 & 2010, respectively; Arizona St and Michigan now and Okie St always.
So ISU, Lehigh and Oklahoma will each have their hands full proving they can regularly crack the Top 10. We've done the best of that former Big 3 in the past decade; only 10 of these 16 can fit the shoe (unless a tie for 10th). My Gibbs gut tells me the top teams are those willing to sell their soul to win
(see new $95mil contract to steal N.Dame football coach...while neither school is in wrestling, PSU just re-upped their football coach for the 2nd time in 3 years; to 10-yrs $75mil; Michigan salary is Top 3; Oklahoma will replace coach who just left for rumored $10mil/10 yrs).
Competing with Power 5 schools is gonna' be a nightmare. Story coming in AWN.


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Re: Ryan Crookham- signed

Post by whiz wit » Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:13 pm

Given the present day competition, I'll be happy with top 15.
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