Cael Sanderson Left Cyclones for Penn State
So this is a good point that Gable brings up. Why would Cael have left Iowa if he wants a national championship? Yeah, Penn State has the second best high school wrestling program in the nation – second to Utah (he said this jokingly – Pennsylvania has the best in the nation) and they have great ice cream. But why would he leave a school that has more dual meets and more national titles for a team that is statistically second? I mean come on! Penn State placed 15th compared with Iowa’s two! TWO! And your rival is ONE! Why would someone leave a huge fight with a rival for the number one spot? The other thing that they bring up is the money, but Cael has repeatedly denied that it was the money that attracted him to the job.
So here’s the big question – will Dan Gable take a coaching job at his old alumni? “Anything’s a possibility!” I just hope that Dan wakes up three days in a row saying that he needs to coach there. But if it’s not there who will it be? It seems that he pokes fun a bit when they ask him if he’s the best coach in the nation, but look at his stats. Not only his his dual record impressive, he has placed every qualifiying wrestler into the NCAA tournaments. That’s three years, 30 wrestlers for 30 wrestlers. 100%. So if Dan Gable doesn’t want to fill those shoes, who will want to?
[audio=http://www.wrestling411.tv/wp-content/uploads/DanGable_4_18_09.mp3]
Thanks to Wrestling 411 for the audio file!
Related posts:
A good article Thank you!