dude is a winner

I wonder if they have some boosters lined up to pay the freight on this guy. Firing Troy Snderland was very un-Penn State like. Then going after a super high profile/ expensive replacement (for wrestling anyway) is similarly very un-Penn State like.

I’ll be interested to see how this turns out.

For a wrestling coach, a move from Ames to State College would be a step down. The day a coach heads to State College due to a big contract will be the first. The AD always hires “Penn State people” because they will stay a long time and accept less money. This doesn’t fit.

If it does, this would be a huge and mostly positive break from the past.

http://www.kcci.com/news/19210197/detail.html

AMES, Iowa — A report on the Cedar Rapids Gazette Web site said Iowa State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson is leaving Iowa State University to accept the head coaching position at Penn State University.

oh wait…sorry, it’s instinct nowadays when I see Iowa in a post

Comments here:

Wow. Love this paragraph:

The reason I have chosen to take the opportunity to coach PSU is because Pennsylvania is consistently the top high school wrestling state in the country. PA also borders Ohio, NJ, and NY, three of the top ncaa wrestling all-American producing states in the country. Penn State is probably the most popular athletic department in the country. Penn State has more kids apply to school then any other school in the country. The potential is unbelievable. That is why I have decided to make the change at this time. Through a lot of prayer and discussion with my family I feel that I am supposed to go to Penn State.