Ugh, new coach

I hope the coach doesn't read this thread:)

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Originally Posted by Wrestling_Prodigy

I really don't think you can lead a team of wrestlers good if you don't have at least more than 3 years of wrestling experience at a good level. The coach teaches not gets taught. It won't work out. He won't have any idea on technique and basics will be hard for him to get even get down, let alone teach it.

I am against just accepting the coach so easily. He should do something about it. The coach will teach incorrect forms/basics/techniques and develop very bad habits for some wrestlers.

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I would imagine nobody would be thrilled to have their coach removed and replaced to conform to a new district budget, but it happened.

The head coach at my old high school surrounds himself with technicians and rarely teaches technique himself. A good coach is not always a master of the sport- often times it is someone who manages well and surrounds himself with people who can help him & the team excel.

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Originally Posted by Spider

So coaching salaries still qualify for Obama's tax cut?

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My "tax cut" is the amount I spend coaching (deductible!) . The one year I got a stipend it went for entry fees.

Be happy they just cut the just and not the sport. If you can get some books on wrestling, get them to him. Every coach wants to learn.

My coaches coach was the football coach and had never wrestled. He took over wrestling they won a state title and were a perennial power. My coach won individual state titles and his coach was inducted into the AZ sports hall of fame for coaching wrestling, and he is still top ten all time winningest coaches. So it can be done it just depends on the coaches mentality and dedication to the sport. Give him a chance.

Things aren't as bad as I had initially thought. Turns out the guy wrestled all through school and then in college, too. I guess we just jumped to conclusions because all we've seen from him has been football.

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Originally Posted by rich1990

Things aren't as bad as I had initially thought. Turns out the guy wrestled all through school and then in college, too. I guess we just jumped to conclusions because all we've seen from him has been football.

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That is pretty good then. :walkman: