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wagers32

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  1. On a side note, I coach wrestling at a school with a very good deep tradition of football, and getting the coaches and parents to "buy in" is the hardest part, but once they do, they will all atest that it can make a difference. You just have to be open to the possibilities of what it can do rather than thinking it harms the sport. It took a few years and some projects on the team to have the coaches buy in and show some difference, but it does work, depending on the leader/coaches that the schools have. That is the most important part if it will be beneficial or not. Who would be put into place to make the transition successful? Joe Blow would harm the school and the sport.
  2. Well this is just my opinion (which could be a bias) however, some coaches do sit by the mats to watch kids wrestle even though they are there to recruit for football. The toughness and tenacity that is created and built through wrestling is far above most attributes needed to be a good football player. These 2 things alone will take a "good" football player to a "really good" football player. Being a successful wrestler will help any average football guy get a look from someone who might not have looked. I mean lets face it, the true studs/athletes are going to get looks no matter what they play or do. Now I don't know the traditions at Highlands other than they are great at football, and I'm an Ohio guy originally so I'm trying to look at this in a general format. But considering I did both growing up, and I wrestled in college, I also now coach wrestling in Ohio, the two sports compliment each other beyond any other two combined. Now I know this also varies upon positions. A wide reciever, a QB, taller guys with good agility now they might suit better at basketball than wrestling just because of thier build. But a LB, a RB, any lineman, DE, TE, any hard nosed in the trenches player or gap filler would definitely excel putting the two sports together. The hand fighting, balance, leverage, and movement that wrestling teaches is exactly like fighting in the trenches. There is a Jim Tressel youtube video out there talking about how he only recruits OL and DL's that wrestle because of what wrestling teaches them. Now I know it's his beliefs, and these are my beliefs, but they can definitely help each other. Again this is just my opinion, but lifting all off season isn't the same as competing in a sport that requires more than most. I also think that if you could get the school, kids, and parents to buy into the sport of wrestling it would definitely be a beneficiary to the kids and to the football team, more so than a risk or hold back. But again, that is just my humble opinion. I think I have to agree with one poster, those guys that are 5' 9" or 5' 10" would definitely have more opportunity to succeed and excel rather than just sitting on the bench. It just provides another opportunity to help these children succeed in life, after all it's all about us setting our kids up for success right?
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