olddirty 257 Report post Posted July 8 Do Athletic Directors not know how to do basic google searches? Almost everything this guy has listed as an accomplishment seems to be totally fake. Is my memory that bad or was this guy really winning US open 6x and placing at the world championships 2x? I dont seem to remember him at all. The story from the SID claims he was the head coach of ISU "club" during Kevin Jackson's tenure there. Dude is blowing some serious smoke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wesley_(wrestler) https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22109?fbclid=IwAR3B-75v97wB8c0ha3V_MDBmuIRm6KJs52R8pJ14d5VwYXhU90An1QnZm08 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justafan 123 Report post Posted July 8 He was wrestling in the veteran division thats why you don't remember him.After reading up on him imagine he will be a good coach for Northwest Tech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 342 Report post Posted July 8 That is a very detailed Wikipedia profile. Not sure why someone would make up a 7th place finish at the Pat Shaw invitational in Guatemala, but you never know. It does look like he was actually the club coach at ISU, which of course is totally separate from the NCAA team (although his son might’ve been on the actual roster for a couple years) - http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/iowa-state-wrestling-club-finishes-season-on-strong-note-at/article_702d955a-195c-11e7-9f2a-dfd17018fc62.html But apparently he also coached a HS team in California during the same time he was coaching the club team at ISU? - https://www.kcra.com/article/high-school-coach-rebuilds-wrestling-program-leads-team-to-success/8974746 BTW, looks like Northwest Tech (which I’d never heard of before this post) is in the NJCAA anyway, so it’s not like he got a high profile job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 342 Report post Posted July 8 Small world though...apparently the previous coach at Northwest Tech is now the coach at North Idaho college - where the longtime coach was fired and is claiming the school violated the ADA among other things. https://www.cdapress.com/sports/20190604/nic_hires_sebaaly_as_wrestling_coach Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HokieHWT 257 Report post Posted July 8 I think the 6x golds in the 90s are team medals from Sunkist Kids. He didn’t actually win gold himself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,013 Report post Posted July 8 And I’m off to “update” my resume. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjc007 500 Report post Posted July 8 Do Athletic Directors not know how to do basic google searches? Almost everything this guy has listed as an accomplishment seems to be totally fake. Is my memory that bad or was this guy really winning US open 6x and placing at the world championships 2x? I dont seem to remember him at all. The story from the SID claims he was the head coach of ISU "club" during Kevin Jackson's tenure there. Dude is blowing some serious smoke.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wesley_(wrestler) https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22109?fbclid=IwAR3B-75v97wB8c0ha3V_MDBmuIRm6KJs52R8pJ14d5VwYXhU90An1QnZm08I think he coached the non NCAA "club" team. It's basically glorified intramurals. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobDole 836 Report post Posted July 8 I'm more embarrassed that he has a more detailed and extensive Wiki page than I do. 1 silvermedal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonBryant 1,442 Report post Posted July 8 Still more legitimate than someone we know. 3 1 RealAmericanHero, silvermedal, simple and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justafan 123 Report post Posted July 8 (edited) 49 minutes ago, HokieHWT said: I think the 6x golds in the 90s are team medals from Sunkist Kids. He didn’t actually win gold himself. Correct those were years Sunkist won Greco as a team Edited July 8 by justafan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olddirty 257 Report post Posted July 8 2 minutes ago, JasonBryant said: Still more legitimate than someone we know. That was my first thought. These guys have the same playbook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonBryant 1,442 Report post Posted July 8 Still one of those “not telling the whole story” and “selective context” types of things. 1 MikePorcelli reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GockeS 238 Report post Posted July 8 2 hours ago, JasonBryant said: Still more legitimate than someone we know. ?? 1 PSUMike reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUSMC 63 Report post Posted July 8 His son wrestled at ISU for a couple of/few years; 2 time CA State qualifier out of the Sacramento area. He may have relocated to Ames during that time - which could be why he was coaching the club team? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idaho 427 Report post Posted July 8 Just added: "Expert in Harry Potter Floo Powder in order to be both the present head coach at a high school in Sacramento, CA and the present head coach of Iowa State University of Science and Technology." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idaho 427 Report post Posted July 8 3 hours ago, JasonBryant said: Still one of those “not telling the whole story” and “selective context” types of things. I was undefeated in high school (for January of 1988). 1 HurricaneWrestling2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fletcher 504 Report post Posted July 8 I don't think you know what "smoke show" means. [Goes back to feed of Instagram models]. 1 2 CoachWrestling, nom and tommytechnique reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HokieHWT 257 Report post Posted July 8 27 minutes ago, Idaho said: Just added: "Expert in Harry Potter Floo Powder in order to be both the present head coach at a high school in Sacramento, CA and the present head coach of Iowa State University of Science and Technology." You got me! I went back to read this lol 1 Idaho reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olddirty 257 Report post Posted July 8 33 minutes ago, Fletcher said: I don't think you know what "smoke show" means. [Goes back to feed of Instagram models]. I might be older than you. Until recently, smoke show was when a dude would burnout his tires and create a "smoke show", which looked very close to this guys resume. A lot of smoke being blown with these half truths. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buffacue 1 Report post Posted July 9 If you look at the update history of the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_Wesley_(wrestler)&action=history), you'll see that a user named "August Wesley" has edited the page several times. 1 CoachWrestling reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 1,665 Report post Posted July 9 (edited) I want a T shirt that says, "Wesley Trained." Edited July 9 by Billyhoyle 2 1 1 GockeS, olddirty, silvermedal and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,625 Report post Posted July 9 5 hours ago, Buffacue said: If you look at the update history of the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_Wesley_(wrestler)&action=history), you'll see that a user named "August Wesley" has edited the page several times. This was once against terms of use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonBryant 1,442 Report post Posted July 9 You can edit your own listing, you just can’t create it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishbane 100 Report post Posted July 9 Anyone nominate that page for deletion yet? I reckon he fails criteria b. "Credible claim of significance" is a two-part test: credible and significant. A good mental test is to consider each part discretely: a) is this reasonably plausible? b) assuming this were true, would this (or something that "this" might plausibly imply) cause a person to be notable? Or, in line with point 6 above, does it give plausible indications that research might well discover notability? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 1,064 Report post Posted July 9 Northwest Tech is interesting because they always have a ton of Mongolian wrestlers for some reason. They really scrap, but are of course just learning folkstyle at what the folks in Goodland like to call the "Harvard of Sherman County" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
