jross 279 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 20 hours ago, 1032004 said: Looking at his former wikipedia profile, as a head coach his only prior college experience was at the club level. The fact that he was apparently the head coach of both a HS team in California and the ISU club team at the same time should have been at least one red flag. Even at the high school level, his best achievement as a HC was winning a conference. He was an assistant coach for the NJCAA Sierra college wrestling team. He did coach a California HS and the ISU club team in the same calendar year. He is listed on the Inderkum HS website for the 2017/2018 staff, and other years, as the head coach. That HS season ran from November to January. In March of 2018, he did coach the ISU club. There is evidence for multiple years of this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 812 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 56 minutes ago, jross said: He was an assistant coach for the NJCAA Sierra college wrestling team. He did coach a California HS and the ISU club team in the same calendar year. He is listed on the Inderkum HS website for the 2017/2018 staff, and other years, as the head coach. That HS season ran from November to January. In March of 2018, he did coach the ISU club. There is evidence for multiple years of this. Well I was referring to HC experience, but even still, he was only at Sierra College for 2 years 17 years ago. I'm not saying it didn't happen that he coached both a HS in CA and the ISU club team....but I think that indicates that college club wrestling isn't very serious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PinFallRecruit 67 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, jross said: He was an assistant coach for the NJCAA Sierra college wrestling team. Fun fact - California doesn’t have any schools in the NJCAA. They all compete in the CCCAA (California Community College Athletic Association) 1 Swayz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jross 279 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, PinFallRecruit said: Fun fact - California doesn’t have any schools in the NJCAA. They all compete in the CCCAA (California Community College Athletic Association) My source was ncsasports.org, which lists Sierra under its full list of NJCAA schools. Not sure what that means in relation to CCCAA, if that site is accurate, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PinFallRecruit 67 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, jross said: My source was ncsasports.org, which lists Sierra under its full list of NJCAA schools. Not sure what that means in relation to CCCAA, if that site is accurate, etc. It is not accurate. Looks like they just took all the 2 year schools that offer wrestling and put them into a list assuming they were all NJCAA as it’s probably the only organization they know. CCCAA is separate and made up of only California 2-year schools. They mainly have California kids that enroll due to recruiting rules (they can’t contact a kid outside of California first). NCSA isn’t a good place to go for wrestling info. They are built for a more broad audience. Some of those teams aren’t even NJCAA either. They are NCWA. Edited April 29, 2020 by PinFallRecruit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamStall365247 140 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) What did this guy do to make you mad? There’s a ton of con-artists in wrestling. Guys who preach about hard work and dedication, but run out on their wife and kids. Guys who talk about Jesus and doing the right thing but don’t pay their bills and owe everyone money. Some of the best coaches in the country are dirt bags in “real life.” If we are going to perform character assisinations on here, I’d rather pick on them then some guy who has embellished. This guy doesn’t appear to be hurting anyone. Edited April 29, 2020 by SamStall365247 1 jross reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky 31 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 Is he related to Wes Wesley? 1 Scrap Iron reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 812 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 7 hours ago, SamStall365247 said: What did this guy do to make you mad? There’s a ton of con-artists in wrestling. Guys who preach about hard work and dedication, but run out on their wife and kids. Guys who talk about Jesus and doing the right thing but don’t pay their bills and owe everyone money. Some of the best coaches in the country are dirt bags in “real life.” If we are going to perform character assisinations on here, I’d rather pick on them then some guy who has embellished. This guy doesn’t appear to be hurting anyone. Seems like he may have been a decent HS coach. Making the leap to the Junior College that started this thread seems reasonable (and I don't think most people early on were questioning him getting the job, just how ridiculous some of his "credentials" sounded). But coaching a team that was a top D2 team 2 years ago seems like a stretch. But I guess Wheeling's issues opened the door for him. 1 jross reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 465 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 8 hours ago, SamStall365247 said: What did this guy do to make you mad? There’s a ton of con-artists in wrestling. Guys who preach about hard work and dedication, but run out on their wife and kids. Guys who talk about Jesus and doing the right thing but don’t pay their bills and owe everyone money. Some of the best coaches in the country are dirt bags in “real life.” If we are going to perform character assisinations on here, I’d rather pick on them then some guy who has embellished. This guy doesn’t appear to be hurting anyone. I know a guy who is thought of as a god among youth coaches, but privately, or maybe not so privately is a complete basket case. Like full on down the rabbit hole Alex Jones kind of paranoid crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keisha_Phillips 25 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 14 hours ago, TripNSweep said: I know a guy who is thought of as a god among youth coaches, but privately, or maybe not so privately is a complete basket case. Like full on down the rabbit hole Alex Jones kind of paranoid crazy. Mike Krause 1 BobDole reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnwtwg 428 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 16 hours ago, TripNSweep said: I know a guy who is thought of as a god among youth coaches, but privately, or maybe not so privately is a complete basket case. Like full on down the rabbit hole Alex Jones kind of paranoid crazy. Bill Zadick's beard? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachJSS 18 Report post Posted April 30, 2020 For $40K, it's hard to find a decent coach....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 465 Report post Posted May 1, 2020 9 hours ago, bnwtwg said: Bill Zadick's beard? Bill Zadick doesn't have a beard. Also he's not crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamStall365247 140 Report post Posted May 1, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 10:22 PM, TripNSweep said: I know a guy who is thought of as a god among youth coaches, but privately, or maybe not so privately is a complete basket case. Like full on down the rabbit hole Alex Jones kind of paranoid crazy. That’s my point. A lot of bad dudes get a free pass because they can coach. Makes you appreciate the ones that talk the talk and walk the walk even more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnwtwg 428 Report post Posted May 1, 2020 10 hours ago, TripNSweep said: Bill Zadick doesn't have a beard. Also he's not crazy. Ahh you're right I meant Mike. And no, neither of them is crazy they just have the crazy man beards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 1,576 Report post Posted May 1, 2020 11 hours ago, TripNSweep said: Bill Zadick doesn't have a beard. Also he's not crazy. He doesn't have a Duck Dynasty beard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobDole 967 Report post Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, SamStall365247 said: That’s my point. A lot of bad dudes get a free pass because they can coach. Makes you appreciate the ones that talk the talk and walk the walk even more. That happened one time also....guy was crazy but had money. 1 SamStall365247 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El lucador 13 Report post Posted May 10, 2020 I know a guy who is thought of as a god among youth coaches, but privately, or maybe not so privately is a complete basket case. Like full on down the rabbit hole Alex Jones kind of paranoid crazy. That's an option, but one's personal political position are irrelevant. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobDole 967 Report post Posted August 14, 2020 Great interview telling of his success https://twitter.com/WUWrestle/status/1294286034369425408?s=19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,242 Report post Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, BobDole said: Great interview telling of his success https://twitter.com/WUWrestle/status/1294286034369425408?s=19 Bob if you had someone on the campaign trail that was as smooth with the facts as him there is no way you would have lost that election. Edited August 14, 2020 by MadMardigain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jp157 58 Report post Posted August 14, 2020 The youth wrestling scene fascinates me. Between the conmen, drama (oh Lordy the drama), “secret code names” for moves.. eyeroll; “cause, that way they won’t know what’s coming”, the glorification of and focus on little kid results, the surprise when kids who weren’t “studs” as 10 year olds or started later got good. Or how they keep getting shocked 98% of the kids who started burn out “he was so good in 5th grade”. You kinda get used to seeing conmen like this come and go. 1 PASLP2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky 31 Report post Posted August 15, 2020 I finished 3rd in the Afton Quadrangular Meet three years in a row, back when it was a Tri Meet. 1 Swayz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 812 Report post Posted August 15, 2020 10 hours ago, BobDole said: Great interview telling of his success https://twitter.com/WUWrestle/status/1294286034369425408?s=19 LOL I think in the 2 minutes he said he "coached at Iowa State University" in 3 different parts. Never mentioned that it was a club team...unless you count the photo of the team winning the "conference championship" in what looks like a middle school gym. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konquest 100 Report post Posted August 15, 2020 By the title I was expecting this thread to be about Sidakov's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronChef 720 Report post Posted November 17, 2020 Didn't even make it to his first season: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=56875&clientkey=B369DDFCCC4F5E809A5BFCBD09E2C573 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
