If RU has a legit shot at Bassett, Forrest, and some of the other BM guys they need to go all in now. Unlike football, it only takes a few wrestlers to change a team. Hire Bill Bassett as an assistant if necessary. Open the BM floodgates. Then, you start fundraising for the Bachmann bros and FCA guys. Hire Fred Bachmann as an assistant if necessary. That’s how you win this NIL game and put RU wrestling in the top 5 nationally and compete for a national championship. These are generational talents. We will never have a shot on the football field and won’t get looks from the elite players. Wrestling is a different story.
Bassett / Bishop McCourt
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I don’t think hiring him as an assistant would be the right move but giving him a role with the SKWC could be plausible
Whatever it takes. RU will never win the NIL game in football. We have a chance to not only win the NIL game in wrestling but it would put RU in the wrestling headlines for years to come. With Gibson and Magro it would give us a shot at Melvin Miller too. Same with FCA - tons of talent there. We have a much better shot with BM and FCA than we do with Delby.
Apparently we got a shot at Basset…he’s def generational and open minded.. he would draw attention and wrestlers would follow him.. hopefully his cousin M Miller…Basset checks all the boxes to be the next Spencer Lee+
Forrest seems like a long shot.. more traditional route it seems like a heavy OSU lean.. maybe Psu if he wanna get in roster battles.
You are right in that only takes a few guys to change a team.. they need to be champ/high AA lvl guys.. look at Little Rock they got like 2 guys and now jumped us in the team tourney rankings.
We still need a replacement for Donny P.
Who would Bassett like in that role?
Make it a combo platter.
Are there any realistic prospects for a new Associate Coach for next year?
Who would Bassett like in that role?
Make it a combo platter.
Are there any realistic prospects for a new Associate Coach for next year?
RU def needs to serve up a combo platter in order to land Bassett and open the BM floodgates. It’s totally doable. Landing Bassett would be bigger than Harper and Ace combined. I don’t know how the coaching staff is paid/managed but if you hire his Dad it would take the wrestling program to a whole new level. Then hire Fred Bachmann from FCA. Bachmann and Bassett built FCA and BM from nothing. RU has great facilities, close to PA, and is BigTen, plus doesn’t have the academic rigor of the Ivies.
Ben Clymer is the he coach at FCA and has been for years. Bachmann's dad trained his kids when they were young and is a good coach but saying he built FCA isn't true.
Teemer and Parco transferred from ASU to Iowa. This begs the question why anyone in their right mind leave Scottsdale, Arizona for Iowa. I would venture that the 400k plus in NIL funds each wrestler is getting might have something to do with their decisions to transfer to Iowa.
What is a generational talent like Bo Bassett worth? Does Rutgers have the resources and support to bring Bassett to the Banks?
What is a generational talent like Bo Bassett worth? Does Rutgers have the resources and support to bring Bassett to the Banks?
Clymer is a good coach but Fred Bachmann hand-picked and built that FCA roster. He did the same at the youth level for years which is why his teams finished first at just about every major event…PA Alliance, BroadAxe, MPR, and all the other legendary teams Fred put together.
Bo will basically name his price and he and Jax Forrest are probably worth it because it doesn’t take much to turn a wrestling roster from average to championship caliber. building a top football roster is like turning the Titanic and costs tens of millions. Plus plenty of football busts.
We were using the built in different contexts. Fred definitely helped with the roster. Clymer can coach and he's done a great job
