Posted by jte on 10/27/2009, 9:38 pm, in reply to "Moses Lake and LS"
"Of course LS is very good mainly because of transfers. I wonder if they would be that good if they don't have that many transfers."
Now that is an interesting concept. Lets assume that LS receives more incoming transfers of quality wrestlers that the norm (a statement not yet established as fact). Does it make more sense to suppose that good and great wrestlers transfer to LS in order to make a mediocre program great, or is it more logical that all kinds of wrestlers are attracted to a program they believe will make them better?
My Sr. year of HS I transferred into to Washington state. I knew we were going to live on the Kitsap Peninsula and my parents allowed me to pick the school I wanted to go to / wrestle for. After interviewing several coaches, I chose to wrestle for Larry McGuire at South Kitsap and my parents moved to Port Orchard. It was a good choice, he turned a mediocre JV wrestler from Illinois into a state participant here.
Success breeds success. Wrestlers who want to get better seek out coaches who can help them do so. If LS was not already a great program, they would not attract any wrestlers.
jte
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