This is the one thing I like about unkotare. Wrestling changed my life. It’s how I got into college. The coach pulled some strings.They need to be learning how to run a business. Not serving as meat puppets so you can relive your failed dreams through them, Unk.
But there is some truth to what you are saying too. Besides wrestling I worked at a weight lifting gym when I was in 10-12th grade. It was the perfect job for a wrestler. Free gym membership.
Anyways, the guy who owned the gym was also a stockbroker. He taught me how to sell gym memberships. Said I was good at it and I should be a stockbroker or salesperson when I grew up. I credit that guy for giving me career advice.
The wrestling coach is usually just a teacher. Kids aren’t looking to a teacher for career advice unless they want to be a teacher.
And the assistant coaches, while all good guys, aren’t over achievers either. Their best days were in high school or college.
And some of these assistants imo got off on beating little kids at wrestling. They’re kind of bullies. They miss the glory days. They like kids looking up to them. Reminds them of the last time that happened, their senior year.
None of them were intelligent men. Now I see why unkotare says so little. He’s one of those oddball former wrestlers. Kind of a jerk. An angry type. Just like all the former wrestlers who come up to practice with the team. Is it really about the kids or is it about them?