Eric (realizing, of course, that you're probably in St. Louis and won't be seeing this for a few days!):

Ryan just brought up an excellent point. If the best Kansas kids have left the state, where have they gone? You went to Iowa City, Kriegbaum to the Air Force Academy, Robeson, Pursel and Akin to (sorry) Ames, the Lawrenez brothers to Cedar Falls, LaMar and the Hoxie kid who's name escapes me to Lincoln and Garcia and Taplin to Omaha. Nothing against the town; personally I like Hays, but it would be a tough place to recruit to. It's out there in relative middle of nowhere, and with the competition out there for the best kids, Hays might be a tough sell.

And while I have no idea what kind of administrative support Bickley's program gets from the FHSU administration, it could NEVER match what you've been used to. Kansas is so lucky to still have an at least D-II school with wrestling (since the D-I schools don't have the stones to add it) and it needs the support of the whole Kansas wrestling community. But make it positive, and make the program something attractive in every way.