Lazyman 1... I am actually working on stuff to combine workouts in Wichita so it's nice to hear some input in regards to that. I would like to start a MWWTC (Mid-West Wrestling Training Center). Somehow make the cost as minimal as possible (Such as a USA Card) and then optional gear and singlets. I think KCTC is a great idea and great way to get kids in the room to train. I just think $200 for a club fee is high. But they might have a reason for those cost. I am not judging them, but F/S and Greco has to be as low a cost as possible to keep kids involved. And if I can save them $150 to use towards Southern Plains, Duals or Fargo... then that would be the goal.

I would gladly donate my time to coach this group. However, March-May is hard with the restraints KSHSAA has on us! I would need to figure out what others do. I also would love to coach side by side with ALL coaches from the Mid-West or anybody else and learn together, from each other etc. It would also be great to bring in clinicians such as World Team members etc to do mini-Clinics that touch things like gut defense, handfighting and sparring, lifts, etc.

I am going to do what I can... I just hope I can get everybody within driving distance to get involved with me as well. Again, my goal is not to be the "HEAD COACH" of this type of program. Instead, it is to work side by side with HS Coaches, Club Coaches, Moms and Dads, and athletes to make Kansas wrestling great!

I believe it would also be great to stay in close Contact with our friends from the East and West and work on practice plans and techniques. Maybe one day I drive up to KC and do a clinic (For Free) and in turn Brandon Jobe comes to Wichita and does a clinic (For Free). etc.

We are capable of being great. Rassler was wrong in one fashion about thing for sure. I beat the streets hard for summer wrestling. Up until last year, I held FREE training centers for NHSCA VA Beach Senior Nationals. We would train 3-4 days a week from the end of high school until Nationals and have huge rooms of kids training for this. I did them from 2005-2010. However, my room was destroyed and I currently have no facility until December as they are rebuilding and remodeling our room to a 2 1/2 mat length room with restrooms, drinking fountains, and plenty of space to hold large effective training sessions.

I am not resigning from the National Team b/c of the birthday incident in Fargo. That was a horrible, embarrassing situation, but a learning experience as well which put in place some necessary safeguards from it ever happening again. Instead, I am going to work side by side with All of those coaches listed above, Mike Juby, Will Cokely, Big Randy, Eric Johnson, Russ Hermreck, Danny Grater (who I accidentally left off but love to death), etc. I don't know a person who is in this game for the wrong reason honestly! We are going to get it right and we will improve. Feel free to email me or private message me with any extra input you can think of that might help put these processes into place! It's time to become a true, "Team Kansas". Learn from our team and personal mistakes and failures and get it right!

I also propose that in early March, right after high school state or maybe during Kids state etc, we meet as a National Team staff and air it all out, come up with game plans, ideas, etc that will do nothing but make us better!

I won't apologize for any long rants or ideas. I guess if you really don't like them, you don't have to keep reading Hopefully we all realize we are always students of this game and never have it mastered! We will all continue to grow and get better and for that I will promise, "Team KS will be better next year at the National Level".

Have a good one my wrestling family!