Pull my finger are you nuts. What are the Drydens supposed to do, tell any kid that comes out with kids experience to get lost. As for what have they done with kids coming out only in high school here it is. Coach Dryden at KMC in his fifth year has the following.
Ryan Frazier 2x state champ. Dryden only had him for those two years.
Jacob Voegeli state champ. Came out as a sophomore and wrestled j.v.
Aaron Chavez 3rd place at state. Another kid who came out as a sophomre.
Scott Burrus 6th at state this year. This is only his second year of wrestling.
Yes it is true Dryden has had the benefit of getting good kids from the Wichita Wrestling Club. Kids like Hoover and Klein as well as the Jonas clan and Hernandez. Maybe you should know that Dryden helped these wrestlers as kids while coaching at W.W.C. As a matter of fact Hoover is related to Dryden and grew up with the Drydens coaching him. I'm sure that helped when he got to high school. I've never heard the Drydens claim to be the greatest coaches out there. They simply try to help their wrestlers do the best that they can. At KMC in five years Dryden has the following: 11-state champions, 2-state runner ups, 1-3rd,1-4th,1-5th and 1-6th. Thats not to bad regardless of where the kids came from.
At West Dryden in only his first year had the privilage of coaching a state champ a state runner-up and a fourth place finisher. Coach Dryden as an assistant to Coach Watkins had many good kids with kids experience. They also helped Tony Trevino win a state title no previous experience. Todd Sanchez 3rd place, Earl Henry 2nd place also had no kids experience prior to West. All programs regardless of sport be it wrestling, football, basketball or baseball benefit from getting kids with youth experience. Most coaches appreciate kids coming into the high school program with experience.