First: East Kansas Kids Club doesn’t compare to Blair Academy, Walsh Jesuit, or any of the other elite wrestling programs across the nation. True, there have been some good wrestlers that came out of the East Kansas program, but not on a scale to compare to the elite. You obviously don’t know squat about wrestling! I saw your earlier post on here about Kansas coaches and just when I thought you couldn’t be more of an idiot you go and post this article. I went ahead and added the web site for Blair Academy and Walsh Jesuit just so people will understand that you don’t know what your talking about. The statistics of East Kansas Wrestling Club don’t even come close to the two that I have provided.
I’ve known Kevin Klemm for about twenty years and Kevin knows wrestling, but I wouldn’t put him above a Wayne Jackson, Larry Gable, or a Rocky Weldon. East Kansas did a great job recruiting kids that were already good athletes/wrestlers to join their club, they did not create them. Division I athletes are born with God given talents and no one can develop something like this if isn’t already there. I also know some kids that were a part of that program (East Kansas) that were brought in for nothing more than throwing dummies for the better athletes.
If Kevin Klemm was such an extraordinary coach why wasn’t he hired by a topnotch program such as OSU, Iowa, Minnesota, or Iowa State, instead of Stanford? Stanford finished 37th in the NCAA Tournament, and had a 5-7-1 dual record against a weaker schedule. And why didn’t this program do better with Klemm on the staff? Klemm is a good kids club coach and nothing more.
I’m not bashing Kevin, but he is not the end to Kansas wrestling. Your opinion of East Kansas Wrestling Club and Kevin Klemm are bias and you haven’t supported your forum post.
