The TRUTH About Why Penn State Gets Transfers
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What elite wrestler would not want to learn from a humble leader like Cael Sanderson, the greatest NCAA Wrestler who is now the greatest NCAA Coach?
I've been saying something similar in defense of these PSU transfers. It's not about team titles. It's about guys wanting the best place to get better. PSU has shown they are taking guys to the next level, but not only NCAA. These young guys want a better chance to get with NLWC and go beyond. Cael is building THE elite training center. These guys want to be a part of that
Could not agree more. Many fans think the Team title is the most important thing. Its not. Not even by a long shot. Individual titles are and if you want to being an NCAA champ PSU is the place to give you the best shot. The team title is a nice icing on the cake. I remember when Iowa won the team title and the same night PSU won 4 indivudal titles. Even though Iowa took 1st as a team, the real winners that night were the 4 PSU kids that won titles.
How could you not want to train with cael, 159 and 0.
@@timothycarey3883 It's not even just the wrestling. What he is selling, these young men (and their families) are buying. He's been making better men. He practices what he preaches. Guys are not leaving and saying bad things. Faith, family, & academics are first, in that order. That has great appeal, especially in the wrestling community.
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@@PJP1112nyone who wins an NCAA title is a real winner, no matter what school they have on their singlet.
I watched an interview with Zane Rutherford and he was talking about his recruiting process and he said that the determining factor to go to Penn State was that Cael was the only one that sat him down and asked him what his goals were and then talk to him about how he was going to help him reach his goals. So I think you were spot on.
These short form videos about the deeper levels of the sport are really good CP!
Christian Pyles, these 5- and 6-minute videos are interesting and entertaining. Don't discontinue these. They are short and informative.
This is not cheesy, this is very real. Many of these guys I've had dreams of becoming a national, world, and Olympic champion from a very young age and there is no question the place to accomplish these goals is Penn State.
Iowa gets transfers too. The last few years we saw Lugo, Eirman, Woods, DeSanto & I'm sure I'm missing some.
you go to Iowa to get better, but you go to penn to win national titles
Shut up
for $$$$
Awesome…go to Iowa. 😂
Great points in this video. I think with the NLWC attracting such top Olympic talent, and being a regional training center, factors like these appeal to transfers and recruits. PSU wrestlers train with the NLWC, on occasion, if I'm not mistaken. "Iron sharpens Iron" has never been so evident.
Penn State youth program is now going in part through David Taylor's M2 club (Levi Haines), to get coached by the GOAT (Cael Sanderson), and graduates to a choice between Olympic Champion Jake Varner's Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, or 3X NCAA Champ / MMA star Bo Nickal's American Top Team State College location which will soon include RBY. At no time in history has any program offered better options, and talented mentors.
Because Cael is a goddamned legend
Too many people in these comments forget that college wrestling has always had waves of dominance by one school for a while, and that happened from the beginning of collegiate wrestling (so long before the transfer portal)
Oklahoma State dominated for decades then some Iowa State, then Iowa dominated for nearly two or three decades; now it's Penn State.
This is how college wrestling works, it is nothing new at all.
Best coaches best partners.. pretty simple
The NLWC and its wrestlers are a huge reason why penn state gets transfers. Being able to train with some of them is a dream come true to many.
Also wrestlers are starting to want to go MMA after college. Now with American Top Team State College up and running and the legit possibility of Bo Nickal having success in the UFC, wait until you get guys go to state college after college to train mma there.
I think this is underrated part of it, they can now train mma and bjj in the off season, that is huge for these kids that look at mma as the next step, Bo is changing the landscape.
Penn state competes with Iowa and Ohio state for these kids...All 3 can pay what the student wants but Penn State is the team today that consistently puts 3 or more guys on top of the podium
Great take! Just recently found some of your clips on here; will definitely be watching more!
To be a varsity wrestler at Penn State says a lot.
It's not just Penn State; but all the people with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club that adds to the decision.
Because they have a great coach, a great person and a great program.
I think Cael sandersons jaw muscles win state by themselves
Spot on…wrestling IS a pure sport, athletes obsessed with a goal…”did YOU train today” Ranger Wrestling
Simply put, if you are an elite wrestler.. Penn State gives you the best chance to win an NCAA title. It’s not an opinion, the statistics are open to everyone. Penn State wrestlers win in the National Semi Finals and Finals at a percentage significantly higher than any their program in the country.
Bo said it best. "We win team titles at Penn State! That's what we do!"
I understand why they go there but it sucks knowing which team is gonna be number 1 each year.
Agree that more parity in college wrestling is a good thing, but through all of college wrestling’s history, most seasons had a predetermined winner before they even started.
Just enjoy it…. This is unprecedented. Cael does it differently. When have you EVER heard a paid college coach say, “It’s just a game.”
Excellent observations and commentary.
PSU room could dang near win the Olympics
Well....
There is not enough money in wrestling for that to be a main motivator, especially at the collegel level. NIL brings more money in the sport than previously, but it isn't near the level of football and basketball, again, especially at the college level.
You don't wreslte in college or beyond and to get rich, because the odds of that are slim. If you are a top level guy you might not be super broke, but you will still have to work after your time is done. There just isn't money in most combat sports yet and the larger early starters have a corner on that money (UFC and ADCC mainly, Flo is trying to get there, ONE, Belator). Maybe things will change over the next ten years but I doubt it.
A College kid who's going to Wrestle either way getting a couple hundred K...that's not Arch Manning money, but it's significant enough.
Well stated...for the love of excellence.
I am just really fortunate to live in PA and get to watch all these great guys just go for it.
Pyles: There is not a lot of money in wrestling
Flo: You want to watch wrestling? That'll be $29.99 a month.
Did they keep the yearly subscription the same price?
You offering to buy video equipment, travel to events, create a website, and provide broadcasts of events for free? Please do it then 😂😂
@@Kepler1609 don’t overlook the NCAA licensing fees. NCAA doesn’t let you do anything with their “product” without them getting a substantial cut.
Pepperidge Farms remembers when it was free.
Cael has proven to make champions. When other schools prove to make champions these students will go to those schools. We need to make this sport financially profitable also. We will then overcome football as the #1 sport in America.
1:05 "It's not for going to some great school, it's not for going to some great institution". But it kinda is Real Woods said went to Stanford to get the degree from there, as I'm sure Shane Griffith did. Some studs are willing to sacrifice to further their education. And then when they grad transfer people lose their minds. Like let a guy chase his dreams. Same could be said about Bernie Truax.
Thanks for the tips, CP. --- Signed Tom and Terry.
Been coaching wrestling for almost 40 years....
I don't watch wrestling very much though. So my observations are screenshots. Watched the NCAA finals a few years back. It was obvious that Cael was out coaching alot of great coaches. And then the exit interviews with the athletes after finals just made it more obvious.
As for Kyle S., again, screenshots. He went to my high school, so I watched him a little closer. As the young Kyle, he was a big man wrestling like a lightweight. AT OSU, imo, he was a big man wrestling like a big man....and it showed.
He is with Cael's team now, and how is he wrestling now?
Dynasty !!!! Best program in the World !!!!
Because they are the best college wrestling team lol
Who in the world wouldn't want to wrestle for the best program possibly ever, I love iowa and loved watching the brands brothers but I wish that iowa along with the cowboys got someone else at this point, penn has made it look too easy
I think there is powerful energy there and the best are magnetically attracted to that. If I were world class I would want the college Cael coached at.
Also, it’s odd that when people get to college they all of a sudden start talking about “loyalty”. Especially when your starting spot, money, and coaches are all but guaranteed.
I’m glad it’s the reason Russia is so good. They all train together. It’s the one reason we hav e lagged behind them for so long. With all our studs training together we are closing the gap. You even see it work in Cuba. They leaned from Russia. And even this small island is good. If we all trained together all ways. We would be the best in every Olympics and world championships. We would dominate Russia. By having their own clubs around the country it makes us worse.
You are just making stuff up with no evidence. 1 all Russians do not train together. They have several hot spots throughout the country. Just like the US. Ohio RTC had half the team only a few years ago. Cornell had 2 reps just a year ago. Snyder had multiple world and Olympic titles before going there and Gilman had world Silver. There are plenty of reason the US has had so much recent success, everyone training together is not one, because that is not what is actually happening. In the US the top guys.
HWT Gable Minnesota
97 Snyder NLWC
92 Cox (lots of places)
86 Taylor NLWC
79 JB Nebraka for the bulk now Penn
74 Dake Cornell has yet to rep NLWC
70 ? Green for all those years Nebraka
65 Yanni Cornell
61 Fix OSU
57 Gilman NLWC
The idea it makes us worse is ridiculous, there is clearly more than one way to do things to attain success.
I’m almost certain dake wrestles for nlwc.
@murkincl69 He does now. At the World Championships he was still with Cornell, that is why I said he has yet to rep NLWC. Everything he has done to this point was at Cornell.
What are you talking about? We are as good as Russia?
@@dowutado gotcha ! ✊🏾
your argument is smart… insightful
Here is a new look at what is attractive about Penn State Wrestling, I just love to watch this sport and I have learned so much Just observing Cael every minute I can. I've watched him wrestle and coach, but I am attracted to his leadership, spirit and demeanor and would love to go to Penn State just to learn from him, even if I didn't wrestle. This man develops strong leaders we n eed so bad today. You see Cael mirrored in every one of his wrestlers.
Synder lost. Gilman lost.
Money is 90%
Synder lost his style after he went to penn state. One cult doesn’t equal another cult.
Agree
Don’t understand messenbrink would come he projects at 157/165 Haines is currently at 157 but 165 is in his future so I don’t get why he would take that chance and I didn’t even mention facundo unless the coaches (like myself and a lot of other fans) have lost a lot of faith in facundo
Facundo will be fine. Was in the toughest weight class in the country last year and 5 of his 6 losses were by 1 or 2 points. You don't give up on a consensus top 5 recruit after one year.
@@6minutespotlightwrestling hasnt he had 2 years? He redshirted?
@@martinezjames83 yes I just meant it as in one year in the lineup
Kind of eliminates parity. I suppose the reason to go to college is to make a career in sports. Alabama in football. others in basketball. Note on the Dake/Dean transfer , there were several reasons including Ivy season rules and NYS vaccination rules for schools with those rules being optional in Pa. It was not simply the friendship of Dake and Taylor. In the different strokes for different folks game, Bo goes on to MMA and Friedman goes on to lead Goldman Sachs. As far as a training ground for wrestling coaches goes.....how many head coaches went on from PSU vs Cornell?
Completely on point!!! Some just dont understand the pursuit of wrestlers or the purity of it. Specially those outside the sport. I am an Ohio guy, southwest, and always was hearing how Jeff Jordan was recruiting which is illegal in highschool sports in Ohio. It made me laugh!!!! There was no need for him to do so, everyone who thought they could crack the line upwanted to go there. His state champ camps drew kids from all over the country, and many wanted to come there. The choice was up to the wrestler, of course you would get better but would you make varsity? Peronally i always told kids go to the camps get all you can from him, then come back and make your team and community better. So, who wouldnt want the opportunity to go to Penn State learn from the greatest collegiate wrestler and go the best club in the world to train?
Cael doesn't recruit, he picks. I am a PSU Wrestling Alumni. I do NOT like this "portal" system in college athletics, period. If you want to transfer, fine, but you sit out one year.
I think this is legit and unfortunately will damage the NCAA culture fans have come to love; if all the top (mostly) wrestlers go through one, top program. And it's not because these wrestlers or Penn State want to dominate the NCAAs, because it is not. These athletes want to be the best they can be after their college careers and that means they need to be in that Penn State practice room.
Great video
All great points but it's terrible for the NCAA level. When one team runs away with it every year it's not exciting
Disagree, and I am not a PSU homer. Cael is still quite young, will be exciting to see who many titles and how many years in a row those titles are strung together.
So are these Pyles short videos replacing FRL on UA-cam??? Lame if that is the case
Not the case! Should be back livestreaming on YT for FRL soon.
Thanks for the reply. Didn’t mean to insinuate I don’t enjoy these short clips- but was looking forward to this past weeks videos and the SL reaction to entering the Open.
Keep up the good work.
The best coach will always bring out the best in any student. Sanderson is in a league of his own. No one comes close. Its not a secret.
Iowa can try to buy the best talent. But Iowa lacks the coaching standard of Sanderson.
Simple: best program, best coaches, best chance to win individual national titles, best chance to team national titles.
Almost hit it on the head Christian. There is something much more pure at Penn State and I understand why you didn’t mention it. Above and beyond wrestling is the focus on Jesus being first and foremost when reaching for those wrestling goals.
The portal has turned into a defecto free agency
Pyles, anyone ever tell you you’re the every man’s Ryan Reynolds?
I'd be willing to bet that there is a huge list of wrestlers that people have never heard of at the college d1 level that are capable of being a d1 ncaa champion but they aren't because of academics. Obviously college isn't for everyone and it's unfortunate that simply college isn't for them they won't get the eyes or notoriety they deserve as a wrestler. That said I'm sure there is a big list of kids that wanted college and wouldn't have got the opportunity to go to college without a wrestling scholarship. It's too bad a team type league outside the school setting at all wrestlers could benefit from after highschool.
Because they win titles and get better each year instead of stalling out like they do at Iowa. I’m an Iowa fan but the program is at a point where they don’t get better over time they get worse and more stagnant.
I dont think there's anything but the fact that Penn State and the Regional Training center affiliated with the team there have CLEARLY become the center of the best wrestling in the USA. I mean...the talent they have there is something that you imagine rivals that of wrestling rooms in the old centers of the sport in Russia and Iran. Doubt that anyone thinks there's something crooked going on.
Take a look, take a listen? What do you hear comming from the wrestlers? They are praising Jesus! Penn State wrestling loves Jesus!
This has made wrestling boring, or maybe it has always been boring with only the powerhouses winning titles.
Spot on!
Cael has built the best college wrestling program in the country has 80% of the United States Olympic wrestling team and now the ball is rolling to have all the UFC champions. Anybody who doesn't go to Penn State at this point is a second tier wrestler and definitely doesn't have goals of being the best. 🤷🏽 That's why everyone wants to be at Penn State. Iowa gets transfers too but they get worse. Everyone gets transfers but only Cael gets national championships with them. Look at every transfer Iowa has gotten not a single national championship in the bunch. Most were number 1 seeds going into the national championship. People transfer to Penn State because they get results they are looking for.
The PSU fan boys in this thread are hilarious.
It's the BEST program out there. Is that funny?
Is this a PSU Promo video???
It’s a factual video that happens to overlap with shining a light on why PSU is winning the recruiting game.
They don't need one..
What is your point?
Cael is the man who wouldn’t want to wrestle in that room?
I think thats what help Nick Suriano wrestling fot 3 different schools
There will always be haters and those who get jealous of success. They will ascribe their beliefs and project them onto others. I wrestled. My son wrestled. And the level of excitement for Pennsylvania wrestling is nothing new. But you better gosh darn understand that when Cael came, the entire state went into hyperdrive.
We already were a wrestling state of pure craziness. So when Cael came he fit right in. I liken it to Phil Jackson with the Lakers. Los Angeles was already a big basketball town. But when Phil came, it pushed it up a notch.
Some states are built different for different sports. Texas is crazy about football. Insane. High school teams have nfl size football stadiums.
PA just so happens to be a wrestling state. Cael knew that. You don’t grow up wrestling in a family of wrestlers traveling all across the country to tournaments in Pa and not find out just how insanely passionate we Pennsylvanians are about wrestling.
The crowds are awesome, the parents insanely committed. And the athletes are super dedicated. He was a perfect fit waiting to happen.
Glad he did.
Flo!! Please as a flo pro subscriber please can we get away from the videos where Pyles is talking? The content is good but man the presentation of just his face and him talking is tough to watch. Please man.
And you are just leaving out the billionaire who funds the NLWC?! So many coming for partials when they could get more $ elsewhere. End up with loans that are paid off by the club upon graduations along with a new stream of $. They continue to recruit over kids too. All legal, but also shady.
You look like Ryan Raynolds
Money
I hope that somewhere buried in "I wanna fulfill my dreams" thoughts, that the recent words of Max Dean surface. .....The world is in desperate need of leaders, and we have one....That's not an exact quote but you get the point. Honestly, I live 45 minutes from State College and PSU is not the pillar of goodness and wholesomeness that it once at least appeared to be, and I'm not talking about Sandusky.
I would feel great about it if my son had the ability to join that team because of the leadership. BE HUMBLE, CHOOSE WORDS CAREFULLY, and be a BADASS!!!!
Money is NEVER the driving force in this sport. That's is why ONLY the purest of heart will pursue it.
Nah it’s starting to
@@dillonmackay683 there is no money, you cant even pay rent, there is a reason olympic champs need full time jobs or go to mma or become motivational speakers after wrestling.
@@timothycarey3883 that was before but with NIL now there is chances of that happening, that’s why Jordan Burroughs has been doing it for so long, back when Henry and DC were in it there was no money in it
"The truth"? Everybody already knows the truth: Cael produces champions.
as much as I am a okla st fan it’s hard to feel bad for John smith. I don’t know how much he set his program back but now he has to sleep in the bed he made
One word. Cael
Relax.....Iowa gets transfers, no?
Real Woods just recently
Depends if your a penn st or cp homer. Then you only see it one way
Half our Olympic team left their original clubs to go to psu, Dake, Gilman, Snyder the only weight that wasn’t on nlwc was Gable
@@dillonmackay683 your not wrong. But they weren't nobodies before they went there either
@@W4114C3 Penn state wouldn’t accept the transfer if they didn’t have some sort of credibility
Unfortunately, the "if you're not first, you're last" mentality is pervasive in 'rastling"
The real dogs will go it alone
Still need help at 125...as usual.
Nail it
but wait, Oklahoma State has Derek Fix….why aren’t kids going there. honest question-has any other elite wrestler dad sponged more of their kid
We agree. PSU is by far the best college in the Country or even World to obtain your Wrestling Goals especially if you want to be a World Champion !!!!
NIL money. Enough said. Truax 250k. Penn st is the New York Yankees
Caption obvious
WHY would ANYONE that knows wrestling go to a school like Cornell or others?!?! If you are serious about wrestling GO TO A WRESTLING SCHOOL!!!!!! Iowa - Penn State - Oklahoma top three! If you go elsewhere you are cheating yourself or hoping to start when you're not good enough for the top three.
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They’re fantastic liars
Penn State is the king….Gillman, Snyder, Dake…..
Brands are dinosaurs…..Penn State turns out terminators
Doesn't American Top Team have a facility at or near PSU?
Yea cause of Bo Nickal
I went to a small east coast college. Somehow they recruited the best coach in the history of Long Island (Sprig Gardner) to be their head coach. Sprig recruited a couple LI aces and promptly had a heart attack and had to retire. Both his recruits were great, but one was transcendental. He only began wrestling as a HS Jr, and none of the big programs knew about him.
Sprig was replaced by an assistant football coach who heasrd about wrestling once. We practiced 45 minutes a day, little drilling, no new moves, no running, no lifting. Any improvement we made was on our own. This guy became the greatest legman I've ever seen -- only Zain was close. His name was Joe Bavaro. With no training, no conditioning, wrestling his natural weight, he was 2x Div 2 NC and 2x NCAA D1 finalist, losing on a ref's decision in OT (no criteria back then). In today's world, Joe would have been wrestling his 2nd year at PSU or OSU on the way to creating a legend. His closest match his Sr year before the NCAA finals was when he was almost DQ'd for unneccesary roughness. He'd throw in those legs and blast a crossface from hell. Some refs didn't like it.