Hawks work reversal to escape bottom of the heap
I really didn't take rumors of Dan Gable making a reprise on the Iowa Wresting team's coaching staff seriously until my husband informed me this evening that it has indeed come to pass. Gable has signed on as assistant coach to his former wrestler and assistant, Tom Brands. In this strange (awkward?) reversal, the Hawks hope to escape the misery of the past several years which has seen the descent of the program from #1 to, well, miserable.
I'm having a hard time picturing Gable taking the second-in-command position. Not even double hip-replacement could keep Gable on the bench as head coach. As a new head coach of a (once) premier program, I'm not sure I would feel as comfortable as Brands appears to in inviting the man/legend/minor god who established the program's former greatness to be my co-pilot. It could make for a really bad case of back-seat-driving.
But we'll see. I'm probably like a lot of other devoted Hawk fans - I just want to see our wrestlers back on top, rather than flat on their bellies. Being #1 really is more fun.