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Easton Announces Corey Keener as Head Wrestling Coach
- Pennsylvania Football Talk
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Brad Wilson's interview with Keener
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Interesting tidbit is Easton will not be attending the Bethlehem Hurricane Classic as their Christmas tournament. Instead, they'll head out to the Trojan Wars at Chambersburg, where they'll hit more D3 and D7 teams rather than the glut of D11 teams that go to the Hurricanes (reduce redundancy in their schedule). That used to be their reasoning for going to Manheim and Reno rather than Hurricane and Beast of the East, that they needed to see other teams and regions on their schedule. I kind of like getting back to that (though having a local Christmas tournament has been nice from a fan's perspective).
It's also interesting to read Keener's perspective on the influence his graduate transfer year at Penn State has on his coaching style. The joke is always that "the secret is fun" when talking to Penn State wrestlers, and Keener doesn't do anything to dispell that. "A lot of it was how to train -- a new-school approach, to make wrestling fun. You hear wrestling is a grueling sport where you can't be good and enjoy it. Cael and his guys treat wrestling as a game." One thing that has changed is for years, Easton was kind of the free-flowing, technique heavy program that has become a little more "go-go-go" conditioning based under Jody Karam. Keener getting Easton back to some of the stylistic parts of the Steve Powell era would be a way to take the next step. What I do hope he retains from Jody is the super power of taking an average kid and making them light years better. Threading that needle between your program kids and your elite kids is how you make your money as a high school coach. Jody skewed towards the program kids, Jamarr skewed waaaay to far towards the elite kids, can Keener get them back to that 90s/00s baseline of big jumps from all corners of the room. I'm rambling.
New Easton head wrestling coach Corey Keener fulfills a childhood dream
After five years on the Red Rover staff, the 31-year-old was offically named Jody Karam's successor on Wednesday night.
Interesting tidbit is Easton will not be attending the Bethlehem Hurricane Classic as their Christmas tournament. Instead, they'll head out to the Trojan Wars at Chambersburg, where they'll hit more D3 and D7 teams rather than the glut of D11 teams that go to the Hurricanes (reduce redundancy in their schedule). That used to be their reasoning for going to Manheim and Reno rather than Hurricane and Beast of the East, that they needed to see other teams and regions on their schedule. I kind of like getting back to that (though having a local Christmas tournament has been nice from a fan's perspective).
It's also interesting to read Keener's perspective on the influence his graduate transfer year at Penn State has on his coaching style. The joke is always that "the secret is fun" when talking to Penn State wrestlers, and Keener doesn't do anything to dispell that. "A lot of it was how to train -- a new-school approach, to make wrestling fun. You hear wrestling is a grueling sport where you can't be good and enjoy it. Cael and his guys treat wrestling as a game." One thing that has changed is for years, Easton was kind of the free-flowing, technique heavy program that has become a little more "go-go-go" conditioning based under Jody Karam. Keener getting Easton back to some of the stylistic parts of the Steve Powell era would be a way to take the next step. What I do hope he retains from Jody is the super power of taking an average kid and making them light years better. Threading that needle between your program kids and your elite kids is how you make your money as a high school coach. Jody skewed towards the program kids, Jamarr skewed waaaay to far towards the elite kids, can Keener get them back to that 90s/00s baseline of big jumps from all corners of the room. I'm rambling.