Excerpt from an interview with Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith
From the Dayton Daily News
The OSU wrestling team finished last in the Big Ten this season under 19th-year coach Russ Hellickson. “It needs to get better. Russ and I have had that conversation. We all have our favorite sports, and wrestling is one of my favorites. I could never do it ” I tried it for a week and walked away because I wasn’t tough enough ” but I love the sport and know it extremely well. … Wrestling is a program that we need to strengthen here, and Russ, I believe, can do that.”