Ohio State AD RE Wrestling: “It Needs To Get Better”

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.”