Peters is the problem, not the answer. He was Rande's protege and that alone is a red flag. I watched both matches this weekend on the Internet, and he puts out there some embarrassingly bad wrestlers.
Bentley shows a little promise at 125. Forys is solid at 133. Raciotto is pretty good but hasn't improved a lick in three years. Wiercoch is wrestling pretty well at 165 right now -- as long as he isn't wrestling a top 10 wrestler. Campbell shows some promise at 174. Solomon is decent at Hwt. But I don't see any of them, except possibly Forys, as solid, top 5 or 10 wrestlers nationally.
Lee is terrible. Garbinsky is an embarassment as a senior. Zanetta is bad. He lost today when he gave up 6 points in the final 30 seconds. Bruce is pathetic. Bono can't beat anyone whose any good. Basically, we start every match down somewhere between 15-0 and 20-0.
We beat Duke because they forfeited the 125 match, a six point gift. NC State wiped the floor with us. NC State? They brought in the former coach from Binghampton to build a program from scratch in an area with no good HS wrestling, and in his third year he has them ranked #3 in the country. In Peters' third year, Pitt is bad and has gotten worse each year. We will not win another ACC match pending an opponent forfeiting at least two bouts. Peters can't recruit and only Forys has shown any real improvement. That simply doesn't cut it. A 36-0 loss to Oklahoma State. PSU could beat us handily wrestling their backups. It is a disgrace to a program with our history.
There have to be good coaches out there who would jump at this job. Barnes needs to find the best of them because Peters isn't the answer.