Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky is American college wrestling coach and is currently the head wrestling coach for the Oregon State Beavers and a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Prior to joining the Beavers, he was the coach of the University of Iowa wrestling team from 1998–2006. At Iowa, he succeeded Dan Gable as head coach, under whom he was a three-time NCAA champion. He guided the Hawkeyes to NCAA team championships in 1998, 1999, and 2000...
hit hitting keeps
We'll see where he is at this weekend. It's one of those things where he hit it and keeps hitting it, so you've got to give it some rest.
change happening match offense pace tough
If the pace isn't going your way, you've got to change the pace of the match and make it your match. What's been happening sometimes when it's been a tough match is one's not doing the offense. To me, you've got to do the offense to win.
gives gotten wins year
One thing I see he has more this year more than anything is confidence. He's gotten some big wins and that gives you confidence.
depending
Depending on what he does, we'll go from there.
emphasis putting realize time win
You want to win these duals, but we realize if we don't, we still have time to get better. The emphasis we're putting on is more the Big Tens and NCAA.
ankle came caught dropped leg locked low position pull shot trying weight
He was trying to pull to get out of position and he had his leg locked out straight. Konrad dropped down and shot like a low single. All of the weight came on the knee. It was one of those things where the ankle got caught in the mat and there was nothing you could do.
everybody sure
I'm not sure when he's going to be in the lineup. We've got to have everybody for the Big Tens, that's where we've really got to be ready.
cost effort kinds pick rode
The intensity's got to pick up a little more and you've got to have all-out effort in every position. Right now, we're getting reversed here and there, we're getting rode here and there, and those kinds of things cost you big matches. You can't let those things happen.
cost dual
That's probably what cost us the dual more than anything.
push
It's one of those things where we don't want to push it right now. He really can't do a lot without getting hurt.
backing base good great high oregon school state
Oregon State has a great tradition. You've got the backing of the administration, which is key. You've also got good Oregon high school wrestling, there's a good base there.
close healthy last looking mark motivation ready wants win
Mark is healthy and ready to go. You can just tell from looking at him how much he wants to win the Big Tens. We think he should. He was close to doing it last year, and I think that's motivation for him this season.
crowd good guys roll tough win
We have to win the tough ones to win the dual. Our guys did a good job. You have to get on a roll to get the crowd out of it and get some momentum.
bottom guys knock ourselves stay top win wrestle
We didn't take ourselves out of it. We've got to keep the individuals on top winning, and the guys on the bottom have got to come back and win and stay in the tournament. We've got to knock some guys off. If we wrestle to our seed, we're not going to do much.