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...
expect great hard lose team work
We're not going to lose because we're not in shape; we're not going to lose because we didn't work hard enough. Those are things we can control, and I'm going to expect my team to be in great shape.
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.
close either four matches minnesota paper won
There were at least four matches on paper (141, 149, 157 and 184) that could go either way. Minnesota won all of them. They won the close matches and that was the key.
depending
Depending on what he does, we'll go from there.
anybody backup prepared situation step
Anybody who's in a backup situation has always got to be prepared to step in.
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.
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.
deep force guy knows needs paul style surprise thinking
He was thinking too much and not wrestling. For Paul to be successful, he needs to force his style on the guy and come out aggressive. He knows that. It's a very deep class, but Paul could surprise some people.
came close early guys hard last matches perry pick pull ready somebody step talked tough winning
We talked about winning the tough matches, winning the close matches. I don't feel like we came out and wrestled hard early last weekend. We have got to be ready to go from the start. With (174?pounder Mark) Perry out, some other guys are going to have to pick it up. Somebody else is going to have to step up and pull us up. We need to win some matches we are not favored to win.
competition conference few front home last national nice weeks
Being home is always good. We haven't been home in awhile. We've had a lot of competition in the last few weeks with the National Duals and then the conference season, and it will be nice to be back home in front of our fans.
environment gone good time
Every time we've gone up there, it's always been a good environment.
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.
good illinois win
Illinois has a good team. For us to win, we have got to win those matches.
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.