he gives up summer after summer to run empires…

when i was at Ossining wrestling was year round almost a break between empires and fall open mats…. we would go to spring tournaments as a team. not just 2/3 kids in one car, but would like up a bunch of rides and get a whole lineup out to spring tournaments. and yeah maybe other coaches do that, but he would have to at the very least not do that to be considered a bad coach

I read your posts regarding the 2 other Mahopac posts. I like both of your responses but I don’t think you can pass judgement that quickly unless you’re directly involved in the present day situation. It’s a nice gesture to help out another kid who is not a teammate of Mahopac, he is willing to do that but he is not willing to give other Mahopac teammates the time of day while they’re on the mat. If you were there to witness what goes on behind the scenes your post would be a lot different. It was a shame to see Mr. Oddo step down, he was a big asset to the Mahopac wrestling program in previous years.

As for Degl vs coaches, whatever makes kids better. One thing section one does not need is more EGOS at the top.
Degl Shmeegle.
John works hard, the coaches work hard, the kids benefit. What we do need is more strong clubs and different places for kids to go. Coach Rogers is correct in that.

As for you folks up in Mahopac, stop your complaining. All you ever do is bitch and moan. You had great coaches there like Iasollo and the guy before Degl(sorry I cannot remember his name) your complaining drove them off.
Degl was there and drove himself off. He was a little immature at the time to be a high school coach. But he has learned from his mistakes and has grown personally and professionally and continues to help kids throughout the section.
You want Degl back, fine. But Sal is one of the best coaches in section one, in the room and on the mat.
No offense to Larry but I would love to see him back in O’Town tommorow.
S1wss is a little biased but everything he said is legend.
To add to what he said, Billy was a direct result of Imbimbo. Yes the kid had the raw ability, but we all know that big strong football players do not become state placers without a great coach, especially in only 2 years of wrestling. Without a great coach Billy would have been just another big strong all section wrestler but not a champion.
Also, one cannot forget how Sal molded Fermin Figueroa. Fermin and Billy were the first 2 of “Sal’s” home grow section one champs, the first 2 of many.

In closing I hope all the kids do well at nationals.
And to James Brundage, thanx again.

To the Ossining AD: Don’t you think it is about time we get 2 more trophies in the gym for Julius and James. I mean Julius was Ossining’s first state champ in anything and 15 that is fifteen years later, still no recognition. LONG OVERDUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but i just wanted to show the guy didnt just win because he had a ton of talent, he wasnt winning with the talent of fox lane, with Degl’s club putting all the studs together, he was breeding his own, the Ossining wrestling room might have been the closest thing to working out with Degl’s if you look at the list of Ossining all-section guys during his time, more all-section guys coming back to the room to work out, the strong Pee-Wee program that he made sure had lots of help, Now that he is gone there isn’t even a Pee-Wee program anymore…

Ossining could have gone on a big slide after Ken Calao’s solid late 80’s early 90’s teams, but Imbimbo comes down from Monroe-Woodbury, enough said there, when he got a teaching job down here. Maybe two kids were winners without Imbimbo, Julius Smith and Bill Denholm. Julius was an amazing athlete that probably could have won state with any coach not to take away from Imbimbo but the kid was a beast, imagine a bigger, more athletic James Brundage, for today’s fan a hybrid of Brundage and Austen Meys ( not an avg, but a cumulation of their skills). Bill placed at states in his first full season, but the kid was a football player and had freak strength and athleticism for his size,pretty easy to coach.

Other than that it was just good athletes, that he made very good/great wrestlers. He didn’t coach a run of winning season, it was a run of dominant seasons, dropping 1 match or none, sometimes only losing to Monroe-Woodbury. He would get the most out of everyone in the wrestling rooms, we were a dual meet machine. Countless all-section wrestlers because he would have kids peaking come divisionals and sectionals. I think we wrestled a divisional final with 10 kids one year, the year we won the sectional title we had 8 kids in the semi-finals.

8 kids-
John Ryan would have probably quit wrestling if it wasnt for Imbimbo,
John Barrett was a product of the Imbimbo era at Ossining from day 1-graduation and then on to Ithaca himself,
Diego Santiago was a kid who most coaches let slip through, Imbimbo turned him into an all-section wrestler and a kid who struck fear in top-seeds because of his strength, with more dedication you could almost compare the kid to Tim James but thats tough to do)
Rex Harris, a great athlete that Imbimbo pushed to be the best of his class
Jake Hughto a kid who ran on guts and effort and fashioned his wrestling after Imbimbo
Rich Galen, he was a product of Imbimbo’s wrestling room, in great shape because of his conditioning, working with great wrestlers because of what Imbimbo did for every wrestler shark bait groups were loaded with all section wrestlers (Gallen, Tornambe, McRae, Downer, Hughto)
Rich Downer, kid was an amazing football player, Imbimbo took that and made him a great wrestler
Myself I feel short on two fields but not on the mat, he wouldnt let me fall into the same traps i feel into in other seasons, he got more out of me than any other person did, because he cares about pushing people to better themselves.

Anyone that doesnt want that can have Degl. Now I’m sure anyone would want an Iowa guy as a coach, but to air it out in a public venue, makes it seem like you don’t want Sal….

don’t bite the hand that feeds you …..
watch what you wish for…..
whatever else you might want to apply

because the guy can flat out coach, and has done enough already

and for all you who think all he cares about is winning, the guy reached out and helped Joey Hauser even though he wrestles for L/P not Mahopac

i think we all wish john was still coaching mahopac

great job.

i wish you were still coaching MAHOPAC.

thank you for your response, It is that we do have a lot of respect for John and his club. My son did not get the wild card, so I’m not sure why you said that, but I just wanted to make that clear. There was just on wild card given and that was to Mike Kane, which is not my son. With that said, I thank you for taking the time to clear things up, we are all here to support our son’s and the wrestling community which is really made up of some very nice people,so again thank you to your response.

Diane

Diane

if you read my email, I signed my name, which is Diane, I was not hiding at all, not my style.

I do think the athletes deserve all the credit. If coaches made champions then I would have 4 NCAA titles under Gable. Clearly my career was my own for good or bad.

I hope anyone who is training for Nationals is willing to scrimmage because we start workouts tomorrow for the next step and our ultimate goal, National Champions.

JOHN DEGL

My apologies for not being clear in what I was saying, you do a great service for some of the wrestlers in section 1. My purpose was not to rile up a crowd or illicit a response from you but rather put the credit back on the athletes and their families where it belongs. No one who has ever coached a high school sport has ever done it to get their name out there and if they have they are wrong. Again I am sorry that I came off as the way I did, I have a great amount of respect for you and the ISW program as a whole, I just feel it takes ALL aspects to make a great section not just one club. By the response of parents and other coaches alike it is clear that you have ammended how you go about business and that can only better the future for the wrestlers in this great area.

Pleasantville Parent,

I am not hiding behind anything, however blogging is just that blogging, and when I see John again face to face which inevitably I will as the wrestling community is small I will apologize face to face man to man for the misinterpretation of my message, but that is between him and I not between someone parent who I do not know… But since you were so offended by my ststement I apologize to you as well… congrats to your son on his wildcard.

cya

I look forward to the challenge of building a program that will catch and pass the programs that benefit from the ISW club being in their backyard. They are good and it will take alot, I am up for the challenge.

Competition is good. Never mind the “everybody is a winner” garbage that bleeding hearts have tried to jam down our throats for the past decade or two. There is only room for one person on the top of the podium. If you don’t like being beneath it, out work your competition and take it next season.

April 1 the Clarkstown South open mats start. Mondays and Wednesdays until August from 7-9:00pm we will welcome all wrestlers that hold a current USA wrestling card. Come with the intentions of working hard and getting better, no bleeding hearts allowed!

Coach Rogers
Brown & Gold Wrestling

If you take the time to write about John Degl and make comments, why not sign your name. It’s easy to talk crap and then not sign your name, why cause you sound stupid? John’s passion and love of this sport goes beyond anything I have ever seen. Just because he runs this club and many of our boys enjoy going,doesn’t mean they are taking anything away from their school coaches.This is just an extra perk that we can do for our boys to make them better at a sport that they enjoy and take much pride in. Degl is a club for our boys to attend all year long, mostly on the off season and if they choose to go during the season. Why is it that when someone is doing something good and along with the boys learning from their coaches at school, there is always someone like yourself making comments that makes no sense. Yes I am a fan of John Degl’s wrestling club, I support his club,because he supports, teaches and helps my son without taking anything away from his coach at school. He is man who cares when our boys do good and when they have a bad day. He is hard on the when needed and shows them and makes them understand what it is to want to be the best at something, this is why he will never sign his name as “Former Coach” . John deserves much “Thanks” as do our boys coaches in school. What about all the camps that kids go to in the summer months? Why not comment on that! Anyway, John,don’t cut yourself short by reacting to the Former Coach by stating you don’t deserve credit, you do and our boys love your club and most of all love what you do and what you stand for.

diane

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