 Coach Stutzman, you know, I got a very pleasant surprise today when you walked up behind me. I heard your voice I got a little scared, but then I got happy. I knew the nutsman was here Yeah, did you like the t-shirt thing? They supplemented a t-shirt with nutsman on it. Did you like that? I love it That's fun. It's good people I think a lot of people take take my personality going sometimes You know, I I like to have a good time, you know And that's just a you gave me a nickname a long time ago. It's stuck and you know be honest with me Looking at the team this year. I really love the the output. I saw out of Buffalo You know, obviously we talked about that the Duel meet was in Ken December the leaps and bounds I saw from there to the Mac tournament and obviously ultimately New York City I mean it was incredible coach. You guys are coming. Hey, hey, we're blue. We're blue. We're coming We're Buffalo. We're coming. You'd always say that when you're a bloom I look at it at Buffalo now you guys it's coming along your three was it's been it's been hard But what's the last three years been like for you recruiting wise and the grind on you as a person coach it? Well, I've aged, you know Just you know, I took the job three years ago. It's catch you three years ago right around this time You know, I hit the ground running. I was working the whole time and we had 15 guys on a roster I was begging kids to wrestle and now we have 39 guys on a roster people want to come to UB and wrestle and It's been a it's been a fun process I don't wish it on my worst enemies to be quite honest with you It's been a grind but you know at this summer's finally I think I'm gonna this is my last event I'll probably you know be at and then I'm gonna kick back and take some time my family I think they've earned it. They deserve to have me home a little bit. I Look at you know the guys we were just talking about and how you've developed guys at Bloomsburg And you're in the process of developing guys at Buffalo, but you know you look at your Richard Perry You know your Matt Moley's you look at Josh Velatry's, you know you drop some names Hickman I look at these guys and these guys he really developed rusa. They developed under you I'm looking at cotton now. He's really developing under you and you know ariola with a big win at the NCA tournament But what's the key to developing guys how you develop guys and bring them in maybe guys that aren't state champs Maybe they're fifth seventh in the state, but developing that guy into a contender is all American. How do you do it? Well, first of all, you know, it's funny though. You look at Josh Velatry He's only he was second place in New York State tournament He lost he lost to Greshammer in the state finals and you know and that's in the day We end up having a better career, you know, and I think and same thing with Hickman and rich Perry a lot of those guys And they just buy into what what we're doing and they buy into my personality and And they buy into you know what this would it takes me great You know watch the film all the time just a lifestyle choices. They're making and that's what's going on at UB right now You know the you know Jason Estevez and Tommy Forte Kyle Akin to the one of my all-time favorites ever, you know And Jake Gunning, man We got some guys right now that I think that going to be on a cusp of getting deeper to the national term That's so freshman to sophomores next year. I Always mention names to people and they're Nana. I can't believe you remember that name, but Kyle Sermon there only last and only division wall American ever in the history of Buffalo athletics, right? Is that still a thing? No, we had we had a national champion shot putter That's gonna John Jones to make the Olympic team here the next couple weeks But other than that Kyle Sermon there's the division one all-american at UB and he's our only one and you know It's my job right now to kind of not only Get guys on the point met the national tournament But my job is to win Mac championships and and win dual meets and that's what we're focusing on right now You guys you know I look at the three years ago. I mean you won two or three dual meets I believe yes next year you won six or seven this year how much you went ten one you want double digits It's incredible to turn around. It's like obvious to someone like me who follows it out You know, but looking at the recruiting process. You're down here in the south now You're in rich fertile wrestling ground where you're at up in the Buffalo, New York area PA's right there. Yes, Ohio is the next state over you can even reach down into Jersey And then the New England's got some some up-and-comers, but coming down and recruiting the South How important is that kind of starting to bring some of these guys up there? It's important for me You know want to build our brand, you know, you know UB we have a strong academic institution So we want to build that brand we want to get the right kids and I think kids are there's great kids all around the Country we got to find the right fit for me and right fit for the program and that's what brings me down here Hickman's in North Carolina guy. Yes, you know that that's a southern guy So the South's got rustling and I don't think people know that you know You obviously know that but it's got guys and there's guys who can challenge and be right there Looking at the staff your staff right now. It's it's Boomer and then if you added any coaches or anything like that Yeah, I just had a LaRoy Barnes from Missouri I thought now if you look at what Brian Smith had done in Missouri, it's remarkable You know, it's been there what I don't know a lot of years, but just what what he did with his program and his system He has in place. I want to kind of I thought was important for me to get some money from a bigger program So I can bring him in and they could they could help me build this thing and give me different fresh ideas To get these guys over to home Can you guys win a Mac championship? Is it a feasible thing? I know you believe it Can you do it in the next two to three years? We're going to do it I don't know if it's gonna be next year or the year after the year We're going to do it. It's just a matter of when Like but whenever you got Missouri in the league it just elevates everybody's game and no demeanor is gonna be great next year Northern, Iowa's gonna be great Ohio's tough Our league is as good as now as it ever has been. You know, we're just we're just out of work We don't have a lot of name ran schools, you know, if that makes sense, you know We know when ACC everybody thinks ACC is great and it is a great conference, but guess what we pretty damn good, too And so I think we're the second best conference in the country right now, and we're gonna keep striving to be number one Last thing C3 coming down to this cliff fret. Well, oh southern hospitality in and out of Atlanta You know Do you like the setup of this camp how you can look at a guy's and what what are you looking for in a student athlete? When you're recruiting and you're here at this get a chance to see him drill you're teaching some technique this afternoon What are you looking for in a student athlete? Well, I want you know academically first and foremost being a being a UV It's a tough academic institution So you got to find a right kid and then then you want to find kids who really gravitate towards you and gravitate towards your personality And you know and they do a lot of good things down here. You know, they I think they perfect a scrambling You know and and they bring a lot of great coaches down here So it's just a good chance for me to get around these guys and once again build you these brands Just build better relationships with these guys All right coach, you anything else for me? No, I just think this and we have three five to ten wins And I think this is probably my hardest working team. I've ever had in 18 19 years that is one coach So we're excited for the future. All right. Hey safe travels. I can't wait for some technique this afternoon And as always thanks for the time. That's me. Thank you