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Free the DSU Wrestling Recruits!

Free the DSU Wrestling Recruits!

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Started by Mike Datillo 19 years, 5 months ago
As many of you know, Delaware State University has let Coach Earl Walker go basically because he was successful in building a wrestling program at DSU. Their excuse is that he was working another full time job. Other than that, we have been given nothing except that he was insubordinate. Anyone that knows or has met Earl Walker, knows that he is anything but that. They feel that his $30K salary is a deserving salary for a D1 coach with a doctorate. He offered to work on campus if they would offer a teaching position. According to Coach Walker, they agreed to this but never followed through. DeState will not release the wrestlers that Earl recruited until they hire a new coach. They should either bring Earl back on his terms or let HIS recruits go. Let these young men explore their options and if they chose to stay with DSU and the still yet to be named new coach, then so be it. GIVE THEM THE CHOICE! These kids did not go there for the wrestling tradition at DSU, they went for Coach Walker! Do the right thing and release these young men!

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Reached 250 supporters

April 2, 2007

April 1, 2007

I have been overwhelmed by the messages coming in from athletes and families who feel just as let down as I do. Please know that I am reading everything you write and passing those stories along to show the university the human cost of their decision. This is getting far more attention than I ever imagined and that is entirely due to your willingness to speak up.

Reached 100 supporters

March 30, 2007

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Marcus Mansour
19 years ago Featured

This is total garbage. Those guys signed up for the coach not the school. Let them go where they want it is only fair.

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Jessica Newman
19 years ago Featured

Let them go. Stop playing games with their future just because you have a grudge against the coach.

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Jason Liu
19 years ago Featured

DSU really messed this one up. Fix it now.

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Sarah Castro
19 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that they are holding these kids hostage. Let them leave if they want to. Coach Walker deserves way better than this treatment.

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Kevin Velez
19 years ago Featured

My son knows coach Walker and he is a stand up guy. The school is just being petty. Let the boys choose their own path!!

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Mike Kumar
19 years ago Featured

Typical university bureaucracy ruining lives. Those recruits put in the work and deserve to play for who they chose.

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