There was no need to wait any longer for Oklahoma State to honor its most illustrious wrestler and coach, John Smith, to name the new wrestling facility in his name. The decision to name the facility for Smith, the program’s long-time head coach and one of the best amateur wrestlers in history before he took over at his alma mater, was the right call. Honoring the 60-year-old from Del City, Okla., now as opposed to waiting recognizes what he built at Oklahoma State , both as a wrestler and as a coach. “It is nearly impossible to overstate what John Smith has meant to Cowboy Wrestling and the sport of wrestling around the world. There is not a more appropriate way to celebrate all he has done for Oklahoma State than to have his name on the building that future generations of OSU wrestlers will walk into every day,” OSU Athletic Director Chad Weiberg said in a release announcing the naming of the facility. John Smith’s Wrestling Legacy Former Oklahoma State head wrestling coach John Smith.…