Yes the phone is rooted

Issues with returning to stock/wiping
wipe like all other androids does not take off "too many pattern attempts"
neither did using odin and all the settings from this thread:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Issues with recovery
tried using odin to put clockwork recovery =failed
tried using rom manager, loaded clockwork fine, but when going into recovery mode=stock recovery

anyone have an idea on how to do this? without the custom recovery can't change the rom which sucks