Coach's Wisdom

[Pantherguy4]

Did not know if any of our wrestling group ever learned a life lesson from a coach. Mine was to never ever show up your opponent. If I hear my guy, I shook his hand and said GREAT MATCH. If I lost I did the same thing. My wrestling vocally always taught us to respect our opponent act, as he said, LIKE A GENTLEMAN! What a great lesson he taught us all.

 

[Somerset Panther]

Exactly. 45 years ago if you won you would actually walk you opponent to his bench. If you follow flo wrestling there is more and more woofing between wrestlers than ever before. Desanto gets a team point removed From Iowa’s team score almost weekly from acting out. Now Kyle Dake and Jordan Burroughs “hate” other trying to create Some hype for their match. It’s beginning to get a WWE feel to it sometimes.

 

[dougpaper]

always give people the respect you expect.

 

[Pantherguy4]

always give people the respect you expect.

Doug, such great advice and so few follow it.

 

[New York Panther]

always give people the respect you expect.

Just another way of saying the golden rule.

 

[mike412]

Did not know if any of our wrestling group ever learned a life lesson from a coach. Mine was to never ever show up your opponent. If I hear my guy, I shook his hand and said GREAT MATCH. If I lost I did the same thing. My wrestling vocally always taught us to respect our opponent act, as he said, LIKE A GENTLEMAN! What a great lesson he taught us all.

Interesting that you mention this. With nothing else to do, I was watching the Paris St. Germain vs St. Edwards 2018 wrestling dual on You Tube. It was the year the youngest Jordan was a senior and his dad retired as coach. I noticed that none of the PSG wrestlers shook hands with the St. Edwards wrestlers after the bouts. If they won, they just turned away; if they lost and the winner offered his hand, all but one just walked away.

I was wondering if that was commonplace nowadays or if it is a Jeff Jordan — PSG thing. His youngest, who now is at Ohio State, pinned his opponent and then very deliberately turned his back when the kid offered his hand. I never liked any of the Jordans when they wrestled at tOSU and am even happier now that none of them (other than the uncle) ever won NCAA title. Hopefully, Rocky will keep that streak going.

 

[Somerset Panther]

Interesting that you mention this. With nothing else to do, I was watching the Paris St. Germain vs St. Edwards 2018 wrestling dual on You Tube. It was the year the youngest Jordan was a senior and his dad retired as coach. I noticed that none of the PSG wrestlers shook hands with the St. Edwards wrestlers after the bouts. If they won, they just turned away; if they lost and the winner offered his hand, all but one just walked away.

I was wondering if that was commonplace nowadays or if it is a Jeff Jordan — PSG thing. His youngest, who now is at Ohio State, pinned his opponent and then very deliberately turned his back when the kid offered his hand. I never liked any of the Jordans when they wrestled at tOSU and am even happier now that none of them (other than the uncle) ever won NCAA title. Hopefully, Rocky will keep that streak going.

Dick move if that’s the case. If I’m the ref I’m dragging each Paris St. Graham Wrestler back to the middle of the mat and instructing them to shake hands. If they won’t deduct one team point each time did unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[Pantherguy4]

Dick move if that’s the case. If I’m the ref I’m dragging each Paris St. Graham Wrestler back to the middle of the mat and instructing them to shake hands. If they won’t deduct one team point each time did unsportsmanlike conduct.

Yep. You are right on, Somerset.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

This lack of good sportsmanship could be seen as a microcosm of today's society in general.

Too many people just aren't nice anymore. And when someone is especially nice, it often gets a special mention. Something that used to be taken for granted is now big news.