A show of class...

[Wrestle90]

Kudos to McCallie's crowd last night. As Baylor's Jordan Leen won his 4th state title every McCallie supporter stood up to applaud this excellent achievement! What a show of class....

Edited February 23, 2004 by Wrestle90

[anais316]

where did the chair come from?

[CoachDelgado]

What chair?

[Bobvark]

He is referring to a chair that got thrown on the floor next to the stands.

 

But besides that and the Bradley crowd celebrating during the heavyweight match I thought that there were many classy programs and champions and runners up.

[anais316]

That chair was thrown by one of those classy McCallie supporters, almost hit my friend Deb from Stump on Sports......

[sundancer]

Amen BobVark! I think overall Bradley fans are great, but wish they had waited for that celebration until after the 275 match was over. They cheered for all the Chatt kids that went on the mat.

[best_of_the_west]

I agree that they should have waited until the match was over, but it's hard to control the spirit of all those cheerleaders.

[mtnman]

It may have been just me but when Ryan Scott and Jordon Leen won their fourth straight title, it didn't seem like the who crowd cheered. There was a guy in DI that eveyone stood up and cheered for just out of respect for his accomplishments but I don't remember who it was. Leen and Scott didn't get much applause from the DI folks. Just my observation. Regardless of how you feel about DI and DII, you gotta give these guys some respect.

[tilt43]

It was Matt Keller two years ago, and I agree with mtnman.

[sundancer]

There were Div 1 folks standing for Jordan, I was one of them. He has great talent and has worked hard. I've enjoyed traveling out of state and watching this young man compete.

[best_of_the_west]

It may have been just me but when Ryan Scott and Jordon Leen won their fourth straight title, it didn't seem like the who crowd cheered. There was a guy in DI that eveyone stood up and cheered for just out of respect for his accomplishments but I don't remember who it was. Leen and Scott didn't get much applause from the DI folks. Just my observation. Regardless of how you feel about DI and DII, you gotta give these guys some respect.

I gave them both a standing applause. I'd imagine that many D1 fans weren't aware that they were their 4 titles, or they were just paying more attention to the D1 matches. The D1 programs generally aren't as involved in what's going on in the sport. They don't have the tradition or support that Baylor, FR, McCallie, MBA, CBHS, ND, etc. have. Bradley and Soddy are really the only two programs that have as much involvement in the sport as the D2 schools. Don't be offended, because I don't think that they were trying to be disrespectful.

[drmedulla]

The Bradley fans were celebrating Matt Bailey's 215 lbs. state title, not celebrating the fact that they won the team title. If anyone else in the stands knew what the story was behind Matt Bailey's state title, they would be cheering as well. The Bradley fans and their celebration of Bailey's title caught extra attention because it was right by the DI finals matside. If it would have occured anywhere else, it would not have caught as much attention. Bradley fans, supporters, and wrestlers are all classy. It is the example set by their head coach. Anything less than being a class act on and off the mat is not accepted. Also, if the finals were held and wrestled together, I'm sure that more DI fans would have stood up and cheered for Scott and Leen. I guess they were suppose to stop watching their tournament finals and stand up and give recognition to the other tournament final winners. It's just an observation, but I didn't see many DII fans stand up and cheer for James or Gibson as they both ended just as spectacular careers.