Very impressed by the grit, fortitude and composure of Mohamed Fall. He exhibited the best possible way to behave in a loss...respectful, proud, composed. A lot of young men running off the mat, bypassing the opposing coach...understandable, yes, but it takes a great young man to try so hard, come sooooo close with that cradle, and then raise the hand of the eventual champ, walk over and shake the coaches hand, and then go give his folks a hug before exiting the stadium. Good job, Mohamed, and congratulations on an excellent effort and great finish. Good luck in your future endeavors.
---mama O'Malley
Quote from: Wisconsinpitbull on March 01, 2014, 10:02:40 PM
Very impressed by the grit, fortitude and composure of Mohamed Fall. He exhibited the best possible way to behave in a loss...respectful, proud, composed. A lot of young men running off the mat, bypassing the opposing coach...understandable, yes, but it takes a great young man to try so hard, come sooooo close with that cradle, and then raise the hand of the eventual champ, walk over and shake the coaches hand, and then go give his folks a hug before exiting the stadium. Good job, Mohamed, and congratulations on an excellent effort and great finish. Good luck in your future endeavors.
---mama O'Malley
X2
Agree. Moment of the tourney for me. Very nice to see the class and maturity.
Yes indeed but man I bet the Kohl center was a gasp when he turned Jared wow what great job and attempt one of the highlights of tournament to show that kind of grit. Both young men showing class.
I figured that would be a tough match, from the videos I've watched of both wrestlers. Nice job by both young men. Was personally rooting for Jared S., since his grandparents are friends of mine, but very impressed with Mr. Fall, as well.
Definitely a highlight of the tournament. Total class! Despite the score, that young man is a champion.
Not a surprise to see Mohamed show such class. He is a class individual, always gracious and a very hard working kid who is a great example for everyone to follow. He will be missed and I will keep on pulling for this young man wherever his path takes him.
Quote from: Wisconsinpitbull on March 01, 2014, 10:02:40 PM
Very impressed by the grit, fortitude and composure of Mohamed Fall. He exhibited the best possible way to behave in a loss...respectful, proud, composed. A lot of young men running off the mat, bypassing the opposing coach...understandable, yes, but it takes a great young man to try so hard, come sooooo close with that cradle, and then raise the hand of the eventual champ, walk over and shake the coaches hand, and then go give his folks a hug before exiting the stadium. Good job, Mohamed, and congratulations on an excellent effort and great finish. Good luck in your future endeavors.
---mama O'Malley
Could put X1000 on this post.
Quote from: Asst. Coach on March 02, 2014, 01:05:14 AM
Not a surprise to see Mohamed show such class. He is a class individual, always gracious and a very hard working kid who is a great example for everyone to follow. He will be missed and I will keep on pulling for this young man wherever his path takes him.
Nicely said, my son wrestled Mohamed at the Purple Pummel last spring it was a really tough and close match in FS he was just as composed and gracious that day as I saw yesterday avery nice young man. That cradle was just really incredible and again I cannot say it enough how quick and precise he was in executing it. I was watching via the live feed and started screaming at the computer it was awesome and I know Scharenbrock was really surprised and he did good job to get out of it that pin seemed really close. Exciting match......
Quote from: Wisconsinpitbull on March 01, 2014, 10:02:40 PM
Very impressed by the grit, fortitude and composure of Mohamed Fall. He exhibited the best possible way to behave in a loss...respectful, proud, composed. A lot of young men running off the mat, bypassing the opposing coach...understandable, yes, but it takes a great young man to try so hard, come sooooo close with that cradle, and then raise the hand of the eventual champ, walk over and shake the coaches hand, and then go give his folks a hug before exiting the stadium. Good job, Mohamed, and congratulations on an excellent effort and great finish. Good luck in your future endeavors.
---mama O'Malley
Miss ya O'Mally. You still fightin'?
Very impressed by the young man. I was also noting an overall great tenor of sportsmanship throughout the kohl center
I watched the feed and was pleased how mature the wrestlers were I saw. Tough to swallow a broken dream for anyone. These boys showed they're men.
No fights for me, bigG, too darn busy last two years to do anything but work. Looking for a new job and 100 acres to go hide on, then will have time to get back into watching wrestling, doing my gardening, getting my jiu jitsu on, and motorcycling...everything that's taken a back seat lately. Life is too short to not enjoy what you love to enjoy, so work is now getting the back seat treatment. :D
Quote from: Wisconsinpitbull on March 01, 2014, 10:02:40 PM
Very impressed by the grit, fortitude and composure of Mohamed Fall. He exhibited the best possible way to behave in a loss...respectful, proud, composed. A lot of young men running off the mat, bypassing the opposing coach...understandable, yes, but it takes a great young man to try so hard, come sooooo close with that cradle, and then raise the hand of the eventual champ, walk over and shake the coaches hand, and then go give his folks a hug before exiting the stadium. Good job, Mohamed, and congratulations on an excellent effort and great finish. Good luck in your future endeavors.
---mama O'Malley
Knew that as soon as I got home from Madison that I had to get on here to say the same thing!
I thought the same thing when I watched Mohamed's match...what a classy young man. It's not the first time I have seem Mohamed act in this manner. Congrats Mohamed...your a champion n my eyes.
Saw this in the Milwaukee Journal
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In wrestling, you don't get losses; you get lessons on what you should have done," Milwaukee Bradley Tech senior Mohamed Fall, after his 7-3 loss to Sun Prairie senior Jared Scharenbrock in the D1 152 final.
Bravo!
Sounds like an awesome young man, who is wise beyond his years! 8)
I thought he was a class act!
I really like the way he raised Jared S hand after the match. That was 10X better than a simple hand shake that was a pretty cool thing to do.
Best of luck to this young man on the rest of his life and I bet and hope it will be awesome!
The 3rd period got very exciting after he got the cradle and was relentlessly working on turning him again. His actions after the match was the moment of the tournament for me.
Give it all you got, and walk off the mat with your head high. Both men won/lost with class.
They both could give a lesson in class to the wrestlers who run off the mat.
Quote from: WrestlingMom on March 04, 2014, 07:28:24 PM
They both could give a lesson in class to the wrestlers who run off the mat.
As far as giving lessons in class, using your first post on a public forum to take a shot at anonymous shot at kids is definitely
NOT a lesson in class.
I would expect an
ADULT to be above that.....but what do I know?
I did not read "WrestlingMom's" post and being negative. I think the post was steered towards the kids that lose and run off the mat as they are upset. JMO
So saying that kids that run off the mat do not have class....but that not is not being negative?
Care to explain how you reached that conclusion?
So much for a feel good thread about something good.
I knew very little about Mohamed Fall coming into the state tournament. I had the privilege to sit near some people who knew a lot about the kid. As he was wrestling they were telling me things about this young man. After Mohamed's finals match, I couldn't help but get out of my seat, walk down to where the competitors warm up, and shake his hand. He is truly a champion, and positive image for the sport! kudos to Mohamed Fall for helping me and everyone else realize what this great sport is all about.
Quote from: Coach Lu on March 05, 2014, 10:48:22 AM
I knew very little about Mohamed Fall coming into the state tournament. I had the privilege to sit near some people who knew a lot about the kid. As he was wrestling they were telling me things about this young man. After Mohamed's finals match, I couldn't help but get out of my seat, walk down to where the competitors warm up, and shake his hand. He is truly a champion, and positive image for the sport! kudos to Mohamed Fall for helping me and everyone else realize what this great sport is all about.
Pretty much the same with me . I was sitting with some fanatics from Fond du Lac, they were nuts about him and shared all their enthusiasm with me and I'm glad I got to find out about this young man.