Should the coach have been held to blame for this?

[DaemonSeid]

The refs should have called the game for a blowout...heh...

I wonder if there was some kind of non competitive rule out there ...I mean by 50 or 60 to 0 somebody should ahve just threw in the towel...heck the coach that had the team with ZERO should have been blamed for sticking a non competitive team out there...SMH

[PhiGam]

I read that... the coach should not have run the score up like that. They were playing a 30 person school for people with learning disabilities.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I read that... the coach should not have run the score up like that. They were playing a 30 person school for people with learning disabilities.

Well that changes my opinion drastically...thank you for pointing that out. I saw that but it really wasn't pushed frontwards in the story, thus it didn't really stick.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

And like the school officials said, not very "Christlike"!

WWJD

[srmom]

As a coach, I can say that even when you play teams that aren't at the level of your own, you can ALWAYS find a way to keep the score down.

Would you please tell this to Bob Stoopes?

I think running the score up on anyone is classless, but unfortunately, it is sort of becoming de rigueur.

No longer are teams taught to win with class and lose with dignity. Now it's all about how many points (style points???) are scored. That is the measure of worth! Not, HOW you won the game...

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by srmom

Would you please tell this to Bob Stoopes?

You know... I'm just going to let you know that I read that and disagree

but.....

Texas scored more points in the 4th quarter than OU did last year... just sayin'

[RaggedyAnn]

This has been on the radio for the last two days. The students all have IEPs. There are lots of students out there with IEPs-including ADHD students. The losing team wasn't upset about losing-that's the kicker. The administration of the winning team forfitted the game. I also found it interesting to learn that the winning team had a 2-17 record only four years ago. The coach trained his players and planned games against larger public schools to improve his players. I think there has got to be more to this story.

[agzg]

When I was in middle school I played on the 8th grade basketball team. We were really good. And when I say we, I mean the team played very well, not me. I only played maybe a quarter's worth every game. Which was fine with me, I was just having fun.

Whenever the score would get run up on our side, I'd play a whole lot more.

I'm really proud that I was the reason the contest was more fair. Yay for no hand-eye coordination!

[Senusret I]

It seems to me that the school for special kids shouldn't be in this athletic league. Either that, or the really good team needs to be in a league with more parity.

[VAgirl18]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

It seems to me that the school for special kids shouldn't be in this athletic league. Either that, or the really good team needs to be in a league with more parity.

Most athletic leagues are paired by location and enrollment. I know that some states also have different leagues for public and private schools. Athletic dominance in sports changes too often and it would be far to difficult to specialize it for every sport. They could be horrible at every other sport and just have a good girls' basketball program.

[Kevlar281]

At what point does the losing team take a little responsibility?

[VAgirl18]

Originally Posted by Kevlar281

At what point does the losing team take a little responsibility?

Take responsibility for what -- still having the pride to put a team on the court even though they're losing? For spending hours practicing and for some girls to sacrifice their time to join the team because they almost didn't have enough players to field a team? For suffering the embarrassment of making national headlines even though it takes a person with a great attitude to go onto the court and represent their school, knowing that they may be the weakest team in their division and lose every game?

[Kevlar281]

Originally Posted by VAgirl18

Take responsibility for what...

For not scoring one point.

[VAgirl18]

That has nothing to do with the situation. The issue is that the coach of the winning team just didn't know when to stop or how to control his team.

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by VAgirl18

The game never should have reached the score that it did. I feel like his comments in there about the blowout that his team previously experienced made it seem as though he was doing a favor to Dallas Academy. Also, I think the guy is a cocky prick for posting quotes that players have made about him. Defending yourself is one thing -- boasting about yourself is another.

Wow. I totally read that differently. I felt like the coach saying that the 86-6 blow-out they suffered was horrible, but that his team learned from it so he wouldn't complain about the other team's performance.
I think that the quotes from the players showed more about the game and the team and him as a coach than his statement did. I also think that including their thoughts gave them an outlet that they were not provided. There are people who are calling these girls and their coach un-christian because of how they played. That is unfair to the team. The same way the losing team went to the gym and put in hours and sacrificed the winning team did. To forfeit their hard work is disrespectful to those girls. It is not as if they did not play to get those points and the W. They busted their butts on the court and won the game. They deserved the W. Punishing the team because the coach wasn't more restrictive in the 2nd and 3rd quarters is completely uncalled for. I mean 29/24 points 8 players thats 3/4 points per player which means they're only making 2 baskets each against a horrible team. They only scored 12 points in the 4th so I think the coach should have done more to reel in the team during the 2nd and 3rd. For the most part the only thing the coach could do to better the score would be to tell his team not to even make an effort.

Originally Posted by VAgirl18

Take responsibility for what -- still having the pride to put a team on the court even though they're losing? For spending hours practicing and for some girls to sacrifice their time to join the team because they almost didn't have enough players to field a team? For suffering the embarrassment of making national headlines even though it takes a person with a great attitude to go onto the court and represent their school, knowing that they may be the weakest team in their division and lose every game?

For the most part both teams have done most of the above. Quite frankly I think the losing team may have had too much pride. if the score is 59-0 at the half as a coach you probably should back out of the game. The losing team is so bad that they didnt get a basket. There is some responsibility that falls on their team for playing that poorly.


ETA: I agree with the coach going against the admins because his team worked hard and played well to say that they are sorry for doing well and to forfeit that game was out of order. Someone needed to stand up for that team and as the coach he should have been (and was) that someone

[VAgirl18]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

For the most part both teams have done all of the above. Quite frankly I think the losing team may have had too much pride. if the score is 59-0 at the half as a coach you probably should back out of the game. The losing team is so bad that they didnt get a basket. There is some responsibility that falls on their team for playing that poorly.

Backing out?? What kind of example would that show. The whole thing has to do with class and sportsmanship, something that the coach obviously lacks.