Unapologetic coach of 100-0 win fired by school

[gunslingingbird]

The point in playing is to win. And when you've already won then stop playing.

Whatever happened to what every coach I've ever had always preached? "You bust your ass until the clock reaches 0:00"? I played in several games where it was evident the other team wasn't coming back, but my coaches always said, "Execute 100% from whistle to whistle." I've never been told to give up just because we had the game wrapped up.

This isn't baseball, but if you're going to use hypothetical questions, if you were playing basketball with a child, would you post up on him and swat his balls out? Whoop his ass by 79 points? No. You wouldn't.

If you're playing pool with your female friend who is shit at pool, are you going to run the table on her? Play a safe and snooker her? Nope.

You're comparing apples and hex keys. We're talking about two teams of the same age group, made of players of the same gender, who have the same kind of practice schedules.

Girls who don't know how to play basketball and have learning disabilities cannot.

These girls do know how to play basketball, albeit not very well. Proof of that is that they're on the school team. Learning disabilities don't necessarily mean that you're, like I sarcastically said earlier, holding ballons and licking windows. Many people with learning disabilities live and work in society just like anyone else. Many of those you would never know have learning disabilities if the don't tell you.

 

[titsrock]

It's not a pussification, it's just more evidence that the culture of winning-at-all-costs is overtaking a culture of sportsmanship in this country.

It is absurd that the coach of the winning team is trying to defend his/her actions (Micah? Man? Woman?). This coach is a coward and maybe ought to read a bible before deciding to work at a Christian High School.:dunno:

It won't be surprising to me at all if high schools across the country experience a decline in participation in the next decade. Most kids just want to play sports and hang out with friends. They don't want to treat their athletic participation as if the FUTURE OF THE WORLD RESTS ON WINNING GAMES.

There is a serious disconnect between ESPN FANTASY and American Reality in the attitude expressed by this piece of shit coach.

 

[titsrock]

Gunslinger---what do you do when teams are not just unevenly matched but poorly matched? The "normal rules of engagement" don't apply.

This could have been a productive learning experience for the losing team rather than a moment of embarrassment for a community.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Gunslinger---what do you do when teams are not just unevenly matched but poorly matched? The "normal rules of engagement" don't apply.

This could have been a productive learning experience for the losing team rather than a moment of embarrassment for a community.

Like I said earlier, I don't advocate running up the score, but I don't think the better team should stop playing either. What I've seen in cases where the game is a lopsided ass kicking is that the winning coach puts his reserves in the game. That's fair because it somewhat levels the competition by pitting the weaker reserves against the other team's starters. They're still playing the same age group and gender, just not quite as good as the ones you were facing earlier.

The article says that the team hasn't won a game in 4 years. Does that mean that all the teams that play against it should automatically forfeit the game out of sympathy? Come out on the court and stand around doing nothing? If I were on a shitty team that hadn't won a game in 4 years I wouldn't want my opponents to give my team a win; I'd want to fight for it. I would feel more insulted if other teams just said, "Oh, you poor thing, I feel sorry for you, so I'll let you win."

If there is such lack of talent both in the coaching staff and the players of Dallas Academy, then maybe they should consider ending intramural play and just have intermural sports. :2 cents:

 

[ChefChiTown]

The point in playing is to win. And when you've already won then stop playing.

You don't win until the game is over.

This isn't baseball, but if you're going to use hypothetical questions, if you were playing basketball with a child, would you post up on him and swat his balls out? Whoop his ass by 79 points? No. You wouldn't.

Why would I, a grown man, be playing in the same basketball league as children?

If you're playing pool with your female friend who is shit at pool, are you going to run the table on her? Play a safe and snooker her? Nope.

If it was "just for fun", I wouldn't destroy her. I'd ease back a bit. But, if it was a competitive game, then I'd run the table on her if I could.

In the scenarios that you're providing, you need to remember that there's a big difference between a competitive basketball game that is played in a league and a pick-up game between friends that you play in the backyard.

A mercy rule should be determined on the circumstances. And this time, the rule should have been implemented. Coach shouldn't be fired, but take it easy on the teams that can't ball. Jeez.

I just got done watching PTI and they asked a question to themselves; what did the box score look like?

According to the box score of the game, the team that won only scored 12 points in the 4th quarter. That means that they scored 88 points in the first 3 quarters and then eased up in the 4th. Yet, the score would indicate that they didn't ease up.

So, at what point do you say, "I think it's time that we stop trying so hard"...:dunno:

 

[tiger1977]

Isn't the point of the saport to score as many point as as you can while limiting the opposition's point total? It is not your own job not to score, that is the job of the oppossing team. If you can beat them that bad, then by all means do it. It's not unsportsmanlike if the other team can't do anything to halt you from scoring. That's their job. Maybe the coach of that team shold be the one getting the axe.

 

[T_C]

Why the hell would anybody want to fire him? That is a major heroic victory! Bastards...god if i was one of the girls' parents then I'd friggen complain and try get him back...

 

[D-rock]

Isn't the point of the saport to score as many point as as you can while limiting the opposition's point total? It is not your own job not to score, that is the job of the oppossing team. If you can beat them that bad, then by all means do it. It's not unsportsmanlike if the other team can't do anything to halt you from scoring. That's their job. Maybe the coach of that team shold be the one getting the axe.

The point of the game is to win. Since they had already achieved that well before the end of the game there was really no point in pushing it further. Their goal had already bet meet. In the spirit of competition there is no shame in loosing if you play your best and dedicated all you could to the sport you are playing. However, that doesn't excuse the other side. After a point of running up the score and humiliating your opponents more just to do it there comes a time where your in essence not even playing the game anymore. It's not the same game anymore, it just a mockery of it. Maybe that's one of the biggest things wrong with it. If taken too far it makes a mockery and a joke out of the sport most of the participants in it are supposed to love.

 

[T_C]

The point of the game is to win. Since they had already achieved that well before the end of the game there was really no point in pushing it further. Their goal had already bet meet. In the spirit of competition there is no shame in loosing if you play your best and dedicated all you could to the sport you are playing. However, that doesn't excuse the other side. After a point of running up the score and humiliating your opponents more just to do it there comes a time where your in essence not even playing the game anymore. It's not the same game anymore, it just a mockery of it. Maybe that's one of the biggest things wrong with it. If taken too far it makes a mockery and a joke out of the sport most of the participants in it are supposed to love.

Have to agree with you 100% there.

 

[Yankeefan21325]

It is bullshit that he was fired for that He shouldn't have to say he is sorry, he teaches his players to play hard and thats what he did. He took his starters out at halftime, what do they want from him. If a team can't compete any better than that, then it isnt the other teams fault. God I miss the old days of sports.

 

[Psychology]

Yeah, baseball is the only exception because it can literally go on forever.

 

[rwill25]

When I first heard this story, I thought the coach who lost got fired because thats the only thing that makes sense. Now theres an issue with him not apologizing?! Are you serious!? Why isnt the coach who lost apologizing?! He should have got his girls prepared to play! I mean, they couldn't even draw a foul? Worst Coach Ever!

 

[Yankeefan21325]

When I first heard this story, I thought the coach who lost got fired because thats the only thing that makes sense. Now theres an issue with him not apologizing?! Are you serious!? Why isnt the coach who lost apologizing?! He should have got his girls prepared to play! I mean, they couldn't even draw a foul? Worst Coach Ever!

The dumbass coach that lost said that he was chalking this one up as a win anyway because the players never gave up. The guy has coached there for 4 years and has never even won a single game. I hate this panzy ass shit. What would Vince Lambardi have to say about this?

 

[gunslingingbird]

The dumbass coach that lost said that he was chalking this one up as a win anyway because the players never gave up. The guy has coached there for 4 years and has never even won a single game. I hate this panzy ass shit. What would Vince Lambardi have to say about this?

Bingo. 4 years and you can't win a game? Sorry, Bub, you're out on your ass. Don't give me this bullshit of your players never giving up counting as a win. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FUCKING SUPPOSED TO DO!!! I don't think the Detroit Lions gave up this year, yet they went down in history as the most inept team ever. Did they have any numbers of the win-loss column all year because they never gave up? No they didn't! The school district needs to pull their head out of their ass and realize that they made the wrong decision and that they're contributing to the conformist pussification of America. :thefinger

 

[T_C]

Seeing this topic again just makes me wanna wave a 'BS' flag in front of the people who fired him.

 

[maildude]

So there must be some kind of drop-off point--where a margin of victory is acceptable or not, right?

1982-1983
Coach: Ron Robinson. Record: 9-20. The team defeated Land O’ Lakes 113-52, the most points scored in a game by a Gulf team ever and the largest margin of victory by a Gulf team ever.

--thanks to Gulf High School boys basketball news.

 

[thapie]

i have been hearing about this story for two days now. i played sport in high school and ,outside of a small handful of people, no one cares much about what the score was,who won or how afte the games are done. hell , even i barely recall what the hell happened in high school. yet this is a national story which seems to have legs ...i just don't get it. it must have sucked to endure while the game was played for the losing team and it is highly unusual for high school teams to score 100 points ...but so what?it is recreation,move on now to the next game or class or sport,soon high school will be over.

 

[Torre82]

Pussification.

Along the same lines as those feel-good sayings coaches use these days. 'Noone lost here today, you're all winners!' .... no, that's setting kids up for failure. You dont have to kill someone's parents to show a kid how awful life can be after losing. But you shouldnt sugarcoat a lie and top it with some bullshit garnish, either. Where is that Bill Gates list of things every high schooler should know, when ya need it?!

I believe the list basically stamps out some righteous truth when the world is pussing down rules to make everyone feel better in the short term. (and as said earlier, setting them up for failure in the long term)

 

[jumbo_jim]

The coach prepared his team to play hard for start to finish and not let up. That is good coaching if you ask me, the attitude of his players should be praised.

As someone who has suffered heavy defeats in sports before there was nothing I hated more than the opposition taking it easy as it felt as if they were mocking my team.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

At some point it becomes completely classless to run up the score like that. We are talking about High School girls here…….not professional adult athletes.