[Texas State Record] Yates annihilates Lee High School 170-35

And they put the scrubs in. It's not fair to the scrubs to tell them not to play hard.

They just beat top squads in two out of state tournaments.

 

It is always different when it is . . YOUR SQUAD

Rocket River

 

So what you're telling me is that the Yates players should have mailed in the second half in order for the other team to try and score more points.....

So you're telling me if your team was getting beat by another team this badly, you would have no problems sending in a kid to physically take out the other school's player because you couldn't prepare your team well enough to actually make it competitive? I'm sorry but if the coach for Lee was an actual coach, maybe he would have done some kind of homework to know what Yates does in-game and try to get his team ready. I understand that there might be a big talent discrepancy between the two schools but it doesn't excuse the Lee coach from putting his kids out there looking at what was a lack of preparation.


People want to say that the coach needs to teach his players to play the "right way" and to learn from both winning and losing. I wonder if the parents of the Yates High School players are upset that their kids went out and performed like that.

I'm not a full blown supporter of what Yates and its coach did because I do believe in Karma and that they will get theirs in the end. Instead of asking, "Why did you run up the score, coach?" people should be asking "Why did your team let the other team score 170 points and why did you only score 35 points?"

 

Considering that they rarely run them, I think it's best for the bench to practice what they do to win in real game situations. Thsts like asking the Rockets scrubs not to run Ricks offense in a blowout

 

I played basketball against YATES and soccer. We got them BACK in soccer. We won 12-0.

Or should we have just "held on to the ball"??

 

I don't ever recall me wanting one of my squads to let up. And if it was my team getting killed, if they were tired of it they can either take it, quit, or do better. There is no mercy rule in the real world.

 

Don't misquote me. I never said don't play hard. I said work take those huge blowout moments as opportunities to work on weaknesses.

They just haven't met a big enough dog yet. It looks like they almost did in a team from PA, but edged it out in the 4th quarter for a 97-96 win.

 

FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN, YES! JUST THINK OF THE CHILDREN! THINK! OF! THE! CHILDREN!

 

Game was over by the end of the first period.

After that Yates could have worked on their dribbling, passing and three point skills. On defense , they could have worked on their zones. In these pursuits, they could have given it their all.

I guess the real question here is whether running up the score wildly shows good sportsmanship. I think that it decidedly does not.

 

That is a topioc for the D&D

Rocket River

 

And why is all of this funded by my taxes?

 

Once you're down by 50 or so...the margin doesn't matter. You got blown out, and the kids move on and accept it. The parents are the ones who get uptight. Mercy rule only works in baseball as the innings would otherwise go on forever.

Why are these schools even playing each other?

 

Ditto.

Icehouse, you're on fire buddy. The vast majority of this board is normally pissed at Kubiak for calling off the dogs in the second half of games, and was pissed at Polian for calling off the dogs while going for perfection. Where is the outrage when Federer is going 6-0, 6-1, 6-0? When Tiger is leading by 9 strokes on the back nine on Sunday? When Pacquiao is destroying some overmatched sap like Ricky Hatton? When Case Keenum and UH is pummeling Rice 73-14. When UT was blastin UTEP forever to nothin? etc, etc, etc.

 

This actually made ESPN Sportscenter right now.

For the ones that looks for redemption by Lee (or another blow out by Yates), both schools are scheduled to play again at the end of the month according to SC.

 

"Mmmmmmmm... topioc pudding... aaaaaaghghhghghghghg..."

 

I don't know that you can really blame Yates for much of anything if they were emptying their bench and playing all their guys.

Though, obviously you aren't learning **** once you are up by 50, they have to still play.

Really, the only thing at fault here is that there is not some sort of rule in place in the district to put an end to this type of thing. If it's clearly time to pack it up and move on, someone in a position of authority should have done so.

But as long as they are out there, the kids are probably going to play.

 

As I said on the show this morning, high school, college, and the pros are a totally different animal. If the Florida Gators pound North Texas 80-0,you won't hear a peep out of me. The Pats drop an ass kicking on the Titans, Jeff Fisher has no problem with it.

Yates is not alone either. Rocky Manuel pulls the same crap at Bellaire in baseball. Yates pressing up 80 is the same as Rocky and Bellaire stealing bases up 26-0. This is not wussification of America, it's common sense. Who gives a crap about high school records that are achieved at the expense of teams that are BEYOND inferior. Did the 72-10 Bulls play TSU and Rice? No, they played the best players in the world. Kareem was going against great players. I hope the Lions go on to win the state title, but setting the scoring mark is not going to make them the GOAT and my guess is they are going to make themselves into the enemy which is a damn shame.

 

yea you could question the sportsmanship here. One of the players came out and said they want to score 200 pts, so obviously that was the gameplan. But you also have to question the Lee's coaching job, or Lee's players. Maybe they didnt care or just didnt play hard at all.

i actually played basketball for Austin and we beat yates a couple of times

 

I do have to agree with this, though. People throwing out NFL comparisons and such are way off base.

 

Serious question. Was this blowout due to a lack of athleticism or a lack of preparation?