The girls on the losing team just said on the news, "We don't really play to win anyway. We just play for fun." Huh?
say they go to the bench at halftime and the other team goes on a 61-0 run then fans woulda been calling for the coaches head, good move, when a team is down go for the jugular, someone sign this man up as an asst for us
I felt so bad for the losing team, but then I saw they were from Dallas, and I suddenly felt fine. Now, if only BOTH teams could've lost. Hmm...
I was playing goalie on our adult co-ed recreational league team and we were getting the crud kicked out of us (we were division B and were playing a division A tream). With a minute or so left, the opposing goalie comes charging down the field in an attempt to score. I simply walked away from the goal and hollered that if he wanted to score a goal that badly, to have at it. He didn't try to score and headed back towards his goal.
I really don't understand this logic. What, you're going to whine because you suck at something and get upset because the opponent embarrasses you?!? How does that work? In a situation like that, the only thing you should be upset about is yourself.
In an adult co-ed recreational league when you get scheduled against a higher division team, yes, sportsmanship should come into play. You can continue to play the game, without exuding poor sportsmanship. Do you get satisfaction about pouring it on against a lesser opponent? I don't understand that logic.
I am nobodies whiner. I have been beaten 1-1 and 5-5 hoops 15-0 and 21-0...and never raised an eyebrow played hard the whole time and congratulated my opponent. But laying on a full court press and drilling threes against special needs girls when up 95-0, or sending the goalie out to try to score in a rec soccer mismatch should be embarrassing to the winner not the routed. I believe in going for the jugular and winning decisively if you can, but at some point its just an exercise in being a jerk. I was a big fan of the Houston Cougar football team under John "Jugular" Jenkins. But even I thought they needed to put the brakes on at some point against the Eastern Washington's and death penalty returning SMU's of the world. And they at least were using 4th string guys and had the excuse of an offense not designed to run the ball a lot.
Question: We teach our kids to try hard from start to finish that is unless you are winning easily . . . you should ease up . . . but. . not so it looks like you taking pity or 'showboating' but enough to make it look like the other guys actually has a shot . ..or something like that Rocket River
My position on this subject is this: When a blow out is occuring, the winning coach should put in his lowest string bench players. It is NOT fair to ask these bench players to tank. This may be all they get to play and they should be allowed to play hard. If the blow out continues, so be it.
In blowout victories, you can continue to play the game, but don't resort to tactics that aren't necessary to win the game. As a coach, the first thing you should do is empty the bench. The next thing you should do is call off the full court press in basketball or the blitz, bombs and trick plays in football. If I were the coach of the 100 point team, we would not have been full court pressing once the outcome was obvious (probably before the game even started). No 3 pointer would be taken unless the shot clock (if there was a shot clock) was about to hit 0. I assume lay-ups were a dime a dozen in this game, so there would be no lay-ups. I would have instructed the team to work on the mid-range jumpers.
Beating a special needs team of 8 players from a total of 20 in the whole school? I bet they are so proud.
