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

What do you think about Wilt's 100 point game? Do you consider his competition in that game BEYOND inferior?

 

Next question, what would be a score that would not be so offensive? 36-35? 40-35? 50-35? What would a team capable of 170 points look like trying to keep the score "sportsmanlike".

*edit to fix scores.

 

What about collegiate?

 

That's what I was saying in this thread also. Everyone wants to jump on the team that scored 170 points...but what about the team (nay, the COACH of the team) letting the other team score 170 points and only scoring 34? I don't know what Lee HS's points per game is but I would hope it's more than 34 per game.

 

All of your examples except for the last two are professionals. Both the winning and losing side get compensated. They've chosen a career - a job - where their only daily goal is to get better, stronger, faster. No one has sympathy for a "loser" who still gets paid multiple millions of dollars. They have all the time in the world to train harder and avoid that embarrassment in the future.

Even in your college football examples, while I don't have the exact boxscores on hand... a college football powerhouse typically changes the gameplan in the second half against an over-matched opponent. The majority of the scoring is done in the first half, and then after halftime they'll put in the reserves. But more importantly, there's a change in play-calling. No more long bombs. All running and short pass plays (they removed the full-court press). If Texas played against D2 schools the way Yates did in this game, they'd hit triple digits every single time.

The only parallel I can think of to what Yates is doing (even in the professional ranks) is when the Patriots attempted to blow everyone out by 50 in their undefeated season. That said, these are kids. They don't get paid. The chances of even one kid from that stacked Yates team making it to the NBA is slight. Show some class and humility. Those lessons will carry FAR more weight with these kids and their future endeavors than the number of triple digit victories their team accumulates.

 

I have no problem with "running up" the score. If the other team takes offense to it, maybe they should play some defense. i was on a lacrosse team years ago that dominated everyone, we were usually up by 5 in the first 3 minutes of the game. Our coach would always make us miss every shot we took for the rest of the game, or make 20 passes and then allow a scrub to shoot. I hated this and so did the other team. They knew exactly what was going on. Why is is more embarrassing to be blown out than to have the other team toy with you and just mess around?

 

I believe it was a district game, maybe they can pop 250 next go round

 

Precisely.

 

So sportsmanship is only important when playing against good coaches? Or it isn't important at all?

 

if this happened in baseball where a team was stealing bases up 10 runs, the next batter gets a fastball in the back. so, if yates wants to run the score up while pressing the entire game, i have no problem with hard or flagrant fouls.

i can't believe some of you don't see how running a full court press while up 100 isn't good sportsmanship. someone of you need a reality check, pronto.

 

Pros and High School are not the same if you can't understand that I don't know what to tell you. Wilt's team also won by 22 not 135.

The idea that Lee was not properly prepared is insane. Have you seen Lee's high school football team? Oh right, they don't have one. They only have a hoops team because HISD REQUIRES them to field a squad. Yates was going to beat them badly even if Bobby Knight, John Thompson, and Pat Riley all teamed up to coach the game. How about working on some half court offense? Work on downscreening to create some open looks as opposed to getting all your buckets off the break. There are always things you can work on in a blowout hoops game without rubbing it in someone's face.

 

you're just not a proud graduate of third ward high

 

btw that last post wasn't meant to be offensive, that's just what they call it in the trey

 

i guess that's it. not that any of my teams would ever have a chance to do this, but i hope i would be consistent.

 

Winning by a large margin is bad sportsmanship?

 

anyway, this is what they are working on at lee instead of sports

pretty sad day for this school all around

 

where has anyone said this? full court pressing when you're up 100 is bad sportsmanship. if you don't agree, then you do not practice good sportsmanship. that is a quality that should be shared by everyone, pro or high school. that's why you typically don't see manning throwing bombs when they're up 20 with four minutes left in the 4th quarter. or when you steal a base in baseball up 10 runs, one of your batters gets a fastball whizzing past their head.

 

what would be the purpose of working on things that they will NEVER put to use? They played the system they run throughout the game. Anything else would be meaningless. I will ask it again, is it more embarrassing to be blown out or to have the other team simply toy with you?

 

What's worse sportsmanship

Doing what Yates did?

Or committing Flagrant fouls because you are the victim of what Yates did?

 

And thsts why I think the outrage is bogus. I mean, if you have a track athlete that is the best out there, do you tell him not to chase the record and to just finish #1 instead, since he is faster than everyone? Actually I recall Bolt getting hammered for not running his hardest in one of his Olympic races. This is high school sports. You don't tell kids not to give it their all because they are better. That's bs. If it gets to that point then call the game.