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

exactly, they are part of history

The worst sports team I was ever on was my freshman football team back in high school. I remember being blown out by St. Pius 92-0. At the time I was not mad at the other team as much as I was mad at my teammates for not showing up. My old friends that were on that team and i always have a good laugh whenever we remember that game.

 

Two thumbs up to this. Yes, it's better for the scrubs to work on things they never use, as opposed to them workng on what has led to mch success for the past 2 years. I will be sure to ask Adelman to have our scrubs run the triangle when they are in a blowout game....

 

this is my feeling. would the players feel bad if the team was obviously slowing it down and passing the ball around 10x before shooting, probably. but running up the score would make them more prone to pushing/shoving etc imo. afterall they're teenagers, heck we see parents who go beserk about calls at high school sports across the nation.

 

How can it not be?

Who's getting flak for Yates blowing out Lee? The Coach

Who's crying foul because his team got blown out by Lee? The Coach

Who might or might not have told his player to commit a flagrant? The Coach

No where mentioned by any news outlet that this was an issue with the players. There weren't any bad blood or anything from what I've read/watched among the players from both schools. The decisions made in this game (to run up the score, the call for the cheap shot, etc) were made by the adults/coaches in this game.

What's a farce is that, while people harp on the winning coach for running up the score, where's accountability and responsibility questions in regards to the Lee coach? Does he really teach his kids that awful defense? Did he prepare his kids by saying "look, we might get blown out but we'll be prepared to use our fists if need be"? The latter question is just an extreme postulation but I'm wondering what exactly is he doing with his kids to get the end result.

If Lee HS's record this year is 0-12 or 0-15 or whatever then I can see why there should be an uproar but if they are even halfway decent, the coach could have done a few things that could have prevented such a HUGE blowout to occur.

 

yeah, cause that's the same thing. if the coach can't actually coach anything other than relying on his players athleticism to win games, he's not a very good coach. he's just lucky he's got talent.

 

If you can't beat 'em, cheat 'em.

So here there is talk about sportsmanship and life lessons, and I come to find that the losing team in commiting flagrant fouls because they were losing badly? But Yates started it.

 

right, cause the right coach would've made this game competitive. now, you have no class or common sense.

 

Matt mentioned it to validate his point. I never recall seeing an article or any media coverage about Bellaire or Katy running up the score.

 

Don't you get it Falcons? We're disgusting people that has no business being around kids because we rather let ALL FIFTEEN KIDS play and run up the score by PLAYING AS HARD AS THEY CAN and not use physical violence on opposing schools.

 

i don't know about bellaire, but there are no articles about katy doing it because they don't do it. katy doesn't throw bombs when they're up 40 points in the second half.

so, why do you bring up katy and bellaire? do you believe the criticism is race-related?

 

Who cares? Let's even say he's the worst coach in the history of high school basketball. Does that mean good sportsmanship is no longer necessary? Some kids aren't as good at basketball. Some coaches aren't good at coaching. That doesn't mean sportsmanship goes out the window.

 

Bingo.

 

this is exactly what should be done. no one expects the yates coach to tell his kids to stop playing. you just don't have to full court press a vastly inferior team when you're up 100 in the second half, unless you want to hear correct charges of bad sportsmanship.

 

Answer my legitimate question: With the talent level discrepancy is evident, and he knew how good Yates were, what exactly did the Lee HS coach expect?

 

It's not about his inability to coach something else. The team has a set style which leads to success. It's in the coaches best interests to make sure his players do what's best for then and their team. Practicing sets you have no plans to use is a waste of their time. Why should Yates waste their time because they are better?

If you want to play then play. If you don't then don't, and asking the opponent to pussyfoot around with you because they are better is pointless for them. Agree or disagree???

 

good point. i agree, i think this is why this thread will have no end. people have different philosophies. many of us in here probably hold no ties with either team/school, it just comes down to what you believe should be done in a blowout situation.

 

Yeah I get tired of hearing about life lessons and class when talking about sports.

Seriously class?

For everyone who whines about class in sports I hope you're not in Garm or in your living room cursing or calling players on the team your cheer for or the opposing teams childish nicknames.

I would be willing to bet that most people who talk about class in sports are not 100% classy when being a fan.

 

Look, it doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference.

Spoiler

 

Question

If you're the opposing team that is getting beatdown in a game which would be more offensive to you

A) The team still playing their normal style and running up the score

or

B) That team saying you're not worthy enough for us to stick with our game plan so we will take it easy on you?



Me personally I would be more offended with B.