I do not follow basketball, so I do not know all the rules. Perhaps he could have offered the other coach to throw in the towel.
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I do not follow basketball, so I do not know all the rules. Perhaps he could have offered the other coach to throw in the towel.
If they were that concerned with how their girls would feel you'd think he would've.
I feel bad for the girls that got trounced that badly, but s+#& happens in life as well. We've all had times where things go from bad to worse and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. Chalk it up to a hard lesson learned. :/
3 points? That game was over by the first quarter.
He should have removed his starters after the first quarter and put his second string in, then his third. This would give his bench some game experience and the other team a chance to make a halfway-decent showing.
According to the article, the team only has nine players, so the coach would not even be able to pull all of his starters, let alone bench the second string for a third string.
Sucks. Second string, then.
According to the article, the team only has nine players, so the coach would not even be able to pull all of his starters, let alone bench the second string for a third string.Sucks. Second string, then.
Even then, what decent coach tells his player not to do their best even out of pity? I don't know if this is a fluke, but if the other team is that bad does it help the kids to even have a team? I get that losing a hard fought game can build character, but if no one is having fun or learning anything what is the point? If the kids are getting exercise and learning team work, and they get crushed once in a while then maybe the program is valuable. I think team sports can be an awesome opportunity for growth. Sometimes growth is hard.
I do not really blame the winning coach. I think the losing coach should have called it at half-time. 3 points! I mean, if the other team is running up the numbers but you are at least making baskets…sure, fight on. 3 points though?
I agree with BT and CF.
It wasn't the winning coaches fault the other team couldn't compete at his teams level and as the winning coach said why should he teach his team to not do their best?
108-3 was bad but I think the lesson to both teams is simple "sometimes your the windsheild and sometimes your the bug" so be ready to deal with it.