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Coaches face suspension for wins of 50-plus points
- Thread starter KLin
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So sad to see our society sink to this level.
Penalizing people for doing something too well.
I think rules like this need to stop in pee-wee leagues. Once you're in HS you need to learn to suck it up. Being a man about getting your butt whipped is just as important a skill as being a good winner. If they don't wan't teams getting blown out then they need to have more than 1 division. If a school gets beat by 90 pts so be it. I would hope the coaches would have enough sense not to run up the score in games like this, but let's face it... in HS a running back can dominate a game enough to make running just as bad as passing.
I think poor sportsmanship is bad, but so is teaching kids not to try their best.
Penalizing people for doing something too well.
I think rules like this need to stop in pee-wee leagues. Once you're in HS you need to learn to suck it up. Being a man about getting your butt whipped is just as important a skill as being a good winner. If they don't wan't teams getting blown out then they need to have more than 1 division. If a school gets beat by 90 pts so be it. I would hope the coaches would have enough sense not to run up the score in games like this, but let's face it... in HS a running back can dominate a game enough to make running just as bad as passing.
I think poor sportsmanship is bad, but so is teaching kids not to try their best.
That's not a real good solution though. You sometimes get very good teams in lower classes that will dominate for a few years, but at some point the smaller size of their school will put them at a disadvantage if they are moved up in class.
Anyway, the suspension is kind of stupid, but that coach the article mentions has no class. 90-0? WTF?
wfbberzerker
Lifer
here (in wisconsin) we play with a running clock if a team is winning by 30 or more points.
Stupid Rule. I played HS football and we beat opponents by 35 or 40 all the time. And, they sucked it up. But, that is not to say we didn't show class, that was one of the most important things stressed on our team, all business, no showboating. When we were up by a lot in the second half we subsituted our 2nd and 3rd string in and used it as experience and learning time for our younger players.
We had a very good local team this last year (Springdale, AR) and they had no problem at all running out the clock. They played one team and beat them (if I recall correctly) 49-3. The starters on offense played 1:30 of game time (yeah, that's 1 minute). They just went to the ground, ran the play clock out each play, etc...
waggy
No Lifer
i agree with sending in the 2nd and 3rd string. but to have your team just sit down on offence is just as bad as continueing to play and scoring. It shows they suck so bad they dont even have to do anything and let them have the ball. yeah that will keep them from having hurt feelings.
When you get beat bad your pride is going to be hurt either way, yes... but most people would prefer a score of 49-0 to 90-0 even if they other team had to lay off. I can tell you from being at all of Springdale's games last year that the teams and coachs appreciated the show of sportsmanship.
Heisenberg
Lifer
This is completely idiotic. I agree with letting the clock run or maybe even just calling the game when one team is up by 30+ points by the half or something, but punishing the coach is ridiculous. If the team or coach is exhibiting unsportsmanlike behavior that's one thing, but being penalized for just being good is stupid.
i think its more of an issue of coaches not wanting to suffer the embarrasment of sucking so bad. if your 1st can even score a fg on their 3rd, you dont deserve to coach.
the game is physical, but for the most part its desire, discipline, intelligence, execution, and learning how to succeed and fail. that all starts with the coach.
what about when the losing team doesnt give up and finally gets a drive together for some points. that helps the losers feel better and builds character and confidence while giving a good coach some positives to work with the next week. thats part of learning in life, so why toss that out?
the game is physical, but for the most part its desire, discipline, intelligence, execution, and learning how to succeed and fail. that all starts with the coach.
what about when the losing team doesnt give up and finally gets a drive together for some points. that helps the losers feel better and builds character and confidence while giving a good coach some positives to work with the next week. thats part of learning in life, so why toss that out?
NuclearNed
Raconteur
Different sport, but the same principle applies:
This is a true story. Where I live in East TN, baseball is king. From the moment a baby boy or girl is born, they have a baseball glove placed in their little hands. Every kid plays baseball in some sort of league, and most of them are pretty good. Its a community thing where everyone in town fosters a strong total baseball system. Its in our blood. What this means is that by the time all these kids reach high school, we have a glut of exceptional players. Some years, schools in other counties could hardly step on the field with us, we were so good. When I was in high school, I saw a single inning where we scored 20+ runs against an opponent.
We have the 10 run rule, which seems pretty fair to me. What doesn't seem fair is that you would punish the coach and as a result the team too, when even the third-string players are exponentially better than the opposing team's best players.
This is a true story. Where I live in East TN, baseball is king. From the moment a baby boy or girl is born, they have a baseball glove placed in their little hands. Every kid plays baseball in some sort of league, and most of them are pretty good. Its a community thing where everyone in town fosters a strong total baseball system. Its in our blood. What this means is that by the time all these kids reach high school, we have a glut of exceptional players. Some years, schools in other counties could hardly step on the field with us, we were so good. When I was in high school, I saw a single inning where we scored 20+ runs against an opponent.
We have the 10 run rule, which seems pretty fair to me. What doesn't seem fair is that you would punish the coach and as a result the team too, when even the third-string players are exponentially better than the opposing team's best players.
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