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Coach is fired for not apologizing for 100-0 win? -- (link)

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jan 27 '09, 07:42

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I'm not sure I agree with this. (cbs11tv.com)

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When I was in high school our girls team beat another team 117-1. - pmb Jan 27, 08:17
How were these two mismatched teams even playing each other? - ty97 Jan 27, 07:49 8
- if a real player is guarding the hoop? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 08:05
- Wasn't the "0" school one for mentally challeneged girls? -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 08:04 1
  - They had "learning issues", iirc. -- nm - kelly Jan 27, 08:09
- apparently some of the girls had literally never played basketball before. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:51 2
  - And after that 'game', they still haven't. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:57
  - and others were blind. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 07:52
- They are both very school schools in the same district. But, yeah, I don't have any idea why you couldn't score at least a few points. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:49
- heh. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:49
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- According to the coach's statement, they made 4 3-pointers the entire game. 3 in the 1st quarter and 1 in the 3rd. - Jim Jan 27, 07:48 7
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    - The initial story I read agrees more with you then the coach. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:52
    - According to him, he stopped the press in the first quarter. But I wasn't there. -- nm - Jim Jan 27, 07:51
    - The coach says he called off the full court press once it hit 25-0. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:51 3
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        *shrug* as well. Though, if this type of crap doesn't get them to initiate a "mercy rule" then they're stupid. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:55 1
        
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- So a basketball coach tells his players to shoot 3-pointers? - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:47 3
  - It was the lead story on my Verizon webpage for a couple days. Last weekend maybe? That was when I read it. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:50 2
    - I don't pay attention to sports...or the news, obviously. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:53 1
      - I can not remember the short hedline, but 100-0 was in it and I was like, WTF?". -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:55
- In the message posted the coach says they shot four 3 points, three of which were in the 1st quarter and one in the 3rd. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:47 1
  - "pointers" -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:48
- I just (of course) imagine being a parent at the game. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:47
- this is how I feel. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:46 3
  - But I thought you were a Patriots fan? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 07:49 2
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    - 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:55
Good. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:43 1
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 07:45
Actually fired for publically disagreeing with the schools apology -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 27, 07:43 39
- Hmm. Still not sure I agree with that. - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:45 38
  - If you write a letter to the editor of a paper disagreeing with your boss...you should expect to be fired. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 27, 08:04 2
    - Yeah, the taking it public is the one thing I don't like. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 08:09 1
      - That's the one thing that seals it for me...it's not about the game or the performance of his team anymore - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 27, 08:11
  - It would be just as demoralizing for the other team if the winners started handing them the ball instead of participating - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:47 34
    - It sounds like he had the 1st string in for the majority of the time. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:49 4
      - HAHAHAHA!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 08:12
      - He only has 8 players...so there's only 3 2nd stringers. -- nm - Jim Jan 27, 07:50 1
        
        That's the 0 team. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 07:54
      - He only has 8 players and was subbing in the bench as early as the 1st quarter. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:50
    - Right? "We're winning 59-0 at halftime, so let's sit down and let the other team score points." - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:48 28
      - you can play not as hard. it's actually pretty common practice to sort of tone down the playing when you are *clearly* killing the other team. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:49 27
        
        So how do you do that in basketball? Stop shooting and blatantly miss? - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:52 9
        
        Slow down the tempo, both offensively and defensively. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 27, 07:55
        
        don't run so hard, pass a lot, it's not that hard to just... slow down. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:55
        
        run the shot clock out, at a minimum. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:54 1
        
        I don't like that the score was 100-0, but if you're at the point that you need to be running out the clock on every possession and not shooting at - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:57
        
        More dribbling. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:53
        
        The only situation I can come up with is old-school UNC 4-corners offense - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:53 2
        
        Then he'd be fired for shooting 3-pointers. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:54 1
        
        I doubt it, if they're from half-court. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:56
        
        exactly. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:52
        
        I would have a problem with a coach telling my son/daughter to "take it easy" and not play their best. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:50 11
        
        really? i think good sportsmanship is a vital part of team sports. humiliating the other team isn't good sportsmanship. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:55 10
        
        I would encourage shots into the opposing team's basket. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 07:58 2
        
        wow. I would expect the losing team to feel even worse in that case. - Don Homer Jan 27, 07:59 1
        
        In all honesty, I doubtthey could feel any worse. - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 08:05
        
        It's a fine line really. What's more humiliating? 100-0 or 60-0 and the other team basically not playing anymore? -- nm - Jim Jan 27, 07:57
        
        Again, personally I think it's more demoralizing for the losing side if the winners are noticeably playing it easy just to give them a chance. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:56 5
        
        It's not good sportsmanship if, for example, you ask your best hitters to not swing at pitches and fielders to let balls pass by -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 07:58 4
        
        sure, but you can ask them to not swing for the fences. it's like if you play a game with your kids - Andie Jan 27, 08:04 2
        
        No, you never say don't play 100%. You do say, don't take liberties - Will Hunting Jan 27, 08:09
        
        The reason you do that is so when they get to the point that they really can beat you, only you will know it. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 08:07
        
        right. It would be pathetic. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 08:00
        
        According to his statement, that's what they did. -- nm - Jim Jan 27, 07:50 4
        
        i thought his original statement is, they slowed down AFTER they hit 100 points? -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 07:56 3
        
        The statement that article links to says they slowed down when the score was 25-0 midway through the first quarter. -- nm - Jim Jan 27, 07:57 2
        
        i know, but i'm sure when i read the *original* story, they say the slow down happened at a hundred points. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 08:12 1
        
        It did. Scored 100 with, like, four minutes left so the coach told his team to ease up. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 08:16

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