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To: Nonstatist

Exactly, this coach did little to teach his players a fundamental of Sports.

Grace in winning and losing.

You run up the score 60 to 0 by halftime, you are just an ass, pure and simple.


49 posted on 01/26/2009 12:53:08 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Agreed. The objective is to win, not pile on. In football that will get you a 15 yard penalty for bad sportsmanship.


56 posted on 01/26/2009 1:03:51 PM PST by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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To: HamiltonJay

As mentioned, it’s the 100 and 0 points that bother me. I can almost let the 100 go but no matter how poor the opposing team was, if they let them put up a few shots here and there you’d have to assume a couple would go in, even by chance.

It looks to me like a full on defensive press, blocking shots, total control of the boards, etc. If the coach really asked them to let up some there would be a few points scored.

I just don’t see what the coah OR the players get out of it by humiliating the other team so. This is girls high school basketball, not a war.


58 posted on 01/26/2009 1:09:38 PM PST by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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