The last game of the season two years ago was a gainst a team that had not scored all season. We went up on them in the first half then played our bench. With three minutes left we told our defense to miss tackles. The other team scored their first and only TD of the season.
Our kids were all fine with it, they knew they had won. They knew they were the better team. And now they had learned how to be gracious in victory.
This is just bad sportsmanship, especially considering the opposing team was mostly spec-ed kids.
Jeez, what has happened to sports? All sports are just kid’s games.
The coach should be removed.
If the DA girls can't compete at that level, then it's THEIR school and THEIR coach who should be ashamed!
Why put those girls into a situation like that? Why teach the students that they should go into a situation where they are in WAY over their heads, then expect their competitors to be nice??? That's a fantasy.
If this is the way the DA is preparing these girls for real life, then they are doing a SERIOUS disservice to them.
Real life is hard. Your competitors are not going to be nice. Get a very good, honest handle on what you're good at and what you're not good at. You can't fake it.
If you're not good at something, work hard at it and you'll probably improve. But don't ever throw a "that's not fair!" pity party because someone else won't lower the hurdles down to the height you can jump!
Maybe what they feel is karma. I know some in sports that think if you have too great a blow-out you will invite bad luck. It’s an idea we see with the Yankees beating the Red Sox 19-8 to take commanding 3-0 lead in 2004 playoffs. Earlier in the year the Yankees experienced the largest defeat in the +100 year history at the hands of the Indians (22-0). Seems like routs indicate change in fortune.