[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

We had two summer baseball "coaches" whom when our boys' team found itself in the same position as Covenant, told the first string players to basically "throw" the rest of the game instead of putting in second and third string players so that they'd get a chance to play.

Those "coaches" said they didn't want to continue to embarrass the other team and I can see that but to order boys to "throw" a game so that they wouldn't do as well instead of putting in boys that never got to play?

Nuts.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Keeping the first string in is stupid. Our son's high school football team is frequently way ahead by half time. The coach usually starts emptying the bench in the second quarter and only calls running plays in the second half. Also, there have been a number of times where a running clock has been used for the second half (both team's coaches have to agree w/ this one).

You've got to play your backups. It gives the boys valuable playing experience that will payoff the following years. Plus, it keeps the boys interested & rewarded during practice - knowing that they will see some real playing time.

[sit-rep]

I played Hockey as a kid and one year we had a Post Season team that was undefeated. My dad coached the team, and instead of ever thinking of laying down, he would have us pass, counting out loud befor we could shoot on the net.

After being up by five for example, we doubled that score lead and counted that number outloud every pass before we could attempt to score.

Ha... That year was a good one. Seeing scores like 10, 14, 16 to nothin was not uncommon!

[HamiltonJay]

Agreed, that’s equally wrong, and those coaches too should have been canned.