It all boils down to what was once understood as the meaning of "sportsmanship".
No attempt was made to intentionally run up the score. It just happened. The winning coach refused to accept a forfeit victory for the second game. He showed class and sportsmanship towards a team of 7 starting freshmen.
In the basketball game in question, the coach kept his first string going all-out against a school of special needs kids so he could brag about a score of 100 - 0. He showed no class and no sportsmanship. Worst of all, when his boss publicly apologized for the bad sportsmanship, he publicly repudiated the apology of his boss. THAT is what got him fired.
You behaved in an unsportsmanlike manner, you get reprimanded.
You repudiate your boss in public, you get fired.
Makes no sense. Forty-nine runs in baseball don't "just happen".
the coach kept his first string going all-out against a school of special needs kids
Not accurate. In the basketball game, those were not special needs kids.
Mostly I've seen moonbats defend the firing of the basketball coach, but once in a while I see a conservative do so. I'm always surprised by it.
“You repudiate your boss in public, you get fired.”
Most of the time. I did it 10 years ago, and survived because I was really valuable. My action wasn’t really praiseworthy because it was mostly driven by annoyance ( however justifed ) and ego. I’m still working for the same company. The boss I contradicted is long gone.
But Coach Micah Grimes was entirely correct in contradicting a public statement by the School President and Board that he and his team were “shameful”. He defended his own honor, and that of his players, in preference to keeping his job. Well done, coach.
Slaves all had steady jobs, and servitude isn’t something to aspire to. Doc, if your hospital ever issues a statement to the press calling you “shameful” for saving an excessive number of lives, I know you will not worry much about publicly contradicting them, and losing your now suddenly worthless job.