Losing in a mismatched football game is motivation to work harder you improve your game. It is an opportunity to learn a lesson that will serve the players on the losing team for the rest of their lives.
Be prepared or be embarrassed.
“It is an opportunity to learn a lesson that will serve the players on the losing team for the rest of their lives.”
Kinda hard to learn when the wussified adults are in the way.
It’s not about being prepared. The losing team may very well have been prepared, but just not good enough. Given the facts here, where the coach took out his starters in the first quarter, it doesn’t seem to be an issue.
But at the high school level, sports are about learning teamwork, sportsmanship, and fair play. At higher levels of sports, the story is different. But embarrassing your opponent by running up the score teaches the exact opposite of sportsmanship and fair play that should be goal at high school level. It’s not appropriate.
The 1st string was taken out at the end of the 1st quarter. 17 different players handled the ball for Aledo.
Everything I've read and heard tells me that the winning coach did everything possible to minimize the scoring.