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‘It was a classless move,’ Morningside coach says of Inglewood [CA] scoring 106 points
Los Angeles Times ^ | October 30, 2021 | ERIC SONDHEIMER

Posted on 10/31/2021 7:43:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Inglewood Morningside football coach Brian Collins did not have kind words for the Inglewood High coaching staff on Saturday morning when discussing his team’s 106-0 loss to the Sentinels in a game that saw Inglewood quarterback Justyn Martin throw 13 touchdowns passes, including a two-point conversion pass with a 104-0 lead.

Collins said he was proud of his players for not quitting. He said a running clock did not start until the second quarter despite attempts to switch to a running clock earlier. Inglewood led 59-0 after the first quarter.

Inglewood head coach Mil’Von James is in his third season. He was head coach at Hawkins in the City Section until being fired following the 2016 season when his team had to forfeit every victory for using ineligible players and the program was placed on two years’ probation for rules violations. He has seven players on this year’s team committed to major universities. All are transfer students.

Both schools are part of the Inglewood Unified School District. A statement released by the Southern Section on Saturday “condemns, in the strongest terms, results such as these.”

This isn’t the first time a district team has come under scrutiny for running up a score.

In 1990, Morningside’s Lisa Leslie scored 101 of her team’s 102 points in the first half of a girls’ basketball game against South Torrance. South Torrance refused to come back out after halftime to finish the game. The final score was 102-24.

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KEYWORDS: california; ericsondheimer; football; losangelesslimes; losangelestimes; sports
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1 posted on 10/31/2021 7:43:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

If you win, you win. I do not see the problem here. Normally at around 50 points ahead they mercy rule the game, don’t they?


2 posted on 10/31/2021 7:45:38 PM PDT by madison10 (Let's Go, Brandon! Aka Commie Joe Poopypants)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a Barry Switzer move...


3 posted on 10/31/2021 7:46:11 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: BenLurkin

He does realize the defense can stop them from scoring, right?


4 posted on 10/31/2021 7:46:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

This is local news near me. Same coach has done this before.


5 posted on 10/31/2021 7:48:06 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: BenLurkin

But if the superior team doesn’t score and the simply toy with them, that can be insulting too.

Some sports determine playoff draws by scoring over the season, so there may have been some other reason as well.

If he’s playing his B team and they still beat them like that, well…..

I saw a basketball coach one time talk to the opposing coach and refs at half. The lesser team ceded the win and then they mixed the teams and played the second half. Class act and everyone learned a lot.


6 posted on 10/31/2021 7:53:36 PM PDT by rey
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To: madison10

I dont see the problem either. Maybe Collins is a far worse coach than he admits and looking for a participation trophy. We ran the score back in HS to 40 points and you would think the other team would look for revenge the following year, which we expected. It was almost the same high score. Maybe those kids are used to getting their asses kicked in life, who knows..


7 posted on 10/31/2021 7:55:10 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: BenLurkin

When I was in high school about 20 miles to the east, Inglewood’s team was the Indians.


8 posted on 10/31/2021 7:57:20 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: madison10

This happens when a free date in scheduling pits a Div III team against a II or I. My small HS team got blown out twice by much larger HS teams. Like 4000 against 500 student population. It was like playing a college team.

But no one complained about it. It was a learning experience.


9 posted on 10/31/2021 7:57:22 PM PDT by Salvavida (Even now, Come Lord Jesus!)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe Inglewood was going for a World’s Record.


10 posted on 10/31/2021 7:57:31 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe Inglewood Morningside needs a new football coach.


11 posted on 10/31/2021 7:59:46 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: BenLurkin

no second string?


12 posted on 10/31/2021 8:01:06 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: madison10

Football, basketball and baseball have no slaughter rule like softball. You play the game out by the clock/inning.

The problem is running the score up is poor sportsmanship and bad coaching.
Leading 59-0 after the first quarter the coach should have pulled all starters and used the 2nd string. If the 2nd string kept scoring, pull them and play the scrubs.
What this coach is doing is teaching his players that humiliating your weaker opponents is good.
Not something I was taught or taught my children.


13 posted on 10/31/2021 8:01:29 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: BenLurkin

I recall when my hapless Occidental College Tigers gave up seven touchdowns in the first quarter to the Whittier College Poets. The Poet Machine held on to win 56-8.


14 posted on 10/31/2021 8:01:30 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: rey

From the story, it would appear that the starting QB played the whole game. I have no idea about other players, but this suggests pouring it on in what was obviously a mismatch. There’s no excuse for that. My guess is that the coach got carried away with the idea of setting unbreakable records. I imagine a whole bunch of guys sitting on the bench were pretty unhappy about not getting to play.


15 posted on 10/31/2021 8:03:21 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: BenLurkin
He has seven players on this year’s team committed to major universities. All are transfer students.

This sounds like the coach has been recruiting which is not permitted where I come from.

16 posted on 10/31/2021 8:06:31 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: oldvirginian
Football, basketball and baseball have no slaughter rule like softball.

That's why it's called softball ...
17 posted on 10/31/2021 8:06:55 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: oldvirginian
Leading 59-0 after the first quarter the coach should have pulled all starters and used the 2nd string. If the 2nd string kept scoring, pull them and play the scrubs.

I recall one of my daughter's soccer games that turned into a rout. This was very rare. This was a pretty competitive travel league with relegation and five divisions, so teams found their own level and games were usually very competitive. I don't know what the story was on this particular day; the likeliest possibility is that the opponent was missing several players and got exposed.

Anyhow, once the score reached 4-0, our coach had cleared the bench. Then she imposed a ten-pass rule before anyone could take a shot. Then she flip-flopped the offense and defense, so the defenders got their chance to score goals ... and they did. Then the coach started pulling players. By the end of the game, we were playing three short, so it was 8v11. That slowed things up enough to stop the avalanche.

18 posted on 10/31/2021 8:10:06 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: oldvirginian
What this coach is doing is teaching his players that humiliating your weaker opponents is good. Not something I was taught or taught my children.

As I understand it, the coach left in his starting quarterback so that the latter could set a high school single-game record by throwing 13 touchdown passes. Under the circumstances, it should be obvious that any such "record" is beyond meaningless.

You were taught well and so taught your own children. I'm mystified by people, ostensibly adults, who cannot see what's wrong here. To my mind, it reflects a fundamental emotional immaturity, as if a classless punk attitude will always prevail.

19 posted on 10/31/2021 8:10:23 PM PDT by DSH
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To: Fiji Hill

The way Oxy treated the football program there was a disgrace.


20 posted on 10/31/2021 8:16:49 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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