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Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Who was responsible for scheduling this game?
Why wasn't a "slaughter rule" put into effect?
Why didn't the winning coach just quit when they were up 50-0?
Why did he even bother to coach these kids, since they already knew what it was like to have a horrible season of 2-19 his first year?
Why don't they just cancel ALL sports at that school, since they don't want to excel in their field?
Why not have the winning coach banned from ever coaching again, because we all know that teamwork and sportsmanship are dangerous things to a child?

Doesn't this sound ridiculous? That's because it is!
The coach is ONLY responsible for putting the best team he had out on the court. PERIOD! Who's responsibility is it to make sure an opposing team can actually shoot a basket?
As a coach, would it be MY fault that the opposing team couldn't hit the side of a barn, and that I should MAKE my players "play dumb" to give them a chance?

Sure, it would make a great Lifetime or Disney tearjerker, but would only instill a false sense of accomplishment.

Would anyone give a tinker's damn if it had happebed to a college or pro team? No, we'd all be shocked that a team played that well, or that the other team played so poorly. We certainly wouldn't be calling for the coach's head on a platter.

Tim, you're missing the point completely. These are kids who are in HS, not college or professional athletes. They are not playing just to beat other teams, they're doing it to have some fun and maybe learn. I guess you must have been such a good athlete in HS that you enjoyed beating up on other kids to the point of embarrassment and never got beat badly yourself. Or maybe you're the ultra competitive "hockey dad" who screams like an a-hole at little kids because he was never a good athlete himself. Keep in mind that these are kids. If you have any children, think about how you'd feel if they became national news because they sucked at a sport.