A little friendly advice, for someone who seems concerned about people's feelings, and setting a good example for youth. Probably not the best choice of words to go around using.
Coach suspended after beating a team 161-2.....
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A little friendly advice, for someone who seems concerned about people's feelings, and setting a good example for youth. Probably not the best choice of words to go around using.
3 is the best question of all. Some might say maybe that's the only style they know how to play. I would say it's pretty easy to call time out and tell them to pack in a 2-3 zone.
I only used that word because the person I was replying to had used it to describe the way the players should theoretically play. I don't go around using that word.
I suppose its kind of like Potter Stewart's comment about pornography. He said it is difficult to define but you know it when you see it.
I think his use of the word was more in the Michael Scott sense
And was in reply to someone else that used it.
And was in reply to someone else that used it.
The team won their next game 80-19. I'm sure the back ups get to play a lot. I do agree that this game should never have been scheduled. Irresponsible on the part of the coaches or whoever scheduled the game to let it be played. But once it is played, the coach of the winning team has a responsibility to call off the dogs once the score gets out of hand. It doesn't mean the backups just dribble around for 10 minutes and never take a shot. They can play the game they normally would with the exception of a running a half court trap defense. That is unfair to the other team that is so badly outmatched. It's about having sportsmanship and showing mercy to a team that is clearly inferior in every way.
I agree. I have no problem with letting your back ups run the regular offense and try to keep scoring. However still trapping is a bit much.
I'll say this...most adults are way more concerned with their kids' self esteem than the kids are. My HS basket coach got fired after my freshman year. I was shocked. I didn't realize we had only won 3 games that season. I didn't care either. My self esteem did come from my ability to shoot or dribble. My guess is that neither is that the case with these girls.
at some point, enough is enough...
it is the other teams job to stop them but past a certain point the guy is just being an a**hole. i'm glad they suspended him
it is the other teams job to stop them but past a certain point the guy is just being an a**hole. i'm glad they suspended him
I agree that he should have stood up for his players more
and threatened to pull his players off the court unless the other team stopped pressing. I know a guy who coaches boys basketball at a small 1A school and he was in a similar situation. They were playing a much larger school that was really good and liked to press a lot. He said he didn't mind it during the first half, but at halftime the other team was up by about 40 or 50 points. They start the second half and the other team goes into their press. He immediately calls a timeout and stares down the other coach. They start to play again, the other team presses again, and he calls another timeout. After he burned his third time out in a row, the other coach finally got the message and stopped pressing. The coach told me if he had burned through all of his timeouts and the other team continued to press, he would have pulled his players off the court. That's what this coach might should have done. However, there may be a fine or some discipline that goes along with forfeiting a game that he didn't want to deal with.
and threatened to pull his players off the court unless the other team stopped pressing. I know a guy who coaches boys basketball at a small 1A school and he was in a similar situation. They were playing a much larger school that was really good and liked to press a lot. He said he didn't mind it during the first half, but at halftime the other team was up by about 40 or 50 points. They start the second half and the other team goes into their press. He immediately calls a timeout and stares down the other coach. They start to play again, the other team presses again, and he calls another timeout. After he burned his third time out in a row, the other coach finally got the message and stopped pressing. The coach told me if he had burned through all of his timeouts and the other team continued to press, he would have pulled his players off the court. That's what this coach might should have done. However, there may be a fine or some discipline that goes along with forfeiting a game that he didn't want to deal with.
This is why run limits are used in youth and sometimes even college baseball. As a kid my team scored 20 runs in one inning.
Due to time limit the game went only 2 innings and we won 25-2, using a kid in the second inning who just wanted to pitch.
There should be a way to do this sort of thing in basketball too.
Due to time limit the game went only 2 innings and we won 25-2, using a kid in the second inning who just wanted to pitch.
There should be a way to do this sort of thing in basketball too.
My sources say the coach will be forced to help ray's staff. School officials say this will make him more sympathetic to the teams getting pounded*
The rule in Alabama at least is that once a team gets up by a certain amount in the second half, the clock doesn't stop for free throws, fouls, out of bounds, etc. I think it's something like when a team goes up by 30, the clock runs continuously and doesn't stop unless the lead is cut to 20.
40-0 at the half is not an apt comparison.
It would be more like 70-0 at half. At that point, anything more than our last team trying to eat up minutes offensively.
Defensively is completely different. Shutouts in football are commonplace. Not in basketball.
It would be more like 70-0 at half. At that point, anything more than our last team trying to eat up minutes offensively.
Defensively is completely different. Shutouts in football are commonplace. Not in basketball.
Maybe they should've gone to a running clock once the winners got up by 50? That would have sped up the game without the stigma of a forfeit. Run the clock during free throws, out of bonds balls, even timeouts and quarter breaks, etc.
Also, has there been any explanation of why this game was scheduled in the first place?
Also, has there been any explanation of why this game was scheduled in the first place?
Bet you never got beat 162-2 by an ******* calling for a trap every play. 162-2 is just being an *******. That guy does not deserve to be suspended, he deserves to get the **** kicked out of him.
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