Wednesday, January 28, 2009

When to call it quits?

The Texas girls basketball coach, that coached his High School team to a 100-0 point victory was fired on Sunday. When i read this article in the paper I didn't know what to think at first. I didn't know if i should give the coach and his team credit because a 100 point win is a rare thing in high school basketball. As i kept reading the article i was appalled to find out that the team they beat by yes 100 points was a school for kids with problems such as reading disabilities and what not. I think that is just tacky that the coach thought it was funny that his team of fantastic athletes where able to beat a team with six girls on it by 100 points! Come on now! Where are your morals not just as a coach but as a decent human being? The next day he then made a national apology to the school. I don't know why he thought that would make it go away? What coach when up 72-0 still puts on the full court press and shots three's like its not big deal? If i was a player on his team I personally would've said something. Those players are just as at much fault as the coach. The players should be just as embarrassed. And for their parents to condone it and being proud of them? That just makes me sick. What is this world coming to seriously. I tip my hat to the losing team though. Sources say that they took the loss and didn't get down on themselves or anything, that's real sportsmanship right there. I don't think the apology was enough and him forfeiting the game after the fact. I think it was a smart move on behalf of the school board to fire him. I have played for a coach who has the most wins in high school softball in the nation before and when we where up by ten runs he would make us pull back and put in other people so it wouldn't get too out of hand. And him having the most wins in the nation for a softball coach i think he takes winning seriously but he would never allow us to beat a team 20-0.

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