I saw that yesterday. I hope whoever the coach is of a team that ran up a 100 point shutout (against ANY team, let alone that one) gets ascending bowel cancer and dies.
Soon.
Jen Clapp
I KNOW…I saw that this morning. I don’t know Shane, but my first thought was actually “what’s bad about this?” I guess I don’t know enough about high school sports to see the difference between college sports? I mean, it is a crushing blow to the other team…but it’s not like they were breaking bones or anything…I don’t know…
shaneXetheredge
Crushing blow?
They’re kids.
Children.
They’re not adult, millionaire professional athletes. Running up a 100 point victory is classless and demoralizing. It’s one thing if it’s the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals (and even then, why do it?) but these are 15, 16 year old kids, learning disabled kids at that, and they’re from a high school program that has about 50 kids in it and their basketball team hasn’t won a game in 4 years.
What if it was your kid that had her and her friends just embarrassed by another group of kids?
Abby
In no relation to the story… did you know that according to Google Reader, Pretend Paper & Imaginary Ink is one of the tops reads? I was amazed!
Jen Clapp
I didn’t see that the learning difficulties were shared by all students at the school, or that there was anything that would impair their ability to play a sport. Honestly, I wonder more why they’re in the same regular season games…it doesn’t sound like anything was done out of spite or cruelty. If the two schools had equal sports records, there would be no problem; so does that mean teams should give out pity wins or default on their own abilities?
shaneXetheredge
Of course there would be a problem if they had equal records. That doesn’t matter, and I wouldn’t expect a team who was capable of beating another team to just not beat them. But on every level of competitive athletics, if you get a commanding lead (like, say, 54-0 at halftime of a basketball game) you back off. You get your 3rd or 4th string in and you run clock. Stop passing the ball. Stop shooting 3 pointers.
At the very least, you stop running traps, full court presses and shooting 3 pointers. This team hadn’t won a game in 4 years, it’s not like they’re in danger of actually losing. Just don’t run it to 100. Just show a modicum of restraint here. If your team is superior, then by all means, go win – win decisively, but this is classless.
Robin
Sooo… i read your blog…occasionally, and my mother just told me about this phenom. just before that she told me about how the Canyon Lady Eagles beat hereford 74-7…not 100-0…but close. Do you think Mike Wartes would fire Joe Lombard for that… –robin m.
I saw that yesterday. I hope whoever the coach is of a team that ran up a 100 point shutout (against ANY team, let alone that one) gets ascending bowel cancer and dies.
Soon.
I KNOW…I saw that this morning. I don’t know Shane, but my first thought was actually “what’s bad about this?” I guess I don’t know enough about high school sports to see the difference between college sports? I mean, it is a crushing blow to the other team…but it’s not like they were breaking bones or anything…I don’t know…
Crushing blow?
They’re kids.
Children.
They’re not adult, millionaire professional athletes. Running up a 100 point victory is classless and demoralizing. It’s one thing if it’s the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals (and even then, why do it?) but these are 15, 16 year old kids, learning disabled kids at that, and they’re from a high school program that has about 50 kids in it and their basketball team hasn’t won a game in 4 years.
What if it was your kid that had her and her friends just embarrassed by another group of kids?
In no relation to the story… did you know that according to Google Reader, Pretend Paper & Imaginary Ink is one of the tops reads? I was amazed!
I didn’t see that the learning difficulties were shared by all students at the school, or that there was anything that would impair their ability to play a sport. Honestly, I wonder more why they’re in the same regular season games…it doesn’t sound like anything was done out of spite or cruelty. If the two schools had equal sports records, there would be no problem; so does that mean teams should give out pity wins or default on their own abilities?
Of course there would be a problem if they had equal records. That doesn’t matter, and I wouldn’t expect a team who was capable of beating another team to just not beat them. But on every level of competitive athletics, if you get a commanding lead (like, say, 54-0 at halftime of a basketball game) you back off. You get your 3rd or 4th string in and you run clock. Stop passing the ball. Stop shooting 3 pointers.
At the very least, you stop running traps, full court presses and shooting 3 pointers. This team hadn’t won a game in 4 years, it’s not like they’re in danger of actually losing. Just don’t run it to 100. Just show a modicum of restraint here. If your team is superior, then by all means, go win – win decisively, but this is classless.
Sooo…
i read your blog…occasionally, and my mother just told me about this phenom.
just before that she told me about how the Canyon Lady Eagles beat hereford 74-7…not 100-0…but close.
Do you think Mike Wartes would fire Joe Lombard for that…
–robin m.