Coach fired after leading team to 100-0 victory
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Which means they suck supremely. Did you make it past Grade 2?You can try Value Village. If its all in good shape and you dont mind making a few bucks your other choice is craigslist
It's obviously the school culture:A parent who attended the game said Covenant continued to make three-pointers -- even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points.Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime.
I used to play Goldeneye with a handicap against my friends until they learned enough to be able to compete, then I started upping my health. Gave me a chance to learn to dodge better.
Most games don't give you the opportunity to have handicaps like that and purposefully playing at a level worse than your best can hardly be called a game.
Most games don't give you the opportunity to have handicaps like that and purposefully playing at a level worse than your best can hardly be called a game.
It’s a conspiracy mannnnnnnnnnn.. How can someone get exactly 100-0
I tell you mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn it’s a conspiracy..
I tell you mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn it’s a conspiracy..
I alwayz believed that in competitive sports if a team finds itself winning 59-0, try to make it 100-0. Its sports, and being the best is what its all about. Show the other team who's boss, and what it takes to be the best.
I would argue your helping them. Think about international hockey, where Canada dominates. We put together the best possible team, and play our absolute best; showing the other countries how developed they will have to become in order to beat us. Therefore, their skills develop and this encourages Canada to work and develop, and in turn the game itself develops.
That's actually how Canada has become the force it is in hockey. We invented it, we honed it, the other countries attempt to develop skills/techniques we already know. Their kinda playing catchup.
So no, sorry, if you can beat 'em 59-0, go out and beat 'em 100-0.
No Mercy.
I feel bad for the coach who got fired.
I would argue your helping them. Think about international hockey, where Canada dominates. We put together the best possible team, and play our absolute best; showing the other countries how developed they will have to become in order to beat us. Therefore, their skills develop and this encourages Canada to work and develop, and in turn the game itself develops.
That's actually how Canada has become the force it is in hockey. We invented it, we honed it, the other countries attempt to develop skills/techniques we already know. Their kinda playing catchup.
So no, sorry, if you can beat 'em 59-0, go out and beat 'em 100-0.
No Mercy.
I feel bad for the coach who got fired.
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The whole thing is just plain stupid. When the hell is a mercy rule going to be enacted for goodness sake??
Being a former coach myself, I have called for mercy rules in every sport in this state. Reluctantly the geniuses who run Minnesota scholastic sports have enacted them. But only after much agitation from people like me.
It is time for that district and all others to do the same.
Being a former coach myself, I have called for mercy rules in every sport in this state. Reluctantly the geniuses who run Minnesota scholastic sports have enacted them. But only after much agitation from people like me.
It is time for that district and all others to do the same.
Boo!!!! Boo!!!
*alley throws his beer from the stands towards Coach Gopher*
Boo!!! We want a new coach!!! Mercy is for the weak!!! Booo!!!
Hey you -- it turns out mine was the winning team most often. And I have the awards to prove it!
The coach being fired is a load of garbage. Sport is not about making the opponent feel good about themselves, they're not 5 years old. The original intention of sport, was to keep skills sharp, when they were not at war. In war, there is no second place. Kill or be killed, destroy the enemy at all cost with no mercy. That's exactly what was done, they have nothing to apologize for.
"Sportsmanship" is for wimps. Can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. The opposition was beat, soundly. Maybe they'll learn from their mistakes, and play better next time. If anyone should have been fired, it should have been the coach of the opposition, for doing such a bad job, and the players should have gotten a strip torn off them, for disgracing their school.
"Sportsmanship" is for wimps. Can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. The opposition was beat, soundly. Maybe they'll learn from their mistakes, and play better next time. If anyone should have been fired, it should have been the coach of the opposition, for doing such a bad job, and the players should have gotten a strip torn off them, for disgracing their school.
Hey you -- it turns out mine was the winning team most often. And I have the awards to prove it!
First of all, my name's not "hey you", its alleywayzalwayz, and second, I would like to see proof of mentioned awards;-)
Exactly! If you can't even manage to score a single basket you don't even deserve to be called a team. Any embarrassment you suffer is deserved. Besides, dealing with defeat builds character and makes you a better person.
Your right, its the losing coach that should be fired.
The kids on the losing team have emotional problems and are learning disabled. I don't see how such a disaster can benefit them in any way.
Exactly, it's about bettering your team and yourself.... it's not about pampering the other teams because they suck.... if that was the case, then why not join the other team and stop helping your own? What's the point of trophies and medals? What's the point of the Olympics?
To be the best that you can be.... and if you can treat the other players with respect and make them have a fun time too.... well that's just brownie points.... but it's a competition people.... competitions are about pitting up against the best, to eventually eleminate the worst.
Should we all suddenly start throwing our arms up in the air and protesting how horribly bad the Maple Leafs have been playing for so many years? Shall we push enough to make sure they finally win the stanley cup by playing against teams that haul their goalies and are blind folded?
Come on......
Like I said, I think the coach should sue their asses for firing him without just cause.
Then maybe they shouldn't play other teams. If you can't handle losing and you can't handle it being thrown in your face from time to time, don't play the game..... that's the reality of sports..... sometimes you do great, sometimes you win..... and sometimes you lose..... sometimes you lose a lot..... sometimes you should have an epiphany that you're not doing what you should be doing and perhaps a job is in order.
Yes it is...and that is where most people miss the point. The team that won 100-0 did not better themselves...unless one is to believe feeling superior = better.
Bettering themselves would have been using the game to practice their weaknesses once they realized the game was already won. As a kid, I played a hockey game and we scored 5 goals in the first 5 minutes. Our coach told us we had to make 10 passes in a row before we were allowed to shoot on net. We won the game 10 or 15 to 1, got practice on our passing skills and showed compassion for the other kids. That was bettering ourselves.
Maybe their weaknesses were their 3-pointer shots, which is why they kept making those shots at the end of the game.
Well bettering yourself is of course subjective to each individual, based on what they feel they need to improve on and how. I don't have any problem with your above situation where you coach told you to pass 10 times before you shoot, although it did help you with your passing skills....... it really didn't do anything else.
You won the game 10 or 15-1..... you guys still embarassed the living hell out of the other team and it sounds more like the Coach was making you guys do something to make you seem like you wern't punishing the other team and feel good about yourselves, but at the same time still gave you guys enough room to beat their asses enough to leave an example...... the passing 10 times before shooting was just an illusion to make you feel you guys were giving them a chance.
Sure, maybe it could have ended up as a 35-0 score, but 10-1 or 15-1 in a hockey game is just as bad if you ask me.
If you really wanted to give them a chance, I would have suggested your team switch all your hands that you play with, right to left, left to right, swap sticks with one another, etc...... that'd give you a real challenge, lol.
And who knows? Maybe their coach told them to give them a chance and only make 3-point shots since they're harder then other shots..... unfortunatly perhaps they were too good.
I still don't see why the coach was fired for just doing what they were supposed to do. If people don't like how badly another team can be beaten, then throw in mercy rules or something.....
Don't hate the playa, hate the game