tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16669458.post6209517947701089871..comments2023-12-21T07:50:40.293-04:00Comments on Why Advertising Sucks: Hoof in hand diseaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16669458.post-46669390679939908112009-01-29T16:27:00.000-04:002009-01-29T16:27:00.000-04:00Well, there was a "winner." They won by 100 point...Well, there was a "winner." They won by 100 points.<BR/><BR/>Why would a losing coach want to end it, at any point? If, in this day in age, a loss can be a (spiritual?) victory for a team...even scoring 2 points would have been a W for them. Lord knows (literally?) they had all game to do so.<BR/><BR/>I played soccer for 15 years. We played the NY State champions every year in high school, and every year we lost, 12-0, 17-0, 13-0. We never stopped the game, no parents cried about the loss, and the administration never once said a peep.<BR/><BR/>Would it have been any worse if the score had been 100-25, and the winning team had given God their alms after the game? Can it be called running up "the score" if the other team doesn't score?<BR/><BR/>This is a "get over it" moment. I think the losing team has.Alex Chesbrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171141995175246502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16669458.post-20522770530037098402009-01-29T13:37:00.000-04:002009-01-29T13:37:00.000-04:00My qualifications for commenting:--took a coaching...My qualifications for commenting:<BR/>--took a coaching course taught by a former U.S. and World Cup women's field hockey coach<BR/>--coached Little League baseball<BR/>--played 12 years of soccer, 13 years of baseball<BR/>--about to be a father<BR/>--I live in the DFW area<BR/><BR/>When it's all said and done, the blame falls in this order:<BR/>--winning coach<BR/>--losing coach<BR/>--parents in attendance<BR/><BR/>The winning coach should have stopped the game at halftime, when it was "only" 59-0. I would have gone to the losing coach, and said "let's end this now," and been done with it. There is no need to embarrass young athletes at that extreme level.<BR/><BR/>If the winning coach didn't have the class or brains to do that, the losing coach should have stopped it at halftime. I would have approached the winning coach and told him it's a forfeit. If he didn't want to stop it, I'd take my team off the court.<BR/><BR/>And if I'm a parent of a child in that game on either team, and I see no action being taken at halftime, I ask my coach to act. If s/he doesn't, I take my kid off the court.<BR/><BR/>The true spirit of sportsmanship includes knowing when you've beaten somebody.<BR/><BR/>Kids don't need to be overprotected, but this was an extreme case where nobody was a "winner." <BR/><BR/>In developing young athletes - and therefore young people - the responsiblity falls on their coaches and parents. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, they all fell short that day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16669458.post-52508593169210500572009-01-29T10:53:00.000-04:002009-01-29T10:53:00.000-04:00I don't know where I stand on this. The athlete i...I don't know where I stand on this. The athlete in me would have treated it as an exhibition game, and (for the Covenant side), played my bench players.<BR/><BR/>Now, I realize that these two teams probably shouldn't have played each other. But guess what, they did.<BR/><BR/>So since they did...as in life, there are winners and losers. The side that "wasn't good" lost. And they lost bad. How exactly is that newsworthy? <BR/><BR/>If I went into a job interview, competing against a complete invalid...and I got the job, would I have to shame myself into thinking that maybe I should have given a less stellar performance? I sure hope not. <BR/><BR/>I hate to ramble, so I'll stop. To sum up: agree with the coach, disagree with Covenant's administration, and props to Dallas Academy for being tough and not whining to the media.Alex Chesbrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171141995175246502noreply@blogger.com