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I wonder if their student section stuck around until the end?
I wonder if their student section stuck around until the end?
So is it bullying to beat someone 91-0?
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That's the kind of parent that goes and buys his kid a snow cone after the game and takes him Saturday morning to get a new participation medal too for having to endure the *** whipping. Sounds like opposing coach did what he could to stop it. Wonder what that Oregon asst coach would have said about this one?
There obviously needs to be a mercy rule because the coaches are incapable
of using good judgement and good sportsmanship.
of using good judgement and good sportsmanship.
So is taking a knee every down from the second quarter on any better sportsmanship?
Lanier is one of the worst 5A football teams I've ever seen. I saw Ridgeland beat them 62-22 when they led 49-0 at the half. Pearl beat them 50-0 this last weekend. Callaway beat them 59-0 the week before that. Every one of those teams could have easily beat Lanier 100-0 if they wanted to. But they didn't. They all pretty much ran the clock out the entire second half.
I'd love too see those moronic coaches explaining to the parents why their kid tore his ACL scoring the 13th unanswered TD late in the 4th quarter.
I'd love too see those moronic coaches explaining to the parents why their kid tore his ACL scoring the 13th unanswered TD late in the 4th quarter.
From what I heard, there is a sort of mercy rule in this case. The coach said he pulled his starters after the first quarter. But also, the game played without clock stoppage in the second half.
And you can't tell the second and third stringers not to score if they can ... it might be the only TD they ever score in their high school career.
Not saying there was anything wrong with the way he played, but I hope the winning coach at least gave the loser the courtesy of a reach around.
A mercy rule DOES exist, but its up to state assocations to adapt it
More or less: if a team goes ahead by 35 or more in the second half, the clock runs non-stop, barring a time-out called by a team or by the officials. MAIS has adopted the rule. MHSAA has not
More or less: if a team goes ahead by 35 or more in the second half, the clock runs non-stop, barring a time-out called by a team or by the officials. MAIS has adopted the rule. MHSAA has not
I'm sure you are right about the what the Texas team would do. Texas high school football >>>>>>>> Mississippi high school football.
There just isn't any good reason to beat a team by that much. The opposing coach isn't going to whine about it either. I guess my opinion might be in the minority here, but I just don't condone it. It not only humiliates the team you are playing, it teaches your own players that the object of the game is to humiliate the other team. Maybe that's the way they like it out in Texas. It's just not my style.
I understand your point, and I don't completely disagree with you. But when your starters only play 21 plays and you only throw 10 passes all night, I'm not sure what else you can do as a coach. That's why I say when the lead gets to 50, just stop the game.
No it's not bullying. If the coach put the 3rd stringers in then I say let them play. And I wouldn't call a mercy rule no matter what because the losing team needs the playing time obviously to get better. These parents are what's wrong with kids today. They turn them into pansies and spoon feed them till they are 30 years old. I'd tell my kid good game and at least they showed effort and didn't give up. Good learning opportunity if you ask me
Bobby Bowden say "It's not my job to stop my offense."
If the clock ran and the coach pulled his starters after 21 plays then he did what he could to keep the score down. You can't tell kids that may never get to play meaningful snaps not to play hard.
The problem I see here is that the game was scheduled to begin with. It would be like South Panola scheduling Winona Christian. You just don't do that.
If the clock ran and the coach pulled his starters after 21 plays then he did what he could to keep the score down. You can't tell kids that may never get to play meaningful snaps not to play hard.
The problem I see here is that the game was scheduled to begin with. It would be like South Panola scheduling Winona Christian. You just don't do that.
I am here to tell you one thing, my kid plays for petal, he is on the team and does not get to play a lot, but he gets in most games. There are some kids on the team that have not played one single down this year, should petal ever go about whipping another team that bad, I would think we dump the bench, if we did, no possible way you find fAult with letting the kids play, no matter the outcome!
My wife has family that goes to Aledo. This game was like South Panola playing a 1A MAIS school. They only had 30 players and look how much Aledo has dominated other opponents in a higher classification. They ran the clock in the second half and the starters were out BEFORE the end of the 1st quarter.
You are making it sound like Aledo's starters were in there running up the score in the 4th quarter, when they only played 21 snaps......which I would guess to be an absolute maximum of 1 quarter. What do you feel like the coach should have done differently? He was playing the worst players on his team early in the game, but they were still scoring. Should he have started taking knees to open the 2nd half? Personally, I think that would be far more humiliating.
I've been on the receiving end of some blowouts in basketball both as a player and as a coach and, to be honest, it actually pissed me off when the other team quit playing. As a benchwarmer, when I did get in the game I wanted to play some ball, not be pitied. As a coach, when the game was out of hand I wanted my 2nd and 3rd stringers to get some real game experience and learn something, regardless of the score. If those guys put in their 2nd and 3rd string and quit passing, I don't know what more you can do. If the losing team was just that bad maybe they should have taken a year or two off. Their administration is just as much to blame for running a bunch of kids out there that are not prepared to play. This season, my kids' school made the decision not to play varsity because they only had 18 players.