From news reports about the game, the coach on the winning team playing the second half with a full-court press…”Dallas Academy coach Jeremy Civello told The Dallas Morning News that the game turned into a “layup drill,” with the opposing team’s guards waiting to steal the ball and drive to the basket. Covenant scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and “finally eased up when they got to 100 with about four minutes left,” he said.

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with “learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia. ”

I would be more embarassed as a parent on the winning team. I doubt you would feel that way, which is sad.

Obviously, the writer of the previous post thinks that scoring a point in the next game is an admirable goal. Please…

Lastly, as a parent and a coach for a team that was winning 21-2 after 1 quarter on this past Friday night (final score was 50-31), I can tell you that I walked out of the gym with my head held high because all my newbies played almost an entire game and the other team (and their parents) were satisfied. We won, and they played and closed the gap. My best players were rotated one by one into the game, and the newbies had fun…top that.

When you start restricting your team to “ease up” on another team, it shows disrespect. It demonstrates the inequality of the match-up and takes the obvious and shoves it in the face of your opponent.

If there were a next game between these two teams, the losing team could have a nice goal of getting on the scoreboard. However, if the winning team had played down and allowed them to score some baskets just to feel better, they wouldn’t even have the satisfaction of knowing they earned their improvement.

And missing the opportunity to learn that lesson to save someone the hurt of losing a game of competition would be the worst of all.

I don’t think that the Coach need to be fired. They all loose a chance to learn.

As a educator and basketball coach, I teach my students that respect and solidarity can be together.

There is a lot of ways to let the opponent score without disrespect them and the game. For children and begginers 100×0 is a lot different of 100×10.

Now, I dont need to do nothing in a game like that. My boys find a way to let the other team score.

best

Suzana
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