The Girls basketball coach who won 100-0 got fired

[WorldNumberOne]

obviously the game shouldnt have been scheduled.

but when you are pressing and going for steals so your starting point guard can rack up 48 points during her lay up drill and you are trying to score 100 , you are a classless douchebag and should get canned.

did running it up make him feel like a great coach or something ?

fucking asshole in my book...

 

[TomGshotput]

What did they find out?

Dallas Academy lost a game earlier in the year 66-4 and were only averaging about four points per game. This was on scores that they posted on their website. Now the scores are no longer available from there

Also, earlier the school website was celebrating the school doing very well in sports even with small enrollement, even showing several athletes who were named all-state in soccer. Though all that information has just been taken down today

It seemed, for them, girls basketball was a complete throw-away sport. The coach (who is also athletic director) hasn't won a game in four years. Dallas Academy boys even beat Covenant this year

Even more interesting is Covenant was 2-19 and lost a game 82-6 four years earlier before doing what was necessary to put together a decent enough team (the opposing coach in that game was not fired). Dallas Academy should have either done that or abandoned the sport entirely

These were not handicapped girls, it was simply a matter of a team of athletes playing non-athletes. Both teams knew it would be a blowout before it started. This game was pushed harder than the other games were. Seems the the press was called off within three minutes, and the score was alreayd 25-0. Winning team only had eight players so the starters had to play the whole game

Blowing out an opponent by this much is obviously not a sign of good sportsmanship. But being told you need to take the court against such an outmatched opponent is not a sign of poor sportsmanship

Further, this game was two weeks ago. None of the players, nor the coaches, nor the schools cared about the score until the story spread around other media outlets

Most of this information could be found easily on google. I got most of it from WEEI. I blame the Patriots not being in the Super Bowl for having to listen to this story all day

 

[3peet]

Further, this game was two weeks ago. None of the players, nor the coaches, nor the schools cared about the score until the story spread around other media outlets

Most of this information could be found easily on google. I got most of it from WEEI. I blame the Patriots not being in the Super Bowl for having to listen to this story all day

THANK YOU!!! Exactly how athletes (or anyone participating in organized sports) would've reacted. It's the spectating, monday morning quarterback, beer belly, never played sports, soccer parent, minivan driving wussies who are in an uproar.

 

[celticGreen+]

Hey guys who're comparing this incident to professional and college sports: take a moment and realize these are fucking KIDS.

There's absolutely NOTHING to be gained from pressing full-court when the outcome has already been decided - the winning team won't feel any better and the losing team can only feel worse.

Just because you can think of other instances where something like this occurred doesn't mean they were right then, just like this asshole isn't right now.

Coach should have apologized and kept his job. Apparently he's enough of a fool to disagree publicly with his employer AND his sport's governing body - and thus he got what he deserved.

Seems the the press was called off within three minutes, and the score was alreayd 25-0.

If this is true it does change my thinking a bit, although the coach is still a moron for not just apologizing. Weren't there reports that the fullcourt press & 3's continued until they reached 100-0 and were only then called off?

Ya here's one of the reports:

"At halftime, Covenant lead 59-0 and then 88-0 at the end of the third quarter. Finally midway through the fourth when they reached their 100th point did Covenant pull off the pressure.

In the stands the fans cheered on their girls to reach the plateau of 100 points, the coach kept his girls in a full-court press in attempts to reach a 100 points, and the girls themselves continued to and run up the score."

from http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...asketball-team-wins-100-0-but-was-it-worth-it

 

[TomGshotput]

There was one couple high school track meet where the final score was like 140-5 and three or four others every year pretty similar. Obviously far different dynamics than basketball, but these girls probably had the same feelings that those track teams had

If I coached youth level sports and thought another team was running up the score at the expense of my players I would go right after the other coach with as much force as I could without losing my job. Then I would coach up the team to make sure it didn't happen again. Why did this coach let it happen for the past four years?

 

[WorldNumberOne]

if i'm the coach , my starters are out of the game at halftime .

i use the second half for all the back ups. and i make them work on passing drills . like not having the ball not touch the ground until after 5 or 6 passes once we've reached our offensive end.

their were tons of things this coach could have done rather than press and go for 100 .

you're telling me he didnt know he was being an asshole ? he knew who was coming to town and his agenda was to blow them out by as many as he could. that mindset is fine when were on an equal playing field .

 

[3peet]

Why did this coach let it happen for the past four years?

How about 4 years with a full rotation of a graduating class and a new set of players and talent every year. Now, which coach shoulda got fired again??

 

[TomGshotput]

That article is different from what was on the radio today. And being written 11 days after the game makes you wonder. Heard they were mostly playing tough defense, but only on one half. If the other girls don't even know how to dribble it doesn't really matter where they pick up, the result will be the same. The only scoring is going to come from giving up completely on defense and letting them walk right up to the hoop. That would be almost as insulting as playing keep away for 20 minutes just passing back and forth

Forcing the players to lay off on defense or make four passes before a shot for the entire second half and and ending the game 80-0 is really not that any different than what did happen

Again, the team only had eight players, resting all the starters at once and having the three back-ups on the court would have been the worst choice. And we don't know if the three's in the fourth quarter were from the starters or not (I would bet they were, but who knows?)

In the end, though, there's absolutely NOTHING to be gained from having these teams even step on the court together. The coach has little choice in the matter. The person who does the hiring and firing however. . .

 

[WorldNumberOne]

i think the team with 8 players was the learning disabled team .

their are only 20 girls in the entire school...

you guys can keep spinning it anyway you want, the coach could have been a little more forgiving. his team gained nothing from winning 100-0

 

[3peet]

i think the team with 8 players was the learning disabled team .

their are only 20 girls in the entire school...

you guys can keep spinning it anyway you want, the coach could have been a little more forgiving. his team gained nothing from winning 100-0

And I GUARANTEE the fanatical public cares more about the outcome than the girls from the losing team did.

 

[BranFlakes]

The Coach was probably related to the old Iowa football coach Hayden Frye. He would play the bottom tier teams in the Big Ten and have his starter in throwing bombs in the fourth quarter leading 42-7....ah those were the days!arty:

 

[WorldNumberOne]

listen , i coached 10 and 11 year old girls basketball when my daughter was that age. my team was clearly better than the other team.

we had a game where we were up 30-8 with 8 minutes to go.

we could have won 50-10 if we wanted to . i only had 7 players . so i couldnt sit my starting 5. but i did sit my best 2 players.

i had the other 5 run no fast breaks , we got all the way back on defense , we didnt go for steals after a missed shot , we ran plays that we had tried in practice and we would only take a shot after every girl touched the ball on offense .

we did score 12 more points , but we did it with a touch of sportsmanship and class .

 

[TomGshotput]

Spending any time asking google what happened gives completely conflicting information and opinions. If we agree the score is less important than the way it was done, why did it take so long for the school to respond?

This author thinks running up the score was not a good move. Still a good line "Yates has won games this season by scores of 91-11, 105-34 and 105-35. As difficult as those misprint-appearing numbers make it to believe, they aren’t running up the scores"

Wish there was video of the game so we could know for sure

 

[CoolBreeze22]

if the coach had told his team to foul just to let the losing team score 4 or 5 points then it never would have been a story, and he would have been able to keep his job.

 

[CoolBreeze22]

This isn't all bad for Dallas Academy, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if their next few games are sellouts.

 

[Railbird]

Why does the score matter?

I want someones best game.

High school girls tennis matches you see 6-0,6-0,6-0 every day. Nobodys says boo. I want a 100% effort from my opponet. Would be much more unsportsmanlike to let other team score. I have seen pop warner games where it is 50-0 and the team winning lets the other team score. I think that is much more gross to let the other team score than running it up.

Would rather have Taylor Dent beat me 6-0 then beat somebody else 6-0.

Your trying your best , I want the other teams 100% effort too, nothing less, full 32 minutes. Doesnt matter what the sport is.

 

[JakeT.]

If I was on a team getting killed and the other squad stopped playing and tried to let my team score, I don't think I'd take the gimme basket to be honest.

 

[Railbird]

If I was on a team getting killed and the other squad stopped playing and tried to let my team score, I don't think I'd take the gimme basket to be honest.

agree, that is much more offensive and more unsportsman like. Not many in this society truly know what it is to compete.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

who said anything about letting them score... at some point you call off the dogs.. everyone knows that. at least i thought they did..

remember , these are kids .

 

[Fishhead]

See, this is why the country has become pussyfied. Because of tear wiping, unfair screaming soccer mom and dads like this. Fuck that bullshit, its just a basketball game. What are you fucking people worried about now, the moral psyche of these kids? They'll get over it ok.

Shit my junior year in high school, Keyshaun Johnson's high school team whooped my squad 72-0. IN MY HOUSE for homecoming!! LOL, big deal.

I'm living a pretty good, satifying life now. I'm not emotionally scarred. Actually some of my teammates have a good laugh about it whenever I come back home to visit.

Get fucking over it you pussys.

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