Coach wins game 100-0, gets fired

[SandraC]

I'm assuming the division in which they are in is determined by school size. It just so happens this school is MUCH smaller than most small schools. I read this school, specializing in kids with leaning disabilities only have 20 in total attendance!

And maybe winning isn't everything to them. Maybe they just like the opportunity to play the game and learn. They shouldn't have to abandon the league because they can't compete.

Then they need to find other teams to play against. 100-0 is bad, but look at the scores of their other games. 55-6, 66-4, 49-7. This is not basketball.

The coach should make his own AAU team and include the girls, then he could find leagues/tournaments at the appropriate level.


Sandra

 

[socalpanman]

But in youth sports you have to be smart enough to manage the game properly. The team that won 100-0 learned NOTHING by winning the game in that fashion. The kids got nothing from it athletically, as I'm sure all the teams the play aren't that bad, and REALLY got nothing from it emotionally. All they learned was how to be bad sports.


Sandra

Beautifully said. As a youth coach myself, this "winning" coach did deserve to be fired for all the right reasons. Daytime talk show BS aside, it showed complete lack of understanding and grasp of: the game, her job, sportsmanship and the school's purpose for fielding a team.

Money is not on the line. Developing character, skill sets and understanding of sportsmanship is.

 

[Skyhi]

I'm assuming the division in which they are in is determined by school size. It just so happens this school is MUCH smaller than most small schools. I read this school, specializing in kids with leaning disabilities only have 20 in total attendance!

And maybe winning isn't everything to them. Maybe they just like the opportunity to play the game and learn. They shouldn't have to abandon the league because they can't compete.

Exactly. At the amateur level, winning isn't everything

 

[SabresRule]

this "winning" coach did deserve to be fired for all the right reasons. Daytime talk show BS aside, it showed complete lack of understanding and grasp of: the game, her job, sportsmanship and the school's purpose for fielding a team.

Her?

According to an article I read on this, the ex-coach is a guy.