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In reply to the discussion: is it bad sportsmanship to win by 161 to 2? basketball coach suspended [View all]kcjohn1
(751 posts)This is high school team full of kids. It aint professional league in which the point is to win. The point of school is to teach kids about important life skills.
I have coached kids. There is huge gulf in talent between teams. There many different things he could have done to avoid lopsided score like this. For one, the full court press could have being eliminated as soon as the game got out of hand. Secondly, you can slow the tempo and run half court plays for players who typically don't score. He could have played zone defense letting the opposition run plays and get shots.
If you don't press/play zone D/run half court plays, it is impossible to even score 100 points in a game yet alone win by 150. Coaches like this are scourge in high school sports, and speaks to the lack of character in society.