When is too much, too much?
I hereby promise not to once mention the situation wherein a certain professional football team allegedly circumvented the conventional rules of the organization to which it belongs.
Besides, ESPN might be to the point where it can start gathering royalties on any stories about said alleged incident and I鈥檓 poor, so no mention here.
On the flip side, apparently the basketballs in last week蘑菇视频 Monessen-Avella boys Section 3-A game were properly inflated and to the liking of the aptly-named Greyhounds in their 101-11 rout of the Eagles.
The Eagles were grounded in the first meeting as well, dropping a 100-38 outcome to Monessen.
The Greyhounds, coached by veteran Joe Salvino, have handed out their fair share of lumps this season to Jefferson-Morgan (83-32, 89-40), Geibel Catholic (93-24), and California (85-28).
Believe or not, Monessen has been on the flip side as well in losses to Chartiers Valley (110-70), North Allegheny (102-63), New Castle (77-29), and Aliquippa (95-71).
Those outcomes seem pretty tame when compared to what happened in California earlier in the month. The Arroyo Valley girls 鈥渟lipped by鈥� Bloomington High, 161-2, leading the winning school蘑菇视频 school board to suspend winning coach Michael Anderson for two games.
Bloomington coach Dale Chung said after the game, 鈥淧eople shouldn鈥檛 feel sorry for my team. They should feel sorry for his team, which isn鈥檛 learning the game the right way.鈥�
Now, keep in mind, Anderson蘑菇视频 squad ran a full-court trap for the first half, building a 104-1 advantage.
(Time for math skills: 8-minute quarters x 2 quarters in a half = 16 minutes; 104/16 = 6陆 points per minute)
Now, I鈥檝e been on the wrong side of those games more than once and it蘑菇视频 not fun. It was those memories that tempered my game plan when my teams were on the positive side of the score: No pressing 鈥� NFB (no fast breaks; violation of which would land said offender a quick seat on the bench) 鈥� Pass it around on offense before launching a shot 鈥� one step outside the lane zone 鈥� try to get those who didn鈥檛 score very much a shot to secure that first field goal.
Funny, though, routs are only criticized in basketball and football.
A cross country coach is rarely called on the carpet (well, maybe because no one on the school board knows who the cross country coach is) when his squad wins 15-50, a shutout in the sport.
I鈥檇 be willing to bet no golf coach has been censored for trouncing another team, nor has a tennis coach been reprimanded for a bunch of 6-0 scores with the opposition not winning a point.
Of course, those three sports don鈥檛 have mercy rules like football, basketball, baseball or softball.
The easy answer, but not so easily accomplished, is for the offended team to get better. But, for now, maybe coaches should take the 鈥淲WJWD (what would John Wooden Do?)鈥� stance. There蘑菇视频 a way to mercifully rout a team, just respect the sport and the opposition.
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Congratulations to Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski on attaining 1,000 wins as a coach. Coach K can be tough and loving, and is always successful. The only problem for him he has set the bar so high, his not-so-great seasons would be relished by others.
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See, I didn鈥檛 say (that NFL scandal) once!