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Originally Posted by King Glorious
In my opinion, the problem is in the scheduling. It had to have been obvious before the game that there was a huge disparity in talent between the two teams so they shouldn't have even been matched up in the first place. If they matchup looked a little more even going in and certain circumstances (injuries, suspensions, etc) conspired to make it a mismatch, perhaps the best alternatives would have been to either call a forfeit before the game or concede at halftime. But you can't totally blame the coach of the winning team without knowing the way the game played out. As was noted, he only had eight players so at least two starters had to be on the court all game. Also, I'd like to know how all of their other games have gone this season. Do they play a bunch of tight games all year where he doesn't get a chance to use his bench much? How much do his reserves get to play and show what they can do? They probably work hard all year in practice and it's not fair to tell them they now get to play but all they can do is hold the ball and pass it around. Do you tell them not to take any open shots or to try to miss on purpose? Do you tell them not to play defense and to let the other team get some points? All of these things are even more unsportsmanlike in my opinion. Of course you don't want to be playing a pressing defense or looking to score on fast breaks at every opportunity. But you've also still got to play the game. Was this a game that could have been 50-0 and they kept pushing to make it 100-0 or was it a game that could have been 200-0 and they worked hard to keep it only 100-0?
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all excellent points! sounds like the game should never have been played. to me it's more insulting to the bad team to have YOUR team clown around, then it is to crush them.