(10-31-2021, 12:28 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(10-31-2021, 11:14 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The point is being a good sport, something that our world could use a lot more of. If you keep throwing the ball while up 7 touchdowns in a high school game then you are an [BLEEP] hole and should absolutely be removed from your position because you are teaching the wrong lessons to impressionable kids. Damn, what happened to common sense and decency in people? These aren't professionals, they're kids, so yeah, kick the guys when they're down and rub their faces in the dirt, that's what we should all be about.

These are high school kids. They are a lot closer to adulthood than they are young children. They shouldn't be coddled. Do you think the bad things in life are gonna let up on them when things get tough? No. They need to learn that bad things often pile on and they need to develop the skills to get passed it. Life is gonna show these kids no mercy, so why should the opposing team? It's a valuable learning experience. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off and learn from it. 

That's the problem with kids in today's society. People want to coddle them and protect them from every little thing, so they grow up spoiled and entitled, thinking other people will protect them from all the bad things in life.

I don't see this as a coddling issue. The losing team was outmatched, and I think they knew it just as well as the other team did. I don't think anyone is upset over them taking an L.

I see this from the winning coach's perspective more as an opportunity to put the playbook down for a Friday night and let some of the supporting cast get on the stage for once. Yes, I am sure they love the feeling of playing on a winning team, but let them get on the field and say they DID something besides run wind sprints all summer and stand on the sidelines in their pads.

If I were a parent of a kid on that team, I'd be asking that coach a lot of questions about substitutions when the booster club came calling for a donation. That's another fun adult lesson - respect is earned just as well as it is lost. That, or wallets speak louder than words in today's world.

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