1337 team beats n00b team 100-0; 1337 school apologizes but coach won't forefit

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<p>Winning</a> Basketball Coach In 100-0 Game Fired - cbs11tv.com</p>

<p>honestly, why would anyone apologize? i'm sure both teams felt bad, but respect is EARNED, not GIVEN</p>

<p>also, why apologize for winning? it's not like the other team had no chance despite the fact they aren't great students</p>

<p>anyways, i wouldn't forefit any 100-0 games i won...</p>

<p>as one dude on digg said:

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The winners actually not only issued an apology but offered to forfeit the game to the team they whooped by 100 points. What the h(eck)? What kind of message is this for kids? For the winning team: play hard and do well, but not too well? For the losing team: you can still suck and get by on victimhood?

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<p>I think you mean forf*e*it, you n00b :p</p>

<p>Nah, I heard that the coach full-court pressed the ENTIRE game (totally objectionable) and left his starters in after halftime. Jerk. I've played competitive basketball since I was 7, and to me this is just stupid. Plus, his team isn't necessarily all that "1337." The other team might've just sucked THAT BAD. It takes a good, respectable coach to know when to back the heck off.</p>

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<p>he didn't press the entire game...just for the first few minutes</p>

<p>in fact, covenant school did expect to win like that...do a little more research geez</p>

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<p>This was on digg as well, Digg</a> - Coach fired for not apologizing for 100-0 Win</p>

<p>Definitely shouldn't have had to apologize.</p>

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<p>"Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. The team remains winless during the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with "learning differences," such as short attention spans or dyslexia."</p>

<p>Wow. That coach deserved his firing and humiliation.</p>

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<p>^no he doesn't</p>

<p>he played against those kids as if they were equals...how is that bad? i would much rather be beaten 100-0 than 75-0 or some other score less b/c the opposing team felt sorry for me</p>

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<p>Perhaps a "condolence" would have been in graceful taste, but an "apology" appears unwarranted by the game per se.</p>

<p>Apology suggests the winning team would have not acted as they did if there were a repeat, and it is difficult to fathom, say, the winning team standing idly on the court and waiting for the weaker team to get a point, only for them to ultimately lose by some extraordinary margin anyway. I doubt the losing team would have appreciated apathetic leniency, whether or not it was motivated by pity.</p>

<p>That said, one usually kowtows to one's superiors, and perhaps if he was reasonably fearing for his job, he would have given up his "values" in the name of pleasing the executive. The apology would be meaningless in certain senses, but it would have worked.</p>

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<p>I demand a replay. Hopefully they'll go for 150-0!</p>

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<p>I don't think they should have had to apologize, but the coaches letter to the newspaper was probably unprofessional and deserved to get him fired.</p>

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<p>Lol. How stupid. If the team can't take the heat, they should stay out the kitchen. I wonder if it's the kids who are upset about getting beaten so bad, or just the parents?</p>

<p>I've been on some really awful sports teams before. It's disappointing to lose, but... that's part of the game. I'd rather lose every game than think a team just let me win. That's no fun.</p>

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<p>"he played against those kids as if they were equals...how is that bad?"</p>

<p>Because it was essentially a special education school?</p>

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<p>The disabled girls aren't sore losers; if they were, they would have forfeited. It's incredibly shocking how some of you can defend this coach.</p>

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<p>man... **** manners, **** social constructs, and most of all **** noobs who cant deal with getting pwnt.</p>

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<p>@logicwarrior have you ever played on a competitive sports team in your life? You never. NEVER. forfeit. Even if you are losing by 100 points, you don't forfeit.</p>

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<p>i think u do. hundred zero.zero. i think u do.</p>

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<p>If people are going to complain if a bunch of "special education" kids can't win a basketball game, perhaps they shouldn't be allowed to play.</p>

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<p>those kids have ADHD and dyslexia...there are plenty of people in the world with those disorders that are able to play basketball well</p>

<p>we're not talking about a bunch of regular kids vs. some kids with extreme autism</p>

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<p>"those kids have ADHD and dyslexia...there are plenty of people in the world with those disorders that are able to play basketball well"</p>

<p>They're learning disorders, and as such, the kids that have them won't be able to learn to play basketball as quickly.</p>

<p>We're not talking adult teams here.</p>

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<p>If they cannot play against a regular team, maybe they should beging a league with other special needs kids, no?</p>

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If they cannot play against a regular team, maybe they should beging a league with other special needs kids, no?

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<p>Maybe that would be too demeaning for the special needs kids, lol.</p>