Amateur: California High School Girls Basketball Coach Suspended After Massive Win (161-2)

[DMC]

Did they all vocal fry their displeasure with the embarrassment?

[DMC]

This. They can't dribble. I personally witnessed my high school girls basketball team fail to score a single point until the final minute when they celebrated like they'd just won a le.

We had a 6'3 girl that everyone thought was a giant. None of the other girls in the region could get a rebound over her and she'd block every shot in the area. Still, girls would dribble up the court looking at the ball the entire time and not really knowing where they were until they looked up and realized they were already under the basket at which time they'd throw the ball straight up into the air, missing the rim and backboard and everything (like a toddler) and the other team would grab it and do the same thing the other way. It would go on all game, final score 8 to 2 or something stupid.

[Chris]

We had a 6'3 girl that everyone thought was a giant. None of the other girls in the region could get a rebound over her and she'd block every shot in the area. Still, girls would dribble up the court looking at the ball the entire time and not really knowing where they were until they looked up and realized they were already under the basket at which time they'd throw the ball straight up into the air, missing the rim and backboard and everything (like a toddler) and the other team would grab it and do the same thing the other way. It would go on all game, final score 8 to 2 or something stupid.

Sadly the WNBA hasn't evolved much from this

[Blake]

Losing coach is a got but if I was the winning coach I would've probably told my players to let them score 15-20 points just to avoid this. Scoring 100+ in a first half is kind of overboard too.

Teaching compassion isn't really a bad thing at that age tbh.

Or the losing coach could have had the decency to call the game and take his girls out for some participation awards and ice cream

[Darth_Pelican]

[FkLA]

Or the losing coach could have had the decency to call the game and take his girls out for some participation awards and ice cream

Losing coach is clearly a got based on his comments. Still think the winning coach could've handled it differently though. What is there to lose by winning by 80 instead of 150? Teach the kids that dominance is great but so is compassion. Competent, good hearted people make the best humans tbh.

[Blake]

Losing coach is clearly a got based on his comments. Still think the winning coach could've handled it differently though. What is there to lose by winning by 80 instead of 150? Teach the kids that dominance is great but so is compassion. Competent, good hearted people make the best humans tbh.

treating the other team like they're re ed or like they're little kids would be more embarrassing for the losing team than getting whipped on the scoreboard, imo.

[unforeseen]

Byron Scott got suspended?

"Win" and Byron Scott does not go together.

[FkLA]

treating the other team like they're re ed or like they're little kids would be more embarrassing for the losing team than getting whipped on the scoreboard, imo.

Meh I've been there and always figured we had just played a little better in second halves. Unless it's blatant like they do with special ed kids I don't think little kids will realize what's happening. 80 isn't 150 but it's still an ass whooping.

[313]

Meh I've been there and always figured we had just played a little better in second halves. Unless it's blatant like they do with special ed kids I don't think little kids will realize what's happening. 80 isn't 150 but it's still an ass whooping.

Except they're high schoolers and they probably will notice

[celticfan]

It happens a lot in girls basketball where a bunch of teams have girls that look like they just learned to dribble yesterday.

And the situation is worsened when you have a very talented ball hawking team of athletes that runs full and half court presses for both halfs. The winning team should've handled it differently. Pressing at that level, especially against a team full of girls that cannot dribble a ball, is only asking for a layup drill. Judging from the pregame conversation between both coaches, the winning team only accomplished one thing: they excelled at running a press, causing a turnover --> layup on their basket. That's all...that doesn't help them when they play tougher teams who won't be at such a disadvantage. After being up by 50, I would've just ran a zone defense and practice halfcourt offensive sets.

[Blake]

And the situation is worsened when you have a very talented ball hawking team of athletes that runs full and half court presses for both halfs. The winning team should've handled it differently. Pressing at that level, especially against a team full of girls that cannot dribble a ball, is only asking for a layup drill. Judging from the pregame conversation between both coaches, the winning team only accomplished one thing: they excelled at running a press, causing a turnover --> layup on their basket. That's all...that doesn't help them when they play tougher teams who won't be at such a disadvantage. After being up by 50, I would've just ran a zone defense and practice halfcourt offensive sets.

Who cares what you would have done. If the schools don't like it, change the rules.

Coach played by the rules but got suspended. It's lame.

[celticfan]

Who cares what you would have done. If the schools don't like it, change the rules.

Coach played by the rules but got suspended. It's lame.

I care, head. It makes sense to press a team to generate turnovers + easy baskets on the other end only to a certain extent. A team gets nothing out of winning by 159 points. After reading the backstory behind what the winning team did do, it makes no sense to continue pressing&trapping when the other team can't dribble under pressure worth a .

[Blake]

I care, head.

me too











J/k i don't

[Blake]

" Anderson had*said he tried to keep the game as even as possible despite knowing that his team was far too good for the compe ion.*"I didn't expect them to be that bad," he said,*according to the Daily Bulletin. "I'm not trying to embarrass anybody. And I didn't expect my bench to play that well. I had one (bench)*player make eight of nine 3s."


the school board. If they dock him pay too, he should sue.

[celticfan]

Sounds like someone doesn't know a lick about coaching.

You think you understand basketball because you follow the Spurs and post on a basketball messageboard?
ing dumbass

[celticfan]

Fuck the school board. If they dock him pay too, he should sue.

[Strange Love]

If the team that beat you by 159 isn't learining the game the right way what does that say about your team?

I guess teaching the game the right way now is telling your players to not try your best to don't embarras the other team.

I bet this got loser coach was the main complainer that got the other one suspended.

This is so re ed. Wonder how the coach feels about getting suspended over winning.

For the remainder of the season I'd just put it in coast mode and not coach and get paid. the team at that point.

[Blake]

Sounds like someone doesn't know a lick about coaching.

You think you understand basketball because you follow the Spurs and post on a basketball messageboard?
ing dumbass

ohh.

What team do you coach, professor?

[Mr Bones]

Losing coach is clearly a got

Competent, good hearted people make the best humans tbh.

You seem to be confused.

[DAF86]

You seem to be confused.

Studies show that bad mouthed people are more honest and good hearted, tbh.

[Malik Hairston]

As I said earlier, there's a story every year regarding the same issue..

Realistically, what are the dominant teams supposed to do? Wouldn't it be condescending and arguably even more embarrassing for the dominant team to stop trying?..I know that I would be pretty embarrassed if I was getting killed and the other team just stopped trying..

Millennial(I'm a millennial, too, btw, so I'm hating on my own generation) are already soft in most facets of life, why are we still teaching kids that "everybody wins"? Life is essentially the complete opposite, most people on Earth are losing..

[sook]

I don't understand how you can coach a team and ever ask your players to give anything less than 100% on any given night...you just can't. What the is he supposed to do after playing the 2nd or 3rd string?

The WNBA is bad enough, I can't imagine what a girl's HS game must be like. I was asked to cheer one of my friends on a couple of times and never went