Bralia wrote:Did you miss the part where they mentioned that the back-ups were brought in during that game? A game has to be completed somehow. It is not the winning team's fault (nor the coach's) in the slightest that they slaughtered their opponent.
He ran up the score in a youth game - he was still there, coaching, and he played a part in the game. He's a dick, but I don't endorse his suspension. While his actions were duly worthy of a scolding, again, I believe the far larger issue is the absence of a mercy rule in these situations.
The greater Vakolicci Haven wrote:For the winning team in that basketball game, the players should have been proud. To be honest, I think that the losing team probably took more out of it from losing so heavily than they would have done if they'd only lost by a respectable margin. It's a good kick up the ass to get them trying harder.
In the Patriots game, it's quite clear that Brady (surprise surprise) likes playing football. If he doesn't want to go off, why should he have to just because your team was on top?
Also, would you complain if your own team were doing this? I wouldn't complain either way: if any of the teams I support (Giants nfl, Manchester United premier league, Worcester Warriors in the rugby championship) had a huge victory, I'd be happy. If they lost, sure I'd be annoyed, but I wouldn't say that the team that destroyed them didn't have the right to destroy them.
Oh, yes, the best thing for children is to teach them that awful sportmanship and boorish behavior is acceptable. Of course every team needs a good asskicking once in awhile as a motivational tool. Every team needs also needs a large, signature win. I'm not denying the nature of how sport is and should be - I am saying that the behavior in this game went beyond merely "winning big" to "obliterating an opponent in a youth game".
It's not even particularly about Brady's presence, but the playcalling. You lead by 38 points and all you have to do is run the ball and throw a few short, dink-and-dunk passes - instead, the asshole throws a 40-yard pass.
Winning big isn't quite the same thing as intentionally attempting to score in the final period of the game, nor is winning big the same as intentionally humiliating an opponent in a youth basketball game. Winning big is what every football fan wants of their team each week - not to lead by four+ touchdowns and keep piling it on, except in rivalry games. If the Detroit Lions were ever good enough to not only win by large totals but also to continue to have Stafford throwing fade routes to Megatron, I'd be pretty sick of the utter lack of class involved in such acts. (Then again, you are asking about something that's pure fantasy.)