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Originally posted by Bandit

Granted it was a calculated gamble on the coaches part but don't try and tell me others haven't done the same or we ourselves haven't perhaps used the rules to help end a game or speed up the results. I don't condone it but it does happen. Fire him ??, Ban him ??, guess all the good things that got him/them where they are sorta are all forgetten for one mistake someone else thinks he made ???

Bandit, I realize that when individuals comment on that which is close to home , it tends to strike a nerve or 2, but the botttom line is: One cannot condone what this this coach (or any other coach) did: employ cut-throat tactics simply to win a game.

This coach did not make a mistake - He knew what he was doing because the ESPN field reporter asked him a direct question and he himself said that if we do not tie the score or go ahead, he was willing to take the forfeit.

Yes, IMO he should be suspended for blatantly disregarding a rule that requires kids to get into the game. Suppose you saw your kid sitting on the bench knowing there was a rule that he / she must play and the coach simply refused to follow it. Do not tell me you wouldn't see red at that point.

You can't have it both ways and perhaps that's the problem in youth sports. If one says the game is for the kids, then the rules should also accomodate this. Read Jerry's response

If you want to win, then at least be honest and say so and then get rid of the MPR rule altogether and play as the Big Boys Play

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