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Originally posted by bebanovich
As far as allowing my players to use race as an excuse for their behavior - I agree with you 100% on this and would also like to point out that there was nothing in the example I gave of my players' behavior that requires an excuse. In fact, the opposing coach offered after the game that of all the teams she had faced this year our team showed the best sportsmanship. This was a meaningful compliment to my kids. Not like the official who was working our game for the first time who went out of his way to come shake my hand after a game and said with a surprised tone, "your kids are sooo nice." While we were going over to shake the opponents' hands my captain quietly asked me, "coach, did he expect us to stab someone?" Nice guy, good intentions, low expectations.
[Edited by bebanovich on Feb 28th, 2006 at 06:55 PM]
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This caught my eye, coach. I wasn't there, so your interpretation may well be correct, but when I read the words he said, I wonder how it is really different than the opposing coach's compliment.
How do you know the official didn't mean something similar?