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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Working an elite 8th grade boys holiday tournament this weekend with teams from all up and down the west coast. Yesterday, my first game had a team from Seattle beat a team from L.A. 112-14! In fact, if they hadn't held the ball at the end, they would have won by 100.
After the game, a parent from the losing team walked by and said loudly, "We didn't get a call all game. No wonder we lost." I looked at him and said, "OK, tell you what -just to make up for our bad calls, we'll give your team an extra 97 points. OH WAIT - YOU STILL LOSE!!!"
He didn't think it was too funny, but my partner cracked up.
BTW - the second game had a team from Portland beat a team from the Bay Area by almost 50. What a tournament.
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A team travelled THAT far just to lose by 99 points?
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WTF was that program director/coach thinking??? No wonder I think AAU is one of the biggest ripoff in basketball. In Ohio, they have a rule about off-season coaching that is archaic and harmful to high school basketball in the 21st centruy. It has created a vacuum that AAU has stepped in and filled. AAU is fine for the elite players like Greg Oden and Mark Conley and Daquan Cook, but for the average player who just wants to get better, a good off season program with the school would be better.