[theboys]

I realize this isn't a coaching site, and, I don't expect officials to take one side or the other, but, as a parent and coach, it galls me to see a team pour it on. What about the kids who bust their rears in practice, who continue to sit on the bench while the starters remain in the game way past the time needed? If you're going to leave a starter in, give him an opportunity to play a position he normally doesn't play (e.g., a forward play pg). How will the team fare down the road, when foul trouble or fatigue necessitate the use of a bench that has little or no game experience.?

Further, if you're a rec coach, at any youth level, you're inviting the wrath of parents who devote a lot of time and money to get junior to practice and games, if he sits on the bench on either side of a 40 point blow-out.

But, I agree with most of the others. You don't quit. In games like those, you look at each possession as a game, each with its own victory or defeat. You stop worrying about the score.

Okay, I'm done. Sorry about the length.