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Originally Posted by fullor30
Discussing this situation with another board member and he brought up a great point. First of all it was clear to everyone but officials that basket was not made and has been confirmed by game tape.
His point was what kind of life lesson are you giving your kids when as a coach,you know that basket should not have counted as it never went in, or was flipped in by another player after whistle(details still sketchy).
How would you feel as a player to come away with an empty victory? What was coaches post game all about?
What a poor example for the kids
Good sportsmanship? I think not.
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While I understand what you're saying, I'm not going to impugn some coach for being the beneficiary of a horrible call. The honor code theory for coaches is certainly noble, but at what point does it start and stop? The missed shot clock violation in the women's college game that's chronicled on here--is the winning coach a bad sport for accepting the result of that call? A missed travel call that benefits him with five seconds left? Bad out of bounds call with a minute left?