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Originally posted by Martin Morgan
Does Texas use a shot clock? If not, then what prevented the Oakridge coach from telling his team to sit on the ball for the majority of the second half? Have the team work on their ball-handling and passing skills.
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I don't agree with that at all. Sure - the final total for the better team might be lower, but that takes away the lesser team's chances to score.
I have worked some mismatches where one team was ahead by over 50 points. The coaches usually tell their team to pass a certain number of times before shooting, shoot only threes, try to give the shots to someone who rarely scores, etc. Frankly, telling kids in a game not to try to score is like telling a batter in a blowout baseball game to try to not hit the ball. You can only "penalize" a team so much for being more talented than another team.
Seriously, I never expect the winning coach in a situation like this to do much more than tell his team not to press (even at half court) and to pull back on breakaways and set up instead.
The real blame should be on whoever scheduled this.
Mon Dec 18, 2000, 02:25am
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