Good or bad sportsmanship?

[Texas Aggie]

I understand the V coach's sentiments

I don't.

Competitive league, well, he made the other kids feel like fools.

BS. This is a damned if you do, damned if you don't. The winning coach isn't responsible for the other team, only his team and his actions. You can agree or disagree with those actions in terms of what you would have done, but there was nothing wrong with them. He made a decision based on his info at that point, and did what he had to do. You can't make 8th grade girls understand the "just back off, but make it look good", or if they do understand, they aren't likely to do it well. At any rate, he deserves a pass on this and if the V coach is upset, that's his problem.

Had this jerk (V) said that to me, I would have said, "OK, next time, we're going to run your face into the ground," and walked away. V coach had no business saying anything, regardless of talent, skill, or other issues.

Sorry for the rough tone, but I'm sick and damn tired of these blowout sub varsity games. I just wonder if some schools need to drop from competition their teams that, like this one, just aren't competitive. I'm not talking about a few blow out losses; I'm speaking of teams like this. Unfortunately, I've seen one or two of these this year. I had a varsity girls game 2 Mondays ago involving 2 private schools where the H team go blown out. This past Monday, I'm back there and now they are playing a public school in Texas' largest classification. First quarter score: H 24, V 2.