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Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 12:40pm
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I had a weird & new experience in a boys varsity tourney yesterday. Team B (out-of-state) is losing & it’s evident there is not enough time for the big comeback. Team B is jacking up desperation 3s & playing terrible defense at this point in the game. B4 blatantly throws A2 to the ground in an attempt to get an offensive rebound.

I call the foul, walk to the bench & tell the coach that B44 is done for the game.
The coach says, if he’s done then we’re done.

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He didn’t ask why or what the kid did. It was obvious they were ready to hit I-25N as their skill level wasn’t good enough to be competitive.

Anybody ever had a coach quit the game?
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 07:31pm
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2 summers ago in an AAU tourny had a team quit after they received their 4th T. They thought they could act like idiots and whe we didn't let them they quit playing.
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 07:53pm
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Worked an AAU tournament...1 team provides scorer other team provides timer...ran the first timer...assistant coach took over...he got ran 3 minutes later...head coach took his team home...then the teams duked it out in the parking lot...gotta love it!

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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 11:08pm
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My high school team walked out in the start of the 4th quarter. We were losing by about 60 points to the eventual state champs, and they had their starters in. Our coach decided to walk, and he was suspended by the state.
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This situation is hard to understand, and even harder to explain. A few years ago we had a state tournament playoff system where a team's seeding, and the division that it was seeded in, was determined by a team's record against larger schools, and smaller schools, the records of these schools, and wins, and losses, against these different size schools, and different "talent" schools, were treated differently in making the post season division assignment, and seeding. Well one coach decided that his team, which was quite good, would have a better chance winning the state tournament if he played in a "lower" division than the one his team would end up in if his team won most of it's final three, or four games, so he decided to start his reserves, and sit his starters, to "rest" his best players for the upcoming state tournament. Of course he ended up losing a few of these games, and ended up as a top seed in an "easier" division. It was difficult to prove his intentions, but the crap still hit the fan, and we no longer use that system for the state tournament.
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Old Sat Jun 13, 2009, 08:26am
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So did they wind up winning State?
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Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 12:54pm
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Actually, it was a big mess on the floor & my partner never came to switch. So I just stayed with the player on the floor until emotions cooled down. Never really made it to the table. But it was going to be a flagrant unitl coach made it easy on me.
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Old Mon Jun 08, 2009, 01:45pm
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Yeah, in these tourneys that don't keep personal fouls, we (in my area anyway) have been given the authority to sit a player down for excessive fouls.
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 04:37pm
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Conference Tournament game. Girls, small school.
The team came with 6 players, 2 of which were just back from being sick.
Coach threw in the towel at the end of the third quarter, citing health reasons for her players. Kind of sad as I think the girls thought they could continue (though they were losing bad) and the parents were a little surprised.
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 06:28pm
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We had a girls team walk out of the gym in a Christmas tourney 3rd place game a couple of years ago.

They were fined by the state association.
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 06:55pm
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We had a girls team walk out of the gym in a Christmas tourney 3rd place game a couple of years ago.

They were fined by the state association.
I read where a boys AAU team (16U maybe?) here in Georgia forfeited a game when their opponent started stalling in the 3rd quarter after taking a 2-point lead in the 3rd quarter.

I am still scratching my head over that one.
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