Team walks off court and goes home

[bbcoach7]

Even though the coach may have erroneously vented some of his frustration at officials, sounds to me that he was dissapointed in the lack of effort his team was giving, and in distgust declared (2nd hand paraphrasing here), "fine, if you don't want to play the game, then lets quit wasting everyone's time and go home." He makes a good point about effort in the face of adversity, but to just up and quit? No, that's never a "life lesson" that an adult role model and teacher should be modeling to kids. He's a loser, and he's teaching a losing attitude to young people.

His action is indefensible and he should be disciplined by his school in my opinion. I feel that motivation, or morale, is a function or by-product of leadership. How many times do we see teams taking a score board beating, yet continue to play hard and maintain an admirable disposition and attitude in spite of a lopsided score? Happens all the time.

I believe it's true that more can be learned from a loss than from winning. And the lessons are not restricted to basketball. JMHO

[chartrusepengui]

We had a situation here about 3 years ago where one of the teams didn't show up for their first tournament game. Officials (friends from our association) waited 90 minutes before declaring a forfeit 2-0 to other team) State told them they should not have declared a forfeit. They responded with, "how the he!! long are we supposed to wait?" and "what were we supposed to do?" Never really got a proper response - other than they should have notified the state. They had tried, but of course - no one was there to answer the phone. It was not the first time this team didn't show up for a game and NEVER called state, school or anyone.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

Officials (friends from our association) waited 90 minutes before declaring a forfeit 2-0 to other team) State told them they should not have declared a forfeit.

I agree with the state. The officials should have suspended the game, notified the state and let the state decide whether the game should be forfeited or not. The state may have wanted to replay it.

Suspending a game is indeterminate. Forfeits are forever.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by bbcoach7

His action is indefensible and he should be disciplined by his school in my opinion.

There's no schools involved. As I stated, this was rec.

[bbcoach7]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

There's no schools involved. As I stated, this was rec.

Can't touch the fool