High school is always ruthless and cruel – well…that is, unless you’re a senior and just coasting along.
I guess my opening sentence should read "High school can be ruthless and cruel"… that's better. =)
Back to the article at hand – the ladies basketball coach at Covenant School in Dallas, Texas (here's a shout out to all the Texas who read this!!) lead his team to a 100 to 0 win over Dallas Academy.
Yes – you read that right: 100 – 0. That means the Covenant ladies scored 100 points to Dallas Academy's zero points.
That's a crazy margin!!
Yet, that's not the worse part – the winning coach was fired!!
Why?
Well, according to Covenant School:
"It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened. This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honourable approach to competition."
This begs the question: What is a "Christlike and honourable approach to competition"?[@more@]
I remember having a similar discussion in college (in a Batts class, nonetheless). Some people argued (quite well, in fact) that competition itself is unbiblical. Others said that competition is ok as long as it does become an idol…
Going back to the game – apparently, if the coach was a "good Christian", he would have stopped the game early or told his team to let the other team score.
That makes me sick!
I have been on the losing side of a 61 to 0 homecoming football game in Texas (where football is king) – for me, and my friends, stopping the game part way through would have humiliated me worse then completing the full game.
By completing the entire game, I was able to retain my honor – I didn't give up; I fought against all odds; I did not let the bench get cold!
If the winning coach had called the game, it would of taken away the last of my honor (wait a minute…did I have any "honor" to begin with?)…
Hmm…what am I talking about?
I should be filing this quote away for future reference - like when E or T is winning at Settlers or Kingsburg!
Go Cardinals!
(sigh) Some people are never happy, they probably would have fired him if they were they ones losing.
That reminds me of another game where a graduating senior only needed one more *something* to win some sort of state record. Since the opposing team was already going to lose (or win – this tells you how well I remember the story, eh) by a far margin – the opposing team’s coach said “Let the guy have his record” and the team did. And the player had his record…. and then later found out what happened and would no longer claim the record because he didn’t win it fair and square.
*sigh*
Another take
The Dallas Academy school has only 40 special needs students. I watched them practice via the news media. They weren’t able to make a basket without opposition. They haven’t won a single game in 500 atempts. I would fire the Covenant coach.
RE: Another take
All meaning is context depended…
hmmm… that news brings a different light to the issue. =/
I feel the Covenant coach should have only played the pine pony riders.