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Russian Spook

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70. Social media was making the comments, the boys playing did not.

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:59 PM

Oct 2021

Show me an article where it said the boys were complaining about bullying? Show me an article where the boys were complaining about anything. Now I am still waiting for you to tell me how the boys earned their humiliation.

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high school soccer coach apologized after letting a player score 17 goals against winless team [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2021 OP

He definitely should have been taken out. roamer65 Oct 2021 #1

Good grief. Our country has seriously gone mediocre jimfields33 Oct 2021 #11

It's Happened In Basketball For 50 Years ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #40

Running up the score has always been classless. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #45

"you're" NoRethugFriends Nov 2021 #91

I agree with everything but the firing. Lucinda Oct 2021 #36

"Gentlemen's sport?" Bullshit! Archae Oct 2021 #2

The Packers have never had an undefeated regular season. Captain Stern Oct 2021 #12

When did the packers win every game? Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #13

Here's a hot take: Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #14

Of course they do. People do have vast differences of opinion as to which ones and how much, though. Celerity Oct 2021 #18

You're confusing significance with value as assigned by potential to distract. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #19

I am confusing nothing. Do you say the same about art, music, film, etc, as you do about sport? Celerity Oct 2021 #20

I'm not in the habit of comparing apples to oranges, no. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #25

I refuse to use reductionist essentialism when making value judgements pertaining to human endeavour Celerity Oct 2021 #27

It was the British who invented the term "soccer" jmowreader Oct 2021 #35

It is simply football for me and most of the rest of the planet. Celerity Oct 2021 #38

I like that the United States doesn't follow and instead made their own name jimfields33 Oct 2021 #48

You didn't make your own name, you use an antiquated name from the UK because 'football' Celerity Oct 2021 #53

Oops. Didn't realize that. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #54

Teenagers are... teenagers, so I can't expect the player in question to have perfect insight, but RockRaven Oct 2021 #3

future trumps in training nt msongs Oct 2021 #4

Yes I am going there 4Q2u2 Oct 2021 #23

When my daughter was 5 years old or so she played soccer on a co-ed team . . . Journeyman Oct 2021 #5

I'd never heard of that being done. underpants Oct 2021 #9

5 years old is a world of difference from 17 or 18 years old. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #17

For god's sake, hubby coached middle school soccer and always pulled his kids back when the score GPV Oct 2021 #6

It's absolutely expected in soccer greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #43

The reaction to that is overblown, especially calls to fire the coach Hav Oct 2021 #7

A real coach would not allow it. Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #15

WWWHHD? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2021 #50

It did have a mercy rule caraher Nov 2021 #90

Hmmm..when my son played high school soccer they had a mercy rule helpisontheway Oct 2021 #8

By halftime??? I had a similar experience sort of underpants Oct 2021 #10

This is news? "High school soccer team lost badly, felt bad" Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #16

Exactly... radicalleft Oct 2021 #21

Keep in mind these are the ones who for their whole lives jimfields33 Oct 2021 #49

It's definitely a shit move by the winning team. Bringing it up at a school board meeting, though, WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #22

As a competitive athlete, seems to be what the game is about. I think I would be handling the loss LizBeth Oct 2021 #24

I thought the game was about sportsmanship. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #26

Seriously? And losing is part of the sportsmanship that doesn't qualify with a whine. LizBeth Oct 2021 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Oct 2021 #28

It wasn't really a game, it was a way to get their star player into the record books Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #31

To the losers: You earned your humiliation, try not to suck so hard. Try practicing more. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #29

JFC obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #32

What? All these other people commenting on this story, why do you choose to respond Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author USALiberal Oct 2021 #39

Sounds like Donald Trump n/t kcr Oct 2021 #41

?--how so? The losing team stunk, they know it. They should up their game. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #52

Up their game? I wonder why that never occurred to them. It's all about winning and kicking ... marble falls Oct 2021 #76

I agree--I don't think the winning team's coach demonstrated Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #77

Na. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #78

Really, "To the losers: You earned your humiliation" Russian Spook Oct 2021 #55

Sometimes your sports team stinks and you get your ass kicked HARD. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #58

Why don't you explain to us how they earned their humiliation? That is probably what others are get Russian Spook Oct 2021 #61

No class. jcgoldie Oct 2021 #57

Why? I'm genuinely curious. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #59

Because you seem to think high school sports is about humiliation jcgoldie Oct 2021 #62

Huh? They gave up 17 goals to one guy. That's the definition Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #63

You said that a team of high school students "earned humiliation" jcgoldie Oct 2021 #65

I said they EARNED it. When you don't play well at all, and the other side Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #67

Social media was making the comments, the boys playing did not. Russian Spook Oct 2021 #70

I think the others are having issues with how it was expressed Hav Oct 2021 #69

I suppose. I just don't see it as a big deal, to stink and lose a game badly. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #71

We took some poundings in HS Water Polo Zeitghost Oct 2021 #30

I would have yanked that kid from the game Chautauquas Oct 2021 #34

And by "humiliate" you mean "continue to play by the rules both teams agreed to"? brooklynite Oct 2021 #81

THE AMAZING METS by Jerry Mitchell... brooklynite Oct 2021 #82

Is there a rule against rotating other players into the game? Chautauquas Oct 2021 #84

In fact, there is... brooklynite Oct 2021 #85

No, there isn't Chautauquas Oct 2021 #86

My dad coached high school basketball for a while back in the 40s gratuitous Oct 2021 #37

If I was the opposing coach AwakeAtLast Oct 2021 #42

Correct greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #44

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This message was self-deleted by its author Ptah Oct 2021 #47

I'm really loving some of the ideas in this thread that somehow wouldn't be humiliating. Lancero Oct 2021 #51

Tough... brooklynite Oct 2021 #56

In most professional football leagues, if you're a lousy team, you get dumped... brooklynite Oct 2021 #60

But this wasn't a professional game. Happy Hoosier Oct 2021 #73

I'm not aware that Joe is opposed to.... brooklynite Oct 2021 #74

Joe is in favor of kindness and decency Happy Hoosier Oct 2021 #75

Were any of the goals scored in an unsportsmanlike way? brooklynite Oct 2021 #79

tbh those State and Nat'l records will look good on Scholarship/College Applications... WarGamer Oct 2021 #64

The record to beat... lame54 Oct 2021 #66

When I was a kid playing baseball the first year our team was all very young kids. GulfCoast66 Oct 2021 #72

17 soccer goals? What's that the equivalent of in football: 119-0? Paladin Oct 2021 #80

Yes, it's roughly like greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #83

Same thing happend at my school jonstl08 Oct 2021 #87

This is the common practice in youth soccer greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #89

I am not much of a soccer fan, but I thought the goal was to score as many goals as possible. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #88