So in a nutshell, the coach of a basketball team at a Christian school chose not to apologize after his team won a game 100-0. He was fired because the school thought that this attitude wasn't very "Christlike". They found the game to be shameful on the part of the coach and his team, but he argues he shouldn't have to apologize for his team winning because they did their best and played honorably. now before you all jump to the coaches side, here's the twist. The other school is a school for kids with learning disabilities.
In my opinion, I think the coach was right to do what he did. The school board insinuation that theres a "Golden rule" that applies to this kind of thing strikes me as pity. If I was one of the kids in the other school, I wouldn't want to have done good in the game just because someone feels like taking pity on me. I think that what he did was the right thing. What are your opinions on this?
also, the article can be found here http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=904726
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I'm not sure, but he doesn't seem to have done anything wrong. But I geuss he should've apologized anyway since doing so won't affect anything.
I mean, even if you've done nothing wrong it doesn't hurt to apologize. He'd also still have a job if he did so.
Um, what can you do in this situation to not seem like a jerk? If you apologise you're showing pity and/or smugness at beating a compromised team. If you don't you just come across as an insensitive git.
I don't really know D:
You could say "They're alright, but we're just plain better. I geuss we could've let up a little, though."
That way you're not saying they suck or anything and you're also showing regret.
But you're NOT showing pity.
It's sad that one has to apologize for another teams suckiness. My high school's football team won a game 2 years ago with a score of 77-0... we had our starters out of the game before the end of the first quarter... EVERYONE on our team got to play. The other teams coach wouldn't shake hands at the end of the game.
I don't see how learning disabilities comes in to play... And if they do, why are these two schools in the same conference?
I don't see how learning disabilities comes in to play... And if they do, why are these two schools in the same conference?
Maybe they're not able to recall the plays as well... and I don't really know about the conference thing.
Wow... this is an ignorant situation. He shouldn't apologize for himself, he should apologize for the school admin or whomever it was who made the schedule. Simply, it's not the coaches fault that they were paired against a team who were not capable of playing at their level. It's a freakin sport (and basketball at that... esh) so who cares?
What Fex said. I know that schools're increasingly about not daring to suggest that any one child might be more talented than another in case they hurt someone's feelings (I have my own theory on this being responsible for a general decline in the school system's output, but that's a whole other post), but this is taking anti-competitiveness a step too far.
The coach did the job he was paid to do.
Echoing Fex here, too. The person responsible is the one who made the match up. I can't imagine the correct way a situation like that should pan out.
Let them win, you're being patronizing and letting down your own team.
Apologize and seem like a smarmy prick apologizing for winning, after the fact.
Refuse to play and single the disabled people out and make them feel bad.
Draw and... actually, as boring as it would be, a draw could work.
What Fex said. I know that schools're increasingly about not daring to suggest that any one child might be more talented than another in case they hurt someone's feelings (I have my own theory on this being responsible for a general decline in the school system's output, but that's a whole other post)
I'd like to see that post.
This coach did not understand his place in the multidimensional tentacle monster named bureucracy
