Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

If you can't field a competitive team the you deserve to be beat into the ground!!

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

Since I’m not familiar with these teams, I would hope that this was a district match. Otherwise, why would a team the caliber of Satellite schedule a match with an obviously overmatched opponent? It is one thing to be forced to play a weak district opponent; it is another thing to schedule one voluntarily.

Here are a few suggestions for handling future matches where one team is clearly superior to another:

Start the bench players. They will get quality minutes against a team that perceives they have a chance in the match. It is better to let them play while the score is nil – nil than to wait until the other team has given up a half dozen goals or more and then pull your starters. By that time, the subs would be playing a team that has already given up. How does that help anyone? If the game is dangerously close, put in your studs. They can always give you a comfortable margin.

If you must play your starters, move them around. Let your defenders have a shot at high school glory. They rarely get any public recognition unless they score. Give them a chance. You could also put some restrictions on them, such as shots must come from headers or volleys only. This reduces the humiliation factor for the opponent because you don’t have to play an obvious game of keep away without shooting to keep from running up the score.

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

He can't get the glory for having a high scorer or having one or several of the same girls be mentioned in the paper yet again for some meaningless stat. High school coaches are notorious for leaving their high scorers in games that they are dominating and putting them at forward where they are sure to score as many goals as possible. Newspapers only mention girls when they score and the rest of the teams effort is never appreciated. Shame on him and every coach who doesn't pull their starters once the team is up by 4 points.

Our coach starts the studs, then puts in all of the sophmores at 4 - 0. Starting sweeper and keeper stays in the whole game as a safety net and to give directions to the "lollipop guild".

If you can't field a competitive team the you deserve to be beat into the ground!! :roll:

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

He can't get the glory for having a high scorer or having one or several of the same girls be mentioned in the paper yet again for some meaningless stat. High school coaches are notorious for leaving their high scorers in games that they are dominating and putting them at forward where they are sure to score as many goals as possible. Newspapers only mention girls when they score and the rest of the teams effort is never appreciated. Shame on him and every coach who doesn't pull their starters once the team is up by 4 points.

I think 4 up is a little too soon. I would rather wait until 5 or 6. I have seen way too many 4-0 games become too close once the starters are pulled.

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

He can't get the glory for having a high scorer or having one or several of the same girls be mentioned in the paper yet again for some meaningless stat. High school coaches are notorious for leaving their high scorers in games that they are dominating and putting them at forward where they are sure to score as many goals as possible. Newspapers only mention girls when they score and the rest of the teams effort is never appreciated. Shame on him and every coach who doesn't pull their starters once the team is up by 4 points.

If they don't let the players score the goals, at the end of the year the All-county, All-conference , All State teams won't have many of those kids on it. You may not like it but that is how the system is set up. Look at all the undeserving 2A players that make All County teams. I don't blame the coach for giving his kids a chance to be All State or even player of the year.
Some Coaches hold good players back and they never get the recognition they deserve and I don't think that is correct. The Coaches 1st responsibility is to his players and as long as this system is set up this way the coach needs to promote his kids.

Re: Why would any coach allow to run up a score like that?

GIRLS
Satellite 15
Ft Pierce 0

Wow, those are some lopsided games. Was the score of the Satellite / Fort Pierce game really 15-0?

I thought FHSAA had a mandatory 8-0 mercy rule? You have to finish 1 half!!

Why would any coach allow their players to run up a score like that. Whatever happened to sportsmanship?

My daughter has been involved in a very lopsided game, and there is really no good way to handle it. If you put restrictions on the players and don't allow them to score, but make them play possession, that is humiliating to the other team, they get frustrated and then the nasty tackles start to happen. If you keep on scoring, then it looks like you are a bad sport.

If the coach took out his starters after 6-0, there really isn't much you can do about it.

But if you look at the stats, he DIDN'T take his starters out. Why would you not play your second string? As for humiliating, what could be worse than a score of 15-0 in only one half?

He can't get the glory for having a high scorer or having one or several of the same girls be mentioned in the paper yet again for some meaningless stat. High school coaches are notorious for leaving their high scorers in games that they are dominating and putting them at forward where they are sure to score as many goals as possible. Newspapers only mention girls when they score and the rest of the teams effort is never appreciated. Shame on him and every coach who doesn't pull their starters once the team is up by 4 points.

If they don't let the players score the goals, at the end of the year the All-county, All-conference , All State teams won't have many of those kids on it. You may not like it but that is how the system is set up. Look at all the undeserving 2A players that make All County teams. I don't blame the coach for giving his kids a chance to be All State or even player of the year.
Some Coaches hold good players back and they never get the recognition they deserve and I don't think that is correct. The Coaches 1st responsibility is to his players and as long as this system is set up this way the coach needs to promote his kids.

If you know anything about soccer, you should not necessarily be impressed with a high school player that scores seven or eight goals against a weak team. Any average player could do that if they were allowed to. Racking up stats against weak opponents only impresses the “know-nothings.â€￾ Coaches that have their priorities straight will exercise some control over the scoring, of both the team and their studs, when they face an overmatched opponent. High school soccer should be fun and losing 15-0 probably wasn’t fun. I don’t imagine winning 15-0 was much fun either.

As far as holding back their players from receiving any post-season recognition, I wouldn’t be concerned about that. As a matter of fact, a younger sibling of some kids I used to coach was recognized as county player of the year twice. She never led the county in scoring. She was near the top in both goals and assists but never ended up the season as the points leader. Her coach would pull her after three goals. The only time I can recall an exception was a game that her team won 4-2, and she was allowed to score all four goals because they were need to secure a result.

I am much more impressed with a center back who shuts down an opponent’s stud forward an entire match than I am with a stud forward putting seven in the back of the net against a weak opponent. Unfortunately, the newspapers only care about the goal scorers and sometimes keepers with shutouts (even though the defenders prevented a shot from ever being taken during the match.) By the way, my kids weren't defenders.

High school coaches have a tough job. If they win it is because they recruited their team or it’s loaded with club players that they did nothing to help develop. If they lose it’s because they know nothing about the game. If kids quit it’s because the coach is difficult to get along with. While there might be some that meet the above descriptions, I think most probably are better than that. And certainly in the public schools, they can’t be doing it for the money!

winning is fun no matter what, its even better when you score alot of goals on an opponent. let the kids score and stop whining about it, scoring goals is fun