Quote: Should we give them some love for going 8-0 with a 56-1 goal ratio, or flame them for running up 9-0 scores against three different teams (2 1A and one 2A) and 8-0 on another?
I'm confused.
But I'd rather go with the positive.
atleast they stopped at 9. im not sure why you are confused or is it just you coaches sticking together.
I guess I was just a little confused by the same person both praising and vilifying lopsided scoring within the same thread on the same day; I'm trying to figure out exactly where the arbitrary dividing line is between a team/coach that should be proud of themselves for scoring a lot of goals and a team/coach that should be ashamed of themselves for scoring too many goals. Perhaps we should come together as a forum to decide on a standard threshold of sportsmanlike scoring, perhaps using a sliding scale of relative rankings, number of substitutions, previous records, and injuries. If coaches have a clearly defined set of expectations, they can make the choice to stay within the boundaries that separate the attaboys from the razzies.
maybe we should find out if the 9th goal came late in the game or in the first 20 mins of the second half.
Quote: I just got spanked last night by a very good Dutch Fork team 3-0. The shot count was about 32 to 2 my girls still stepped off the pitch pretty confident.
I am a firm believer in playing better teams in order to make your team better, not give your team false hopes by taking on weaker opponents.
did they feel good because they played well? would they still feel good if 13 more of those 32 went in.there is nothing wrong with playing better teams.
Quote: maybe we should find out if the 9th goal came late in the game or in the first 20 mins of the second half.
Not sure if it makes much of a difference whether a team keeps scoring early, or if they lay off for a while and then hammer a few in at the end to say they still can. Been on both ends of that one too...can't say it made much difference.
