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Wellcome to the "Man it sucks to lose close non-region games" club. Share your pain.

This game could have been won as easy as the first one, but it was more important to the coach to teach a life lesson on commitment.
He sat 2 club players for skipping practice to "scrimmage the colleges".

Then I commend him for that decision. As long as high school season is "in season" the other things can wait ... High school season is just 16 weeks long and that leaves, in essence, 36 weeks for other soccer (club, ODP, etc.) ... I'm all for a balance, but you cannot miss high school for club in-season.

I know many disagree with this and under certain circumstances (with plenty of advance notice) I've allowed players to participate in outside soccer, but not in the heat of the season ... One of the things you have to stress commitment ... Kudos to the coaches that emphasize this principle.

Even after the "2 club players" came back in the game for the second half we couldn't score. We had a few chances but couldn't get the ball in the net. Lexington is just not playing very well right now, it happens. Not enough passing for sure. Bottom line is Spring Valley wanted it more, and it showed on the field. Nothing but region games left now, so hopefully the girls will get re-focused and play to their potential.

Bruce --

Show some compassion, man! That's ugly.

lpaf

At the beginning of the season the Lexington coach made clear his policy: if you miss a game for any reason except injury, you sit out the next game. If you miss a practice for any reason except injury, you sit out the first half of the next game. It is clear and the coach has applied it fairly across the board.

However, I do have a question for some of the folks posting: why is it that a few people on this message board post about a player missing a single practice all season to go play against Furman and Clemson but we don't see any mention of a player missing a practice to go to a concert, or a church event, a party, or whatever? There was another player who missed the game because of a conflict, and it's occurred with others in the season as well.

You (folks posting) might want to think about trying to apply your standards fairly.

Very good point Grok and I agree- but might I ask why is it that every time Lexington loses a game, people seem to cut them down..."is lex so bad that every time their is a few missing players they fold. show some pride, other teams has good players but also has a good team". Lexington has a great record and never gets recongnized when they win, only on loses. Lex can play with just about any team in South Carolnia, now they might not come out on top- but notice I said play. Bruce why such the hard feelings?

Grok, as far as I know the coach has been consistent with the players missing practice and games and having to sit out the next game or half game. It's not just when someone misses for a club event, but then again I don't monitor all the practices and see who's missing and for what reason. It appears to me that he is applying this fairly, but I could be mis-informed.
As for Bruce Banner, pay him no mind, I'm afraid the gamma rays have already done the damage. There's no hope for him.

LF, agree that the coach IS consistent; some folks posting here don't seem to be.

Bruce apparently did not read LF's first post (which I agree with completely) before posting himself. Maybe he struggles with reading comprehension - it happens when you are not educated at one of South Carolina's finer schools.