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When I played JV football we were beat 72-0 at Beaufort in 1980. For me in sports that was the worst I've ever been involved in.
A few years later as a rescue swimmer in the Coast Guard, I had an edge. I was able to accept situations as what they were, not how I wished it to be.
The teammates I rode home with from Beafort in a 35 mph bus,emerged as men who ended the 1981 season as Big 16 4A State Champs.
No matter the score play the game and life to full time.

its not a teams job to stop scoring. its a teams job to stop the other team from scoring.

very true but i have talked to the player from mann who was said to of scored 6 goals but according to him he only had 3 and the final score was not actually 19-0 more like 14 or 15-0 which is still unsportsmanlike

The 19-0 is pretty unsportsmanlike. Clinton isnt the best of teams but they arent dirty and they dont deserve such a beating. But in the case of teams with no class who have very dirty players and are just out there to hurt people, does anyone feel like those teams should be beat 15+ to 0?

bringing up my point again... what happened in the past with lakewood beating lake-city 22-0, 28-0 and Clinton getting beat earlier this season 13-0 against another team

I remember I used to feel just as bad winning a game by a large margin as I did loosing one because usually the teams you were beating that bad were not loosing do to lack of effort on their behalf and none of them were cocky/arrogant they just wanted to play soccer. So, I would walk away from a game feeling just as bad as they did.

Been on both sides. One undefeated, unscored upon team that never scored over 6 goals in a game. Kids had respect for themselves and appreciated others who loved soccer. Read about BR getting beat 20-0 three straight times six years ago when the soccer program started and realize that (1) teams that beat them were good, and (2) BR was bad. There are times when even the weakest players can score on the weakest teams.

I like the theory that you can work on things other than scoring and shooting when you are up 6+, and I like what Coach Deer at North Augusta did last week against a AA team. He played one less person every time he scored after about 7 goals. Ended up with 12 against a hurt AJ team, but it was admirable. He played BR even throughout, beat us 5-0, and we learned a lot. They were simply a better team and he was a better coach.

My favorite coach taught us that if you keep score you are supposed to end up with more than the other guy. Don't apologize for winning, but do it with class like Andy Robinson and Hank Deer.