Whiskey & Easy: I'm pretty uncomfortable with posting very much about specifics in the girls high school thread; that's why I do it relatively little. Other than posting a score (no opinions) when no one else has, I try not to. What tends to engage me is when someone writes something that I perceive could be taken as derogatory and/or unfair toward any player or group of players.
I'm well aware that parents and players (and even sometimes coaches!) have a tendency to be biased. However, it is beyond me why people feel that putting down one wonderful player or group of players is the best way to make their particular favorite wonderful player or players look better. To me, it just makes them look mean-spirited and petty and often times in denial. Some folks, and some groups of folks, are worse than others about this.
In this particular message topic, it seems to me that there's been a lot of this, often to the point of absurdity. Lexington's defense not impressive? They held a very strong #1 ranked team in the state to a single goal and held that team to an approximately equal number of shots on goal -- all while two defensive starters were knocked out of the game. A player with two go-ahead assists in two periods in a 2-1 game doesn't stand out until the end? You have to wonder how many assists and/or goals would do it. I'm sure there are many more examples...
I'll be away from computers for the rest of the day (thank goodness!), but in closing want to again congratulate Fort Mill on a wonderful season. This group is a very well-coached team with many good players.
