No problem, that's just below the K-T Boundary.

:laugh:

No problem, that's just below the K-T Boundary.

 

Who knew Guru was a geologist/paleontologist?

When your opponent scores 79......

Yes. You're playing the kids at the end of the bench. You are running the ball, even on third and long. Your starters haven't played since the first quarter. If your "scrubs" are just that much better than their regulars and you aren't doing anything to showboat or run it up, it is what it is.

 

Playing sports, I was always more embarrassed by someone taking a knee three times in a row, batting left handed instead of right, or something like that than I was just playing and being beaten.

I was formerly the Brossart girls varisty basketball coach back in the 80s when we were competing in NKAC Division III and had to play each of our lesser opponents home and away.

We were fortunate to be have Div I/Div II talent but were strapped with having to play Ludlow, Bellevue, Beechwood, Dayton, Villa, etc,. who were not on the same planet athletically, and in most cases bordering on being incompetent. Our scores would generally be in the 70's to the teens.

I was always cognizant of the score, utlilizing my entire bench, and would employ zone defenses and multiple pass offenses in order to not embarrass our opponents.

 

The criticism got so bad that I would get calls and messages from even my Mother who would tell me that "she thought it was terrible that I was beating these poor teams so badly."

Since I was there and know that we had done our best in respecting our opponents I slept OK, despite public outcry for my ruthlessness.

I think it's kind of a disservice to the kids who are talented and seeking scholarships, etc. if you aren't letting them get their stats and the recognition they need to go on to the next level as well.

I think it's kind of a disservice to the kids who are talented and seeking scholarships, etc. if you aren't letting them get their stats and the recognition they need to go on to the next level as well.

 

Stats don't land kids college scholarships, talent does. There's lots of kids in Ky who scored 2,000 points in their HS career who never saw minute one of college PT.

When your opponent scores 79......

 

Touché.

Stats don't land kids college scholarships, talent does. There's lots of kids in Ky who scored 2,000 points in their HS career who never saw minute one of college PT.

 

While I agree generally, the amount of stats they accumulate won't hurt the amount of recognition they get though.

Stats don't land kids college scholarships, talent does. There's lots of kids in Ky who scored 2,000 points in their HS career who never saw minute one of college PT.

 

While I think your point is valid, I have two words that might refute that.

 

Ervin Stepp. :thumb:

Stats don't land kids college scholarships, talent does. There's lots of kids in Ky who scored 2,000 points in their HS career who never saw minute one of college PT.

 

Again, I agree generally. And it's definitely fair that you qualified it with they "never seeing a minute of college PT". I still see stats as something that, if nothing else, will pressure the local schools to sign a kid, even if they don't really want him. No one wants a Chris Lofton coming up in their backyard, then seeing him beat you at another school because you passed him over. The fear of that happening in fan's minds alone can get a kid some traction that he might not have gotten otherwise. Take someone like Todd Tackett. He still went to UK, got the "rub" and could have transferred to a number of other schools, even though he never really saw any time at UK. Josh Carrier is another example (on a different level though). Even a kid like Ty Rogers might not have gotten his scholarship to Western without the gaudy numbers he put up just because he wasn't on a traditional power and didn't win a ton of games.