I've stated on BGP many times, when scores like these happen it's the result of two factors. One team is very good and the other, is incapable of stopping them.

 

When starters leave the game from the very good team, you will have reserves who want to play. When starters leave from the team not capable of stopping the other, they too want to play. The result is a game, in which you have a lopsided result magnified by the differing talent.

 

We can't label one Coach classless, because his team can score and then say nothing about the other Coach, who allows his team to get beat by 95. My point in all of this, simply that sometimes regardless of game plan, the result is going to be a wide margin.

Agreed a wide margin, but 95 points? It isn't the right thing to do and the coach could control it.

Agreed a wide margin, but 95 points? It isn't the right thing to do and the coach could control it.

I didn't see the game but I posted some of PCA's scores (see post #31).

 

It's obvious they are over-matched at times and incapable of scoring much against solid teams. It takes two affect the outcome like this and perhaps they did/didn't let up on the throttle, I don't know. For us to say classless or lay the blame on PRP, isn't the case.

 

When a Varsity program has a team, which can only score 21 but allows a significant amount of points scored, one could ask the question why. The answer is so the student-athletes can play, which works both ways for all teams involved.

I didn't see the game but I posted some of PCA's scores (see post #31).

 

It's obvious they are over-matched at times and incapable of scoring much against solid teams. It takes two affect the outcome like this and perhaps they did/didn't let up on the throttle, I don't know. For us to say classless or lay the blame on PRP, isn't the case.

 

When a Varsity program has a team, which can only score 21 but allows a significant amount of points scored, one could ask the question why. The answer is so the student-athletes can play, which works both ways for all teams involved.

Don't you believe that in games like this the coach with the dominant team actually has control of the outcome, not the coach that is overmatched? I will agree that teams with this disperate of talent should not play each other. But, they played it, so the PRP coach should have controlled it.

Don't you believe that in games like this the coach with the dominant team actually has control of the outcome, not the coach that is over matched? I will agree that teams with this desperate of talent should not play each other. But, they played it, so the PRP coach should have controlled it.

You can't control the desire of student-athletes to play, when give the chance. When a reserve enters the game and observes a teammate on the block, open he will pass it.

 

When you have the ability to get every rebound and uncontested dribble penetration, they will do it. Short of saying, "don't give effort" with two so different teams, the margin will increase.

 

When a team is 0 for the season and has such a wide point differential, than these type of games will happen. Think about this, 116 points is a little over 3.5 points per minute against a team, which has trouble stopping their opponent.

No matter who you put on the floor, as a coach you can control the winning margin without embarrassing the other team. I coached an 8th grade game last weekend, where my team overmatched the opponent and we won by 25 points. The coach of the other team actually thanked me after the game because the differential could have been 50+ in 6 minute quarters. I stopped all fast breaks, ran plays with my second string players who played almost the whole game. This slowed the game down. If PRP would have done that, no way they put that # of points up. At no point did I tell my team to not play hard nor be intense on defense, etc. You don't want to teach bad habits. But, you can control how the game is run when you are that dominant and you can do it without playing easy or missing shots on purpose, etc.

 

I totally disagree. Some teams are just that bad.

Box Score 1 2 3 4 FINAL

Pleasure Ridge Park High School 31 27 35 23 116

Portland Christian School 9 2 2 8 21

 

Game Summary

PRP (14-7) - Goodman 7, Johnson 6, Simpson 2, Gibbs 1, Hockman 14, Fowler 16, Fentress 15, Yochum 4, McDowell 11, Lockhart 4, Schoenhoff 19, Stephenson 17. Portland Christian (0-17) - Scroggy 7, Lefler 6, Canter 2, Benge 4, Wheatley 2. 3P: Fentress 3, Schoenhoff, Scroggy 2, Lefler 2.

 

 

I dont know anything about either team, but PRP did play almost there whole team...but they scored 58 in both halfs. I dont know what to think about it.