Basketball Coach Who Won 100 - 0 Now Fired

Posted by Alex in Sports on January 27, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Covenant school girls basketball coach Micah Grimes, whose team beat won 100 to 0 in a shut out ball game against a team from Dallas Academy, was fired Sunday for not apologizing for the win:

Grimes, who has been criticized for letting the game get so far out of hand, made it clear in the e-mail Sunday to the newspaper that he does not agree with his school’s assessment.

"In response to the statement posted on The Covenant School Web site, I do not agree with the apology or the notion that the Covenant School girls basketball team should feel embarrassed or ashamed," Grimes wrote on www.flightbasketball.com.

"We played the game as it was meant to be played. My values and my beliefs would not allow me to run up the score on any opponent, and it will not allow me to apologize for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."

Link – via J-Walk Blog

Do you think that they should’ve invoked the Slaughter Rule? Do you think that Coach Grimes did the right thing by letting the other team lose so badly? Or was it unsportsmanlike conduct?

 
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In the Macho Sport of Football, Coaching Love Wins Over Violence

Posted by Alex in Sports on November 24, 2008 at 3:33 am

When most people think about the macho and violent sports of football, they don’t think about love. But that’s exactly what coach and former NFL defensive lineman Joe Ehrmann has taught his high school football team.

And if you think that made one weak team, think again: Link [embedded YouTube clip]

(In 2004, Jeffrey Marx wrote a book about the football team, titled Season of Life, that won the Pulitzer Prize)

 
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