Blowout win leads to player arrest

It's Michigan...not sure about the whole story but from the article I would say that the coaching staff at the losing school should be punished. They never should have confronted the other coaching staff and definitely never should have let the players come with them. I have been a part of things getting scrappy on the field and there are some things coaches can't control but confronting the other staff definitely isn't one of them.

Sorry...I saw "Oakland" and just assumed it was California.

I've been experiencing this at the youth level. Coaches trash talking our players. It got so bad one game I called timeout and called the white cap and game field commisioner over to stop the incident. The opposing coaches response was I can say whatever I want. This was a game we where up 21 nothing first qtr. I took out my starters and used second offense rest of game. 4th qtr coach will not stop running his mouth we win 28 to 14 nd could hve been 50 to zero. Im also seeing alot more coaches trying to run up the score. Up over 30 points and onside kicking the ball. It irritates the heck out of me.

Coach,
I have to respectfully ask, who clearly ran up the score? Remember, the losing team was the team that kicked the meaningless onsides. It didn't say how the one team scored or who was doing the scoring (could have easily been the seconds running their base plays). If you are not purposely blowing people out then how is that bad sportsmanship? Sometimes you just have your nights where you are better than the other team or you are clicking far more than the other team, most coaches don't leave their firsts in and chuck it deep when they are up big or onside kick it just to onside kick it. What's the cut off on an OK amount to win by? I have been on the wrong side of blowouts more than I'd like to admit and most if not all times would I say that the coaches on the other side where not purposely running it up or being poor sports.

I also don't think 50-28 is a blowout. 50 now-a-days isn't that big a score. I recently read where some team down here in Florida won 92-6 now THAT should be banned right there.

Yeah, fballcoachg I got kinda' confused on that article myself, it's not well written. I've been on the wrongside of blowouts myself, it's ugly. BUT, when you are winning by this much, don't go in to score with seconds left, take a knee-have some class.

What makes me upset is when we are getting beat bad, and I put in "the little boys" and the other team continues with their starters heavin' it deep. THAT right there is a "fire starter"

Read the article, lemme see if I'm fully understanding the events:

SC is up 35-7 in the 4th quarter, final score is 50-28. So, both side traded scores 3 times in the fourth quarter, implying that the game wasn't exactly competitive since SC was basically scoring at will.

WB attempts an onside with ~15s left on the clock, during which there are 2 personal fouls assessed against WB. No word on who recovered?

Refs call the game, declaring SC winner.

SC coaches order their players off the field.

WB coaches take offense and confront SC coaches, WB players are in the vicinity.

During the altercation, WB coach is knocked out and a SC player is locked up.



My thoughts: Without knowing exactly what transpired with the WB coaches during the game, the WB coaches' conduct indicates that while they may not have been entirely 'sportsmanlike' for nixing the postgame handshake, they were ultimately concerned with player safety and moving on from an ugly game. SC coaches were out of line for confronting the WB coaches with players present. The escalation of the situation to where someone needed to be separated physically is both sides fault, but the initial fault of the SC coaches is magnified by this.

If we are supposed to be the leaders and role models of our programs, this kind of behavior is inexcusable.


I'll offer this question: putting yourself in the shoes of the SC (winning coaches), what options do you have in this kind of situation where a game has ended on an extremely chippy, sour note? How do you handle the immediate aftermath of such a game in a way that is non-offensive and safe for your players?

I don't know, personally I like having my younger guys in there against their first team starters...it gives them good experience even when we are losing, and at the end of the day experience is the best teacher.

Back on topic. We've been blown out, and we've blown people out but at the end of the game we always shake hands because that's just the right thing to do. Most of the time when I have a problem with something it happens between myself and the officials, I find that the officials are more irritating than the other coaches. Ran up scores don't bother me as much as people taking a knee on us. I feel like every play is a chance to learn, and when you take a knee we don't hardly learn anything.

I normally don't confront other coaching staffs, there never really is a reason to do so. But when I do, I always find a way to do it AWAY from the action.

So the losing team scores late and onsides, gets two personal fouls, then comes across the field and knocks out a 67 year old coach from the winning team because the didn't shake hands with a team who just ended the game with two personal fouls on the same play while down by three plus touchdowns... I'm having a hard time finding much wrong with Stoney Creek's actions (other than the assistant coach who was in the scuffle that the old man was breaking up). Without A LOT more info it sound like WB was pretty out of line.

Nope, thats not a good enough reason to embarrass your opponent. If you are 50+ points up and are still scoring TDs you clearly have the other team out manned and therefore should alter your play calling, period.