Post by bluedevil4 on Apr 2, 2013 12:14:39 GMT -6
Was wondering what you guys would do in this situation:
We are the away team. We had a game this year against the worst team in our conference. At the end of the third quarter, we were up 40+ points, running clock, all our subs are in (and we're still scoring). Every drive we had, we scored a TD within three plays. They managed to have a lot of T.O.P. because they had a RB as QB, and they'd basically snap it to him, and he'd just play "Barry Sanders," and run wherever he saw grass (their offensive plays lasted 10+ seconds every time, most of them for negative yardage). A thunderstorm rolled around and the refs stopped play before the fourth quarter got underway.
NOW YOU TAKE THE HC ROLE OF THE LOSING TEAM: It was reported that the storm would not let up for at least two hours (if play resumed, it would be past 11pm). It is pouring rain out (monsoon-like), it's a running clock, you're down by over 40 points, all of the winning team's subs are in, and they're still scoring. You get the decision whether or not to end the game now, or come back and play the fourth quarter. What would you do?
The HC of this team told the refs to wait it out and play the fourth quarter. Everyone, including the referees we're expecting (and hoping) the HC to just say that it's enough and end the game. All of the fans from both sides had already went home. We had to wait over 2 hours, and resumed play. Absolutely nothing happened in the fourth quarter (our kids just gave up and wanted to leave). Even though our kids clearly stopped trying, the other team still couldn't advance the ball at all. The field was so bad by this point that most plays were ending just by the ballcarrier slipping. No points were scored, there wasn't a single first down the entire quarter. Our whole mentality that quarter was just telling kids to not over-exert themselves and get injured (we all just wanted to get out of there). The game wasn't any fun for anybody on our side for the 4th quarter.
The opposing team's players also treated this last quarter like it was a championship game (but didn't play like it). Every play, everyone on their sidelines would celebrate/act like they just won the state title (whether it was a negative or positive play for them). We called it: a case of the "yeah's."
What I'm asking is, is there a point where you, as a coach, can just say enough is enough? Is there a point, where you could be so far behind, that if a delay came late in the game, that you just call it a night?
We are the away team. We had a game this year against the worst team in our conference. At the end of the third quarter, we were up 40+ points, running clock, all our subs are in (and we're still scoring). Every drive we had, we scored a TD within three plays. They managed to have a lot of T.O.P. because they had a RB as QB, and they'd basically snap it to him, and he'd just play "Barry Sanders," and run wherever he saw grass (their offensive plays lasted 10+ seconds every time, most of them for negative yardage). A thunderstorm rolled around and the refs stopped play before the fourth quarter got underway.
NOW YOU TAKE THE HC ROLE OF THE LOSING TEAM: It was reported that the storm would not let up for at least two hours (if play resumed, it would be past 11pm). It is pouring rain out (monsoon-like), it's a running clock, you're down by over 40 points, all of the winning team's subs are in, and they're still scoring. You get the decision whether or not to end the game now, or come back and play the fourth quarter. What would you do?
The HC of this team told the refs to wait it out and play the fourth quarter. Everyone, including the referees we're expecting (and hoping) the HC to just say that it's enough and end the game. All of the fans from both sides had already went home. We had to wait over 2 hours, and resumed play. Absolutely nothing happened in the fourth quarter (our kids just gave up and wanted to leave). Even though our kids clearly stopped trying, the other team still couldn't advance the ball at all. The field was so bad by this point that most plays were ending just by the ballcarrier slipping. No points were scored, there wasn't a single first down the entire quarter. Our whole mentality that quarter was just telling kids to not over-exert themselves and get injured (we all just wanted to get out of there). The game wasn't any fun for anybody on our side for the 4th quarter.
The opposing team's players also treated this last quarter like it was a championship game (but didn't play like it). Every play, everyone on their sidelines would celebrate/act like they just won the state title (whether it was a negative or positive play for them). We called it: a case of the "yeah's."
What I'm asking is, is there a point where you, as a coach, can just say enough is enough? Is there a point, where you could be so far behind, that if a delay came late in the game, that you just call it a night?
