If that's true, then that is really weak. It's OK to lose. Losing makes kids want to win that much more. It teaches them life lessons about the value of hard work and setting goals. Forfeiting teaches acceptance of failure. Not something that we should be allowing young kids to get a taste of. That's shameful.
It was 5 or 6-1 and his kids were getting pounded. The coach did the right thing. I watched parts of it from the space between the fields adjacent to the bubble to see kids whose parents I know. I saw they played with heart but according to the parents their schedule was both finalist teams and the boys were out of gas. From the few minutes I saw it was not competitive but the kids did not quit. The coach made a good call.
It was a 5 team tournament with a 4 game schedule. Every team played the same schedule. Pounded in the sense of getting physically abused? I doubt it. And your contradicting yourself. If they played with heart and did not quit, than why was it the correct call to end the game. Arguably it would have been ok if the boys were quiting. But if they are playing with heart and not quiting, why not let them keep going. So in the future, any time a team is down by 4 or 5 goals, but is still playing with heart and not quiting, the coach should pull the plug? Not many lacrosse games are going to get finished I guess. My sons team was down 5-1 at halftime in another tournament this past weekend and won the game. It was hot and they were out of gas also.
