Crush parents defending that coach are pathetic. The point of youth sports is to get better and have fun (and, unfortunately, to lay the groundwork this early to be recruited).
No problem with Crush playing to win that game against Crabs. But the game was over early in the 3rd, yet they kept kids on the bench the entire game who had paid good money to fly and play in CO. You're telling me the lead wasn't secure enough to play some kids 10+ minutes when you're on national TV.
Obviously the Crush coaches only care about the 5-6 top kids, but that lack of regard for all the players/families is sad. They wanted to run up the score as much as possible against the Crabs to make a statement. That's one thing, but it's indefensible when kids sit on the bench the entire time as a result of it.
It was almost as embarrassing as them winning a game 30-0 in that tournament.
Crabs and Madlax are fair game to criticize over their holdbacks, but Crush is fair game as well.
