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what a bunch of fucking pansies, he played everyone on the roster, sat the starters in the third quarter and wanted his seniors to get touches, so I see nothing wrong with this:
Russell Stone is the head football coach at Byrd High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
He has been suspended until Saturday as punishment for doing his job too well in preparing his team. While no official word has come out on why Stone was suspended for Fridays’ game, it is largely believed that it is punishment for his team “running up” the score against Southern Lee. The Byrd Eagles won the game 75-7.
There are obviously two sides to this argument.
Argument against the run up….
The first case is that Stone could have slowed down his offense after leading the game 55-0 at halftime. Instead, many of his starters including his quarterback played in the third quarter even thought the game was well in hand. Why would you risk injury to a starter in a blowout just to run up the numbers? Also, the Eagles continued passing the ball even though the score was very lopsided.
To continue to embarrass the other team showed a complete lack of sportsmanship and honor. After all, this is not college ball where teams are fighting for recruits or points in the poll. In high school a win is a win, period.
Argument in favor the run up….
Stone actually used every player on his roster during the game. That rarely happens in high school football. Stone said he had senior wide receivers on his team that had not caught a pass all year and wanted them to get a touch, and that was why they passed some in the second half. It is also unsafe to have players go at half speed, because the chances of being injured go up greatly. Yes, you can call more conservative plays, but the backups that get in the game are still going to do all they can to get their moment in the spotlight. Another reason teams play hard late in the season even in a blowout is to try and prepare for the playoffs.
Russell Stone just got caught in the middle of a question that has been argued since high school football began.
He has been suspended until Saturday as punishment for doing his job too well in preparing his team. While no official word has come out on why Stone was suspended for Fridays’ game, it is largely believed that it is punishment for his team “running up” the score against Southern Lee. The Byrd Eagles won the game 75-7.
There are obviously two sides to this argument.
Argument against the run up….
The first case is that Stone could have slowed down his offense after leading the game 55-0 at halftime. Instead, many of his starters including his quarterback played in the third quarter even thought the game was well in hand. Why would you risk injury to a starter in a blowout just to run up the numbers? Also, the Eagles continued passing the ball even though the score was very lopsided.
To continue to embarrass the other team showed a complete lack of sportsmanship and honor. After all, this is not college ball where teams are fighting for recruits or points in the poll. In high school a win is a win, period.
Argument in favor the run up….
Stone actually used every player on his roster during the game. That rarely happens in high school football. Stone said he had senior wide receivers on his team that had not caught a pass all year and wanted them to get a touch, and that was why they passed some in the second half. It is also unsafe to have players go at half speed, because the chances of being injured go up greatly. Yes, you can call more conservative plays, but the backups that get in the game are still going to do all they can to get their moment in the spotlight. Another reason teams play hard late in the season even in a blowout is to try and prepare for the playoffs.
Russell Stone just got caught in the middle of a question that has been argued since high school football began.
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