If the other team was that worried about it, they could've just said they'd had enough ... it's not incumbent upon the better team to pretend they suck.

Fucking dumb .... hope whatever judge has this set before him shoves it back up the parent's ass.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

It bothers me that the second and third string backups become the villains here. Who knows how much playing time they actually get. Even trying to take it easy, this is their chance to prove themselves to their coaches. If they are going down easy, that could hurt there playing time going forward.

This team wins its games by an average margin of 77

This was only 2 touchdowns worse than usual.

i dont think anyone is blaming the players. i would expect that even the third stringers would play their hardest under any circumstance. the only variable would be the plays that are being called. once you get to the scrubs in a lopsided game like this, i would expect the coach to dumb down the playbook and run the ball between the tackles and try to limit the damage. if the losing team flat out cant tackle even on the most basic running plays, im not sure what else can be done. there is no way the team with the lead should tell a player not to try their hardest, but in my opinion the coach has a responsibility from a play-calling point of view to do all that can be done to relieve the pressure.

the games i have been to the last several years watching our struggling team (and we have a lot of 1-sided losses) , most of the rage i hear in the stands is towards the coaches not having our kids prepared more than the other team pouring it on or our players not trying. as a matter of fact, this season they actually moved our home team bench to the opposite side of the field away from the home team fans! i have never heard of such a thing, that tells me it is time to get some new coaches.