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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL.  The St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 8th grade team played Williamsburg as well.  As soon as it got to 10 goals, they subbed offense/defense and worked on man down situations - passing rather than go to the goal.

I would be ashamed if my son's team kept trying to score and hang 20+ points on a hapless team.

That, in a nutshell, is the Catholic Mafia.[/quote]

There's a concept in competitive sports called "respect for your opponent". Some feel that ceasing to try and passing the ball back and forth --- or worse yet practicing with them as the foil --- is disrespectful. It doesn't help the team getting beat. Getting beat is one thing. Having the other team use you as a practice dummy is yet another.

If the team is extremely weak, substituting may not help much as the third teamers aren't going to want to restrain themselves. They are looking to move up to the second or third team.

Or the coach of the team getting beat badly can end it by just throwing in the towel[/quote]

If the 3rd stringers had any discipline, they would heed words from the coach such as, "No more shots".

Yeah, drilling someone by 20+ goals shows a lot more respect.  We're talking about 14 year old boys here (or 16, in the case of some MD kids).[/quote]

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