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Anonymous wrote:When a school is proudly Christian, testosterone friendly and resistant to ever changing styles/morality; it stands out.

Let me give you an example of what Mater Dei stands for. MD's 8th grade team played a visiting club team from Williamsburg. Keep in mind that nearly everyone on that MD team is really a 9th grader who either flunked or repeated a year just to be bigger on the athletic field.

MD won the game 24-1. Great sportsmanship and "good guy" values they teach over there.

Sounds like the Williamsburg coach did a poor job of scheduling and ended up overmatched. Sometimes these other teams are so bad that the superior team can't help but score. When the coach puts in his worst players they still manage to beat up on the weaker team.

That's how athletics frequently works. Lopsided scores are part of it.

Purposely doing less than your best against a poorer team is sometimes viewed as an insult to the weaker team.

You actually believe this?

Spin.

Ask your husband.

Or we could not keep score with trophies and juice boxes for everyone. Wouldn't that be great! No hurt feelings for anyone because no one ever loses.

You are such a loser in real life.

Wait, I thought everyone got a trophy - no losers - we're all winners!! YAY!!
Isn't that how life works??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a school is proudly Christian, testosterone friendly and resistant to ever changing styles/morality; it stands out.

Let me give you an example of what Mater Dei stands for. MD's 8th grade team played a visiting club team from Williamsburg. Keep in mind that nearly everyone on that MD team is really a 9th grader who either flunked or repeated a year just to be bigger on the athletic field.

MD won the game 24-1. Great sportsmanship and "good guy" values they teach over there.

Sounds like the Williamsburg coach did a poor job of scheduling and ended up overmatched. Sometimes these other teams are so bad that the superior team can't help but score. When the coach puts in his worst players they still manage to beat up on the weaker team.

That's how athletics frequently works. Lopsided scores are part of it.

Purposely doing less than your best against a poorer team is sometimes viewed as an insult to the weaker team.

You actually believe this?

Spin.

Ask your husband.

Or we could not keep score with trophies and juice boxes for everyone. Wouldn't that be great! No hurt feelings for anyone because no one ever loses.

You are such a loser in real life.

We are still in early into grade school so not too concerned withwhat HS to select as yet. I think the focus on HS more than college is common for many araes, esp Catholics. DH and I both went to a Catholic HS and want the same for DC. I think it comes from the fact that you know you have an option and will be making a choice. While certainly most in public school could choose a provate school - if they select a public school education they will most likely attend whatever school is in their community. There often is no choice. Where we already are starting to think about where DS and DDs will 'fit' best for HS.

My older brothers went to high school in Baltimore, I attend Catholic HS in Philly and my husband in New Orleans. I can tell you it is no different any of those places. It is not unique to DC. Seems more of an issue for the boys though.

No. They got pummeled by 20+ goals by MD. They then played SSSAS who scored 12 goals on them.

Glad to see those kids are being taught to be a "good guy"!

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Anonymous wrote:Yea - playing keep away is respectful. This is on the Williamsburg coach.

Classic Catholic Mafia response. Beating up on a hapless team, and MD has ZERO blame, right? LOL.

Yes... St. Stephen's & St. Agnes beat them senseless then they went to play MD's 8th grade team. Really?

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Anonymous wrote:Yea - playing keep away is respectful. This is on the Williamsburg coach.

Classic Catholic Mafia response. Beating up on a hapless team, and MD has ZERO blame, right? LOL.

I'm sure you could come up with lots of things to blame on Mater Dei. The Catholics seem to offend your sensibilities.

Have you ever heard the phrase "Get a Life"?

Anonymous wrote:Yea - playing keep away is respectful. This is on the Williamsburg coach.

Classic Catholic Mafia response. Beating up on a hapless team, and MD has ZERO blame, right? LOL.

Yea - playing keep away is respectful. This is on the Williamsburg coach.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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

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).

Anonymous wrote: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.

You feel a 10 point lead is not a smack down. What is wrong with the Williamsburg coach/athletic department. Just play the grade down.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a school is proudly Christian, testosterone friendly and resistant to ever changing styles/morality; it stands out.

Let me give you an example of what Mater Dei stands for. MD's 8th grade team played a visiting club team from Williamsburg. Keep in mind that nearly everyone on that MD team is really a 9th grader who either flunked or repeated a year just to be bigger on the athletic field.

MD won the game 24-1. Great sportsmanship and "good guy" values they teach over there.

Sounds like the Williamsburg coach did a poor job of scheduling and ended up overmatched. Sometimes these other teams are so bad that the superior team can't help but score. When the coach puts in his worst players they still manage to beat up on the weaker team.

That's how athletics frequently works. Lopsided scores are part of it.

Purposely doing less than your best against a poorer team is sometimes viewed as an insult to the weaker team.

You actually believe this?

Spin.

Ask your husband.

Or we could not keep score with trophies and juice boxes for everyone. Wouldn't that be great! No hurt feelings for anyone because no one ever loses.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a school is proudly Christian, testosterone friendly and resistant to ever changing styles/morality; it stands out.

Let me give you an example of what Mater Dei stands for. MD's 8th grade team played a visiting club team from Williamsburg. Keep in mind that nearly everyone on that MD team is really a 9th grader who either flunked or repeated a year just to be bigger on the athletic field.

MD won the game 24-1. Great sportsmanship and "good guy" values they teach over there.

Sounds like the Williamsburg coach did a poor job of scheduling and ended up overmatched. Sometimes these other teams are so bad that the superior team can't help but score. When the coach puts in his worst players they still manage to beat up on the weaker team.

That's how athletics frequently works. Lopsided scores are part of it.

Purposely doing less than your best against a poorer team is sometimes viewed as an insult to the weaker team.

You actually believe this?

Spin.

Have you ever been on the winning end of this situation - it sucks for everybody. The athletic directors are to blame for both teams not the parents and kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a school is proudly Christian, testosterone friendly and resistant to ever changing styles/morality; it stands out.

Let me give you an example of what Mater Dei stands for. MD's 8th grade team played a visiting club team from Williamsburg. Keep in mind that nearly everyone on that MD team is really a 9th grader who either flunked or repeated a year just to be bigger on the athletic field.

MD won the game 24-1. Great sportsmanship and "good guy" values they teach over there.

Sounds like the Williamsburg coach did a poor job of scheduling and ended up overmatched. Sometimes these other teams are so bad that the superior team can't help but score. When the coach puts in his worst players they still manage to beat up on the weaker team.

That's how athletics frequently works. Lopsided scores are part of it.

Purposely doing less than your best against a poorer team is sometimes viewed as an insult to the weaker team.

You actually believe this?

Spin.