Tri-County Football

tee · Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Red Bud

I am not going to mention the organization to which this event happened, becuase I do not want any ill feelings. And the organization that had this happen will know who they are.
The Muskets played a team and were winning against this "other" team 32 to nothing at half time, with the last two touchdowns being with the entire backup offensive line. And the starting center scored the last one. Anyways, the Muskets backed off and put a defense on the field that was so weak "they" scored two touchdowns in the second half. Only the 2nd and 3rd of the year for that team. The other team actually thought they were getting back in the game, doing onside kicks etc...... Then at the end our coach was taking a knee to kill the final minute and they were calling time outs to stop the clock, and bursting through the line to hit the QB, while the whole time our coach was yelling to the refs and coaches across the field that he was taking a knee and the refs told them to stay put because of that fact. Well, the refs ended up giving the opposing coaches for the "other" team a 0 for sportsmanship.
Now the good news. Some guy who coaches for the Devils and whose nephew playes for this "other" team came looking for our head coach and complimented him on how he handled a game where we could have easily shut them out and score 60 points. His exact words were "the other organizations in Tri-County could learn something about how to coach and be good sports from you guys." It was the highlight of our coaches day next to his son the center scoring his first ever TD.
Sorry for the long topic, but thought it should be mentioned. Special thanks to the Devils coach for the nice compliment. And to all other coaches out there: we all know when we are in a game and when there is no chance. And when there is no chance to win the game, take your lumps and get out of there without any silly injuries because of our stupidity.