i have a family member that plays for goodpasture and is a senior. he isn't the greatest ball player ever, but he gives it what he has. at the end of this season he will forever be done playing football. our you to tell me that he should go in when he gets a chance to play and concede to the fact that the game is over and the offense is only going to take a knee and he doesn't get to be part of a real play. we are talking about high school kids here, they play ball and enjoy and that is it. i don't care who tries to say different but i completely understand why kids should get to play out the ball game.
the sycamore situation is completely different. when a team still has starters in and the game is close, but over, i understand taking a knee and going on to play the next week. but with goodpasture, they will almost never take a knee due to to fact that at the end of the game players are in that don't get that much playing time and they should get to play every bit possible. martin calls short pass plays, but if corners are going to play in the face of our recievers they are taught to switch their route to a fade and that is what they are going to do. i have no remorse for goodpasture putting up points and playing the way they do and quite frankly i love the way they go about themselves. starters come out at 35 points up and the second and third.... strings come in and PLAY the rest of the game. trying to tell kids that don't get to play that much that when they do they just need to take it easy and don't kill the opposing team is ridiculous. it's not that we run up the score or hate the people we play. we just realize that all 70 some odd players we have work equally as hard and all get a chance to go out and play to their fullest potential.