Yep, it’s a mile marker I suppose, my 1000th post to this blog…..and it could not come on a worse day. My day ended on the lacrosse field where we played #1 Carmel tonight at Carmel. We were missing SIX starters, which I shared with them at the beginning of game, yet after calling a time out with just three minutes left in the first half, they began to run up the score….and not in anything even close to an ethical or sportsman-type way. I complained twice within that last three minutes, but they just kept at it. SIX goals in less than 3 minutes. It made me sick.
At the half, I went out to the refs and forfeited the game. It was controversial, and perhaps emotional, but if he wants the win that dang bad he can just have it……we were anticipating a loss and a loss by a large margin. They could have beaten us 20 to 0 and I would have kept us out there, but that kind of sportsmanship, in my mind at least, does not belong in sports. My team was upset and still is and that is where my angst is. I hated letting down the girls, but that was just abusive and all wrong. There ARE mercy rules, although none applied here, they were however within a goal of applying. I have known very few coaches in my entire life that do such things….I never played for one or trained under one, and would never.
So my 1000th post is on a sucky night. Tomorrow we play Culver at Culver, and I hope we can move on from today. I am a competitor, and we will compete. Two of the six will be back with us, but we will still be down. I just want it to be a better day.
Goodnight my friends and God Bless!
Tommy+