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Winning coach in 100-0 victory fired
Yahoo/CBS11 ^ | 1-26-09

Posted on 01/26/2009 11:33:04 AM PST by GeronL

DALLAS (CBS) ―

The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 reportedly was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to a newspaper stating he will not apologize "for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity" and posted a detailed explanation on a hoops Web site.

The Covenant School girls basketball coach Coach Micah Grimes, along with girls from his team, released a statement on the website of the Flight Basketball Academy.

Kyle Queal, the headmaster for Covenant School, said in The Dallas Morning News online edition that he could not answer if the firing was a direct result of Grimes' e-mail disagreeing with administrators who called the blowout "shameful."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: athletics; christianschools; coach; fired
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Thats bad. How dare he be successful and play by the rules
1 posted on 01/26/2009 11:33:04 AM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Anyone want to bet his boss voted for Obama?


2 posted on 01/26/2009 11:34:31 AM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: GeronL

Bump


3 posted on 01/26/2009 11:35:10 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: GeronL
W Junior.

4 posted on 01/26/2009 11:35:16 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Centurion2000

The DALLAS MORNING NEWS ran an editorial that basically called for him to be fired.


5 posted on 01/26/2009 11:35:56 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: GeronL

IMO ... it is way past the time to bring back tar and feathers


6 posted on 01/26/2009 11:36:04 AM PST by clamper1797 (Obummer ... "Change ... for the worse")
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To: GeronL

Perhaps the school with the losing team should hire him?


7 posted on 01/26/2009 11:36:21 AM PST by proudpapa (Obama - The Worst One Ever!)
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To: Centurion2000

Wait, he was fired for demolishing his opponent? If there was going to be a problem why didnt the refs stop the game? If anyone gets fired it should be the coach of the team that didnt score a single point!


8 posted on 01/26/2009 11:36:42 AM PST by Edizzl79 (you want my guns..come and get em...I dare ya....)
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To: I see my hands

We need an Executive Order establishing the acceptable margin of victory for each sport.


9 posted on 01/26/2009 11:36:48 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: clamper1797

... for the losing coach maybe


10 posted on 01/26/2009 11:36:55 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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I have read that they full court pressed until they it 100. If that is true he should have been fired.


11 posted on 01/26/2009 11:37:18 AM PST by don'tbedenied
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To: Edizzl79

The league had no mercy rule. So they just kept playing until time expired.


12 posted on 01/26/2009 11:37:32 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: GeronL


13 posted on 01/26/2009 11:37:55 AM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: don'tbedenied

why? They shouldn’t play by the rules? They should just give score welfare now?


14 posted on 01/26/2009 11:38:23 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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About the losing school...

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. The team remains winless during the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with "learning differences," such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

No the largest pool of potential players.

15 posted on 01/26/2009 11:38:53 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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Same mentality that gave rise to the de facto enforcement of Title IX and why girls/womens sports are derided for their silly ‘be nice’ aspect.


16 posted on 01/26/2009 11:39:36 AM PST by relictele
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“Perhaps the school with the losing team should hire him?”

LOLOL!


17 posted on 01/26/2009 11:39:51 AM PST by maggief
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Thats bad. How dare he be successful and play by the rules

His problem is that he lacks a few things, such as class and sportsmanship. His behavior during and after the game is not excusable for a HS coach. He's teaching precisely the wrong lessons to his players.

18 posted on 01/26/2009 11:39:53 AM PST by r9etb
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how did a school like that get into the league?


19 posted on 01/26/2009 11:40:43 AM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Ah - now I’m starting to see the picture. Thanks for posting this.


20 posted on 01/26/2009 11:40:58 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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