scoobyx2 wrote:balla45 wrote:My thought. If I am a player who has put a lot of time in to become a good player, and I only get to play 20 minutes a night because we blow everyone out, I think that is unfair.
I agree. Some of these players work really hard all year to play. Do you think the scoring leaders in our basketball history all played in close games? Someone pointed out that this is high school not college, but we forget that these talented players are high school kids.
Believe it or not I agree with both of you most of the time, I just only comment when I disagree - which I do in this case.
I was fortunate enough to play on some good teams and handed a few teams over the years a bad loss. When we played a competitive team and it's a blowout, it usually isn't a blowout until late 3rd or into the 4th, so good players should still get there minutes. Then there are those cakewalks on the schedule, might be up by 20 in the 1st quarter. As a good player it starts out fun, and kind of gets boring quickly. Even worse, you may actually make your game worse by picking up bad habits that won't happen against good teams.
On the other aspect I remember being a young player dying to get in to play. If I work hard in practice getting my butt kicked by the upperclassmen I want some PT. And I guarantee that young kid will play way harder out there than the good player, even if the results aren't as good.
In all fairness you said "blow everyone out". Not many teams actually do this, so that makes the situation unique and really difficult. Maybe forfeit a few games and go play out of state? I don't know...