Should you fire a coach for winning by too much?

A high school coach was fired by the school for not acting in a Christian way, because of a win of 100-0. The national media has jumped on the bandwagon of this story, and thinks that this is great. Really? There have been rumors that he was still pressing late in the game, and if that is the case he should be talked to. But from most parent accounts this is not the case. Another problem the parents at the event were cheering, only after it became a national story did it become shameful in their eyes. The problem they were still shooting threes at the end of the game. Would it have been better to drive and make high percentage layups, or let your bench players bomb away from outside? Should they have let the other team score? In sports you as in all things are always to do your best. It teaches both sides bad things. Not only to the winning team that do your best unless it hurts someone's feelings, but to the losing team it teaches that if your bad enough people in life will give you a break. Even if they played lackadaisical defense there's no guarantee the score would have been any different. As a former player, sometimes you come against teams that have no business being on the same court as you. (I'm looking at you Westville)

People have been saying that these girls had learning disabilities. (Again Westville I'm looking at you.) It is not like the girls were mentally retarded, as some in the media have portrayed. ADD, which apparently ever kid in America has now, does not hinder ones basketball skills. If these girls weren't up to play the private Christian academy, it is the athletic directors from both schools' fault, not the coach.

Finally, in America we know have the attitude that sports is all about self-esteem and everyone's a winner. I hate to break it to you, but in a game there is always one loser. There's a reason why there are no high school gyms in America without scoreboards. Winning matters. If it didn't they wouldn't keep score, maybe that's just the Matt Bush in me talking. I wonder if this same coach's girls always played with integrity, but lost every game would he still have a job? I doubt it. Coaches are fired all the time for not winning. This coach was fired because a bunch of people in the media want to feel sorry for some girls who can't play basketball. He made his girls play their best, and that was wrong?

To all those who didn't catch on to my PCC (Porter County Conference) references Matt Bush was my basketball coach, and Westville was really bad at basketball, and everything else for that matter.