Sunday, January 25, 2009
Covenant coach fired after 100-0 girls’ basketball game
After his team beat Dallas Academy 100-0, Covenant School head girls' basketball coach, Micah Grimes, has been fired.
Following the wildly unbalanced game, the headmaster at Covenant released a statement expressing disappointment in how the game was handled, after which Grimes released his own statement defending his players and the score. The game made national news after it was released locally.
With the headmaster in one corner and the mostly maligned coach in the other, headmaster wins by a TKO. Or like an appropriate basketball analogy.
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Collin Gouldin, says:
how do you not score 1 point in the whole game?...
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Jason Rice, says:
Show up in cleats?
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luniz, says:
or high heels and lingerie?
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Jason Rice, says:
Luniz knows how to fill seats.
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Jesus Valadez, says:
Well that's just bull. The media are being such big babies.
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monogodo, says:
Back in my Sr. year of HS, our girls team beat another team by a score of 105-3. The other team made all of their points on free throws. The next day, their district disbanded their varsity team and only played JV games. Our team said that it would have been an insult to the other team to ease up, yet at the same time, they felt it wasn't very good sportsmanship to run up the score. The only time they actually started to run up the score was when they realized they had a chance to break 100 points, which was something our boys team hadn't done. No one was fired for it, either.
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Todd Maternowski, says:
I don't think people are too worked up about the 100-0 score... but the fact that they went all-out against a school of developmentally-disabled kids is something a little different. These aren't exactly the Lakers running it up against the Celtics.
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Chris Kidd, says:
At the end of the day, this is a case of two schools who lacked good sportsmanship. Both coaches had the opportunity to call the game after the 1st quarter, but both decided to still play. Grimes was rightfully fired due not only to bad sportsmanship, but just being a plain idiot for running up the score against a group of special ed kids. Likewise, why wasnt the coach from Covenant benched is something im curious about. Like Todd said, this isnt the Lakers Vs. Celtics, its TAPPS Varsity BB and these two coaches didnt stand by the ethic code.
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Mike Orren, says:
1.) The "special needs" angle on this has apparently been well overplayed. Our friend Allen Gwinn of Dallas.org is a Dallas Academy parent and has some thoughts: http://dallas.org/node/605
2.) Everyone involved should read this story from my hometown newspaper and hang their head in shame:
http://www.news-record.com/content/20...
(I used to practice at the Smith pool and they took one lane for their whole team while we took the rest of the overcrowded pool.)
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Travis Bush, says:
I agree with Allen Gwinn. The kids at Dallas Academy don't want to be treated any differently. Heck, try listening to some small town teams that get put in the really tough divisions. They know they are gonna get hammered by bigger guys and probably lose big time almost every game. Do they play simply for a win? Nope, and you don't hear them whining about it either.
As well, I don't agree Chris. Do you just stop the game simply because your team is getting roasted, or does the other coach stop his players from playing? It can't be both ways. You are either playing the game or not. Not scoring on purpose is just like cheating in my opinion.
If the kids have special needs that impair them from really participating at a division level, then the question is , why are they playing at that level at all? I tend to think people really don't want a level playing field sometimes.
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Liles, says:
I have to say, this just reinforces a terrible dynamic that it destroying what is left of the work ethic of this country.
Lose 100-0, and you're a national hero. Win 100-0, and you get fired.
Not surprising that every failing industry in the United States is begging for a handout from the government.
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sweetchuckd, says:
This story made http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all crazy headlines from our schools.
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cherylo, says:
I know the whole "they had learning disabilities" has been said but that's crap. Both of my kids are ADD/ADHD and both play sports - well (one is not medicated because of a reaction to the meds). The team scored NO points - not one. There's no reason they didn't get a single point unless they simply weren't prepared and that falls directly on the coach at Academy. Why is it Covenants fault that Academy's coach never asked to end the game and his team was unprepared? Why are we rewarding Academy for "not quiting" and calling for the job when a coach "didn't quit" and won? Let's not forget - 1) there is no rule to call the game in a shutout for this league. 2) there isn't a single ref that asked either coach to call the game. 3) neither coach asked to call the game - and why would you do this if you are winning? I'm still failing to see how this is Grimes fault. What I really hate is knowing that Academy is now on National News for their "not giving up" - it's easy to "not give up" if you "never started in the first place". Anyone can hold up their chin as a loser when the winner is taking it in the chin. Shameful that anyone would say this is somehow the fault of Covenant or the coach Grimes. Again, ADD and ADHD were around for ever (oh yeah, I have it and I managed to play sports well). ADD and ADHD is not an excuse to lose. However, if it was - can you explain how the Academy Boys Team (with learning disabilities) beat Covenant 53-28? Funny how that just didn't seem to apply to the BOYS team Academy!
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Scott Doyle, says:
cherylo, blatant lack of professionalism and sportsmanship is a pretty good reason to get a coach away from young athletes. Did you not see the comment Grimes made?
*"I respectfully disagree with the apology, especially the notion that the Covenant School girls basketball team should feel 'embarrassed' or 'ashamed,' " part of the post says. "We played the game as it was meant to be played and would not intentionally run up the score on any opponent. Although a wide-margin victory is never evidence of compassion, my girls played with honor and integrity and showed respect to Dallas Academy."*
Douchebag is the first term that comes to mind. How can you possibly believe they didn't intentionally run up the score when they shut someone out in basketball while hitting triple digits?
Honor and integrity? Laughable, at best. You simply can't take advantage of a situation like that, then contradict your school's apologetic PR release...and expect to keep your job.
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Travis Bush, says:
Scott, how do you fix this? Neither coach called the game, nor did the officials. I guess Dallas Academy gets the pass now? Perhaps the opposing team should just lay down on the court and make paint angels, hoping they will score...
If you look at the scores by quarter, it isn't hard to see how it happened. Dallas Academy got hammered with 25 points in the first minutes of the game. They have to get the ball back somehow and the only way for that to happen is to either score, or give them the ball. The latter choice mind as well be cheating, or patronizing. That is a coaches worst nightmare to have to dribble around the court the whole time, taking no shots. This also meant that Dallas Academy couldn't have gotten the ball, unless there was a foul. It would have been equally embarrassing for the crowd to watch such a thing.
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Collin Gouldin, says:
I don't know about yall, but i think Dallas Academy should hire this newly available coach.
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Jason Rice, says:
I wish I had anything to add to Liles. Spot on.
So if esteem was most important, why am I guessing everybody feels like crap?
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