A coach is fired because he didn't ... well.. you read it. Girls Basketball Game.I'm just dumbfound. I know, nobody wants to lose that badly but we spend a lifetime telling the children to do their very best, not cheat.. and strive to be the best you can be.

Perhaps, as a coach, and I did coach six year olds in soccer. It wasn't always the winning that was important but the lessons learned. I'm just stupified that the coach got fired and I think it's wrong.

Admittedly, I would most likely have started to put second and third string if for no other reason than so they could play but apologize for a win like that? No.. get fired over a win like... seems wrong to me.

In life these girls will have wins and they will have failures. Sometimes HUGE failures. Isn't it best to let them endure those huge loses while they live at home with family that will hold a hand out in comfort? Life is hard, it sucks sometimes and if we protect them by buffering wins... what kind of message are we sending them?

I don't believe Christian belief should be involved in this. It's a basketball score not mass.. I wonder if the girls that lost feel the other team should have lightened up or did they learn that a loss, no matter how big or small is not life altering?? Did the girls that lost show more grace and dignity in the face of this loss than the people that fired a coach?

If so, then perhaps the girls are ahead of the game.