Thoughts on Northshore's 17-0 win

[fhsplayer]

Why does everybody hate on our coach. Mandeville just beat a team 19-0 on Wednesday, and Fountainebleau won 13-0 and I don't see anybody ragging on those coaches.

Those are girls teams, and the losing team could not string 2 consecutive passes together without losing it. Either way any team that reaches about 9 or 10 nothing, should start passing and work on their possession game intstead of demoralizing the other team.

[BigD]

why are yall making such a big deal out of this? there are already 4 threads on this site that have criticized the game. first of all, its the playoffs, so we are not gonna hold back (we did against hammond both times in the regular season). secondly, didn't hlb beat some team 19-0 earlier on this year. when that happened i don't remeber yall complaining this much.

[1SuckyPlayer]

well evidently it never reached this forum. Check out HLB they still get critized there on it @ nola

[Arsnl]

clearly you had to be at this game. the abramson players were having the time of their lives. they even cheered NHS on

[user101]

there are definitely two points of view to this: 1) its the playoffs and anything goes, and 2) 17-0 is way out of hand. I tend to lean toward the second. I'm sure at some point in the game it was obvious that it wasn't much of a contest anymore and anybody who says that its impossible to finish a game without scoring even if your team is dominating possession doesn't know much about sportsmanship, soccer, or any other sport. Take it easy. That wasn't necessary.

[CherryPicker7]

The coach should be fired...let them go to California and play a top team and see what happens.

[Bandit99]

I would love for Northshore to come up north and play Evangle on their home field and see what happens when they run up the score. Team of all football players, 105 x 50 yrd field, anger issues and have you ever upset off a line backer with a full scholorship to LSU? Teach the teams to respect their opponet cause some team WILL hurt you with out any remorse.

[Bandit99]

But on a more serious note, our high school coaches and club coaches has always taught us to respect our opponent no matter what, if they are better or worse they still deserve respect. Put them away in the first half score 3 or 4 and play possesion the second half. We have played team from Texas who have beat us 3-4 or the first 30 minutes and knocked the ball around the back half the field, didnt make in obvious, but showed respect for us, sent one man up top and just hit a long ball to him everyonce in awhile. Playing them taught me something and i wasnt mad that we lost to them because they were a team full of class and it showed in every player.

[Footy365]

Two points. To the guy writing about Slidell we only won 5-0. You might not have underestimated Warren Easton but you sure underestimatesd the goalkeeper. Good job to the goalkeeper.

Next point, I would like to hear from anyone that would not score if they had a chance to play such a bad team. It's easy to say that you wouldn't but in a game you get caught up. and one other thing, stay off of Coach Penton's back, he's an excellent coach, he maybe be very attacking minded but he's more proffesional than ruthless and he coaches his players how they should be coached, great job to Northshore.

[user101]

a 17-0 loss is embarrasing. Any team and coach who goes that far to embarrass a team is not professional. Greedy seems like the word. Gotta pad the stats.

[nikrunner]

Problem is you get some coaches that don't love the game. I think It's FIFA that goes by the slogan "for the love of the game." In this case I think you've got a coach who went too far in the self glory area and forgot what soccer is all about. The game is to be enjoyed not destroyed.

[porkypine]

You guys should attend the games that you are so quick to judge. There were no cards given in the N'shore/Abramson game, no glares, no fisticuffs. Both teams helped others up after slipping on the wet turf, players talking and smiling. Had Northshore tried to pass the ball and play keepaway, especially on a wet surface, someone would have either gotten hurt, or Abramson would have realized they were being toyed with and something bad may very well have happened. As it was, both teams played hard, everyone on both teams played, and all walked away healthy and smiling. By the way, there was no, and I mean NO, taunting or fingerpointing by the N'shore players. The score could have easily been 30 to nothing or worse. My hat is off to the Abramson kids for playing hard and enjoying a game they probably had no business being in.

[lasocrfan]

Sorry porkypine, but there is absolutely no way you can put a positive spin on the classless display shown by Northshore in that game.

[soccerman35]

think about that NHS game this way, ok u are not a starter and u are put into the game, this is probably your only chance of scoring in a varsity game the whol year, and another factor is that 100 of your friends are in the stands cheering u on. So u get the ball in the box, what would u do, pass it back? I highly doubt anyone would do that.

[Timbertwin]

I agree with porkypine simply that I do not think anyone can judge whether a match is "classless" if you weren't there. Besides, what's the magic number for a "classy" dominating performance against a clearly awful team? If 17 is too much, would 16 be ok? 15? and so on? I think that's pretty subjective too and has to be determined on a game-to-game situation.

[soccerman35]

hey bandit99, are you suggesting that we drive all the way to evangel high school so u can tackle us, are u serious, good thing u r going to college on a football scholarship because with your thinking skills u wouldnt last out of high school, i think that mayb u should stick to a football post and leave soccer to people who live in areas where soccer teams are actually competitive, which is def. not where u r from.

[raserx17]

hats off to northshore. my boss always says that the best to what they want to do and they don't give a you know what about what other people say. if abramson thinks they are good enough to play in a high school playoff game then they had better be good enough. i think there is nothing wrong with running up the score. how could a coach ever tell his players not to try and score. when the starters come out its the younger backups chance to give their best effort to get their goals for the year. good luck to northshore.

[SccrMnrLA04]

I agree with Soccerman35. If you werent at the Northshore/Abramson game, you would have no idea how bad the team actually was. I have no idea how anyone who wasn't at the game could say it was a classless game. It was the most sportsmen-like game played by Northshore all year. Probably Abramson too. There we no cards, and only 2 fouls, both on Ambramson, because one of the Ambramson players caught and held the ball for a couple of seconds, and the other because the goalie picked up the ball 10 feet outside the goal box. Half of the time the Ambramson went to kick the ball, they missed it. I'd say that Northshore was very classy in not making fun of them. No one was put down for not knowing the rules of soccer, in the playoff season, nor for not knowing how to kick a ball, or the rules of when and where to pick up the ball. When players fell down, both teams helped eachother up, and when they game was over, both sides were shaking hands, laughing and hugging. The players were laughing at themselves. Maybe they weren't giving it their 100%. Yall know how bad the parents are at games, and the parents didnt even say anything. It was a fun game, not because Northshore won by so much, but because it was sportsman-like. My hats off to both teams on their great sportsman behavior. I suggest before yall judge, you actually see the game! Oh yah, and it wasnt just one player who made all the goals. It went all the way around with the players. Some players who had never scored before got a chance to in their first varsity game. For those of you who haven't even scored before, I'm sure you would have done the same thing, because hey, we're all soccer players aren't we, and we know the feeling when we score a goal, whether thats 17-0 or 1-0, just remember that.

[WMASSASSIN21]

what is worse...a team dribbling to the 6 turning around and passing back to mid field or taking a shot and it going in...it seems to me a team intentionally not scoring is worse because that is just humiliating and disheartening

[BlB05]

Like many of the other posts, i would have to agree that beating a team 17-0 does not show sportsman ship at all. No matter how horrible the team is, it just shouldnt be done. Possesion in the back should come into play after scoring many goals, and realizing the team is not up to your caliber.