Coach Loses Job Over 100-0 Win

January 27, 2009 by theo.johnson
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Entertainment & Sports, Society & Culture

You know, I’ve been trying to stay away from this one, but this is getting out of hand. Yesterday the Covenant School fired Micah Grimes, its girls basketball coach, after posting a comment on a blog about their 100-0 win over Dallas Academy. In a post at www.flightbasketball.com Grimes stated, “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.”

I’ve never really understood why running up the score was looked down on. I could see how it would be damaging to the kids’ self-esteem, but what message are you really sending? The girls at the Covenant School where in the same position as Dallas Academy a couple of years ago. With hard work and dedication to the game, they were able to turn the team around. Because they attend a Christian school, should they be told to go light on a team when the lead gets too big? Basketball is a competitive sport and Dallas Academy was out of their league. I hope the young ladies on both sides don’t get frustrated by everything that’s going on. I hope The Covenant School continues to play hard to the end and Dallas Academy uses their time off to rebuild and improve. There’s motivation in losing the way they did and there’s nothing to be ashamed of if you come back stronger next time.

Covenant coach who beat Dallas Academy 100-0 is fired