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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
I'm sure many will throw rocks at me for this
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I know better than to throw rocks at a guy with better aim than me, so I'll lob 'em real easy.
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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
If you choose to pummel an opponent, then there is a corresponding consequence.
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Why does that have to be the case? It seems like I see an article like
this every week. The winning coach always says something like this one: "We show the most respect for our opponents by continuing to play hard." I invariably find myself in agreement. It's no fun to get blown out, but if a team is going to slow themselves up because they're crushing you, it borders on demeaning.
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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
If we continue down this road and get too focused on our individual robots then we run the risk of caring too much about winning at the game which, in turn, leads to the same ills we have is sports and popular culture in general.
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I appreciate this sentiment, but I don't think you'll find what you're looking for in <G14>. I'm not going to feel better about losing 29-10 when I know the only reason it wasn't 90-0 is because my opponents found it beneficial to ease up. The culture change has to come from things with no selfish subtext, or no one's going to buy into it.
This is the kind of behavior we should be encouraging.