I just got off the phone with WGCH-AM’s Rob Adams, who sounded either like he was going to drive off the Taconic Parkway or found his way to the Taconic Parkway by accident… my map skills are off tonight. But Adams was furious for a reason at our state of Connecticut and its ridiculous 50-point rule.
According to a tweet I got from Nick Fox, the sideline reporter for WGCH-AM, Greenwich had to take a knee on four consecutive plays to avoid breaking the CIAC’s insane 50 point rule. And this happened with Greenwich’s third offense in the game and believe it or not, in the third quarter.
So Greenwich gave up a touchdown to Westhill on its next series. And the final score wound up being 45-7.
I showed the tweet to Staples head coach Marce Petroccio, who wasn’t too happy. He didn;t seem to be ticked off at Greenwich head coach Rich Albonizio, but at the score-management rule that’s embarassed the CIAC on several occasions.
Does telling your third-string quarterback into a varsity game to take a knee four straight times do anyone any good? I don’t think it does. First, you’re embarassing your opponent. Second, you’re embarassing your own team. Third, you’re disgracing the game of football and taking away the spirit of the game.
Up in Brookfield, where his son’s Masuk team was playing the Bobcats, Jack Cochran had to be laughing.
By the way, I called him, I’m sure I riled him up even more. And I understand.
But I think we’ll all be a little happier when the CIAC gets rid of the score management rule and allows coaches with common sense to police themselves.
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October 31st, 2009 at 4:43 pm
“But I think we’ll all be a little happier when the CIAC gets rid of the score management rule and allows coaches with common sense to police themselves.”
I don’t particularly like the rule, but unfortunately there are people like Cochran who have no common sense (or ethics) so it’s not always easy for coaches to police themselves. Ideally there would be a coaches’ panel with the power to suspend/fire coaches for egregious behavior.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 am
Besides hurting someone’s feelings, what damage is done by getting beaten my 50 points. Learning to take a beating is one of sports lessons, as is winning with grace. Is irreperable harm done if a kid loses 60-0 vs 49-0? I think its the same feeling. I have been on the receiving end of such beatings and after a certain point, the score does not matter.
The CIAC is a is a rule book comedy either way, but this is perhaps the silliest rule. Its just like having everyone get a trophy or having the all-fciac team have 200 players. It is dilutive to the extreme. There should be a first team and a second team, and perhaps an honorable mention for each position, and that is all.