Yeah, lots of options here. When it is as obvious as this was your solution is viable. That margin of victory is not fun for the winners or losing team. I like the option of shooting late in the shot clock if dry passing is happening, and no pressing to avoid the constant early possession steal. There should also be a running clock in this situation.
There are many options other than winning by 30+ points is all I am saying. These are 12U and 14U games after all. Score differential was clearly not a factor.
Other sports have a mercy rule. It has never made sense to me in a sport where skill disparities result in huge blowouts as in water polo that a similar rule isnāt implemented. Some tournaments run the clock on goal differences of 10+ and that is something at least. Those games arenāt good for anyone really.
If a coach allows his team to score 38 goals. You need to ask why? There are so many things you can do to keep the score to maybe 20-3. Use the entire shot clock, no counter attacks, running clock, a drop defense (not a press), dump the ball, goalie can hold the ball longer on the release pass, every player needs to pass the ball before a shot, etc. Itās not a good look. This is where good coaching comes it. Sportsmanship.
I havenāt looked at the allocations, but some of those teams losing by 20 goals may end up in Championship. I hope they find that experience beneficial.
The worst part of it is when each game you play costs $300 so you want to make the most out of it and at least get better a little bit. Thatās why so many clubs are scrimmaging, playing up or setting up tournaments where those games are minimized.
However, for zone Quals, thereās nothing you can do. The top seed will play the bottom seed and blow them out.
i feel like it was after quals last year. they have to see how many teams decide to go to cali and how many want to move down to classic or invitational.
