A California high school basketball coach has been suspended by the school board after his team beat an opposing school by 159 points.
Michael Anderson — the head coach of Arroyo Valley’s girls varsity team — received a two-game suspension from the Arroyo Valley school board after his girls hung 162 on Bloomington High.
Anderson claims that he met with Bloomington’s coach Daniel Chung to discuss strategy prior to the game. Since Arroyo Valley had scored more than 100 twice already this season — coupled with Bloomington’s win-less record on the year — Anderson wanted to let Chung know that he wasn’t trying to embarrass them, but that his priority was getting his girls ready for league play.
“This was our last game before we started league, and we were going to come out playing hard,” Anderson told the Orange County Register. “I wanted to let him know there was no harm intended, and that if he had any ideas or concerns just to let me know. We were going to play a half of basketball, at least. … And he seemed fine with that.”
Despite whatever Anderson might have thought, Chung was totally not cool about it, as he complained to the school board following the ass-whoopin’ fiesta. Chung told the San Bernandino Sun. “I’ve known him for about seven years … He’s a great Xs and Os coach. Ethically? Not so much… He knows what he did was wrong.”
Is this a joke?
Chung said “people shouldn’t feel sorry for my team. They should feel sorry for his team.”
Look, I get it. Chung is a little butt-hurt over the loss, but get over it. Coach Anderson pulled his starters, told the backup players to run out the shot clock before attempting shots and instituted a running clock for the second half. It isn’t his fault that his squad is basically the reincarnation of the MonStars from Space Jam.
The only thing Anderson’s team will learn from his suspension is that in Obama’s America, it doesn’t pay to be the best. Why work your butt off to succeed when you can just cry and get other people in trouble when things don’t go your way?
This isn’t “let’s all hold hands in a circle while we talk about our feelings” ball. This is basketball. There are winners and losers. If you’re going to complain about that, why even bother to play the game?
