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I still think it's about winning and losing. Every coach wants to win and in most cases needs to win to keep his job in most cases. Now with that being said I think sportsmanship is what kids need to be taught whether you're a winning coach or a losing coach. That is what are young Devils,Rams,Bulldogs...etc need to be taught by high school coaches and by parents. That is what will make our community's strong in my opinion. We should teach our team to lose with respect and win gracefully.

Everybody wants to win, I get that. But in life as well as athletic events, no matter how well prepared or conditioned sometimes you lose. To me there are more teachable moments when you lose. If every member did the very best they could do and still lost I say you are successful. Successful teams are just that, teams.
They are not a bunch of talented individuals running around making plays. A successful high school team is a team made up of everybody from the youth d team to the seniors and all the volunteers, coaches, parents in between. All I am saying is that over the last several years high school sports have taken on a college/pro mentality. Went 4-6 go buy a new coach. Went 15-20 search the world for better basketball players. Doesn't matter if they speak English just so they can play. Even doing this you can't even win a regional title. Kid pleads guilty to rape, serves 6 months in juvenile and is allowed back on team because he has a lot of ability (Ohio). Fake addresses to fake birth certificates to fake classes all in the name of winning. If this is the norm for high school sports then I want no part of it. When we teach young men and women that it is alright to block in the back, as long as you don't get caught, it is alright to skip class, don't worry about that test, I got your back, if anybody asks, this is your address, caught drinking, just normal kids, with no consequences they carry this forward. And really this conversation should be on thread by itself. I did not mean to hi jack the Ashland thread with my rant. I do apologize. Good luck to my alma mater Friday.