Classless Coach Belichick

[TheBigD]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

I think you care more about winning than enjoying the game. Originally, the game was created to have fun. It's tough to have fun when your opponent scores 8 times as many points as you. That has changed, and now the focus is not enjoyment, but rather winning at all costs. Maybe it's okay. Maybe it's not.

If you were playing basketball with a bunch of ten year olds, would you just dominate them? I know it's not the same thing, but that is pretty much what you said in your post -- play every game to win, and win as big as you can. I guess you left out the word "professional", when referring to sports.

Also, letting up is not an issue of "feeling sorry" for the other team. It's an issue of respecting the idea that the game is meant to be enjoyable. I guess that doesn't make sense in professional sports. Sigh.

I think you are right, the game is there for FUN. You know who was having fun? The NE fans (and their bandwaggon riders) who wanted to see more scores. Alot of people found that to be "enjoyable" (not me because I hate the Pats). Yes, it was not fun for the Skins and their fans, but people (at the game or home) like to see more TDs.

"Professional" sports? Why wouldn't the Skins play like professionals and finish the game right instead of hoping that the Pats would feel sorry for them and stop scoring?

Irish is right I hate the "everyone wins" attitude.