What does character have to do with it? Coaches are going to prepare to play a game. I doubt he tells a team do not try but also his job is to put them in the best position to achieve their goals. IMO great teaching point about losing the battle can sometimes help you win the war.
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No one did that, and we literally don't know of anyone who has ever done that, so I don't understand why you'd bring it up.
Here's what happened:
In a game Copperas Cove had to win to reach the D-II playoffs, Temple led 12-0 at halftime and 18-7 into the fourth quarter at chilly Bulldawg Stadium. After Stewart watched star junior receiver Quentin Johnston and starting cornerbacks Markel Reed and Roman Jackson leave with knee injuries, he decided that health needed to become the Wildcats’ primary focus.
“We came out here to execute. I do care what people think about me, but I have to make decisions for this team and I’m going to stand by those decisions,” Stewart said. “Our objectives were to eliminate mistakes and to stay healthy. After our second kid thought he was going to get put on crutches, I wasn’t interested in seeing more of that. If we lose many more guys, it doesn’t matter who we match up with. It was diminishing returns.
“We did not throw this game. Their 1s were better than our 2s (during the final quarter-plus). Hat’s off to Cove. They executed their plan and got after it."
Perfect example why 6A needs to divide into Division 1 and 2 as districts. This has been a problem since 1990 when they first made Big school and Small school. Why not just drop the pretense and make it 1A to 12A... that's essentially what it is already. The 6A today is pretty much what the old old City Conferences were from 1948-1950 when inner city Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth schools competed for the largest classification state championships, except now it would be Greater Houston, Metromess, Greater San Antonio and Greater Austin as 6A D1.
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