Duke of Denham

The mercy rule put us in a weird spot on Friday night. We are up 36-0 at the half. We wanted to play as many kids as possible, but with the running clock it just wasn't possible. After the game, we heard some players were upset because they didn't get into the game. Some parents were upset because their kid didn't get into the game. We try our best as coaches, but it's a lot harder than you think to get everyone on your team into a game. We have a young program and we need to get our varsity players as many reps as possible. It is a balancing act that I think a lot of teams are trying juggle at this point in the season. We finished the game 42-0 and played all but a handful of our players. With a normal running clock we could have played everyone and they could have received some meaningful varsity reps. It's a weird change, but I guess the players, coaches, and families will all have to adjust this season.

You been talking to Coach Orkis too!? He said the exact same thing yesterday.

Jays went 5/8 passing on the night Coach!