Not sure how you can't see my point. The team in question was losing by 2 touchdowns with 70 seconds left. All hope seemed lost for them getting a victory. Had he used your way of thinking and taken out all his starters, he could never have come back and won the game. Which they did! Just because YOU believe that they dont have any chance, doesn't mean they don't have any chance. As far as Wyoming running up the score in the past, maybe they did. I simply don't know. What I do know is last week when Wyoming played Finneytown, all of the starters were sitting after the 1st quarter. So the coach obviously didn't run up the score then, and easily could have. Maybe it's time to let the past be in the past. This sounds personal. Maybe it's time for you to let this go. IJS!
You seem befuddled here, so let me recap this discussion:
1) Irwin20 says that Wyoming should NOT have had its starters still in a game that Wyoming was losing big in the 4th Quarter to McNick-- because he deems that "bad sportsmanship"-- I think that's absurd and ridiculous-- if Wyoming wants to keep its starters in until the game is OVER, trying to either close the gap-- or WIN-- that is COMPLETELY fine-- and I said so... Let McNick's COACH decide if that is a problem-- and, if it EVEN IS, McNick's coach can ALWAYS put his starters back in, to counter Wyoming's decision NOT to concede the game-- it's NOT Wyoming's coach's job to make McNick's coach comfortable with McNIck's decision to take their foot off the gas early.
2) You come in with the story (with which I was ALREADY familiar) about the Gorman/Hamilton game-- in which the Hamilton team managed to come back from a big deficit LATE in a game, to win-- and SOMEHOW, you think that supports Irwin20's point (which was that Wyoming's coach, in Irwin20's opinion, should have pulled his starters and NOT tried his best/hardest to keep trying to win)-- So, I said that your anecdote, if anything UNDERCUTS Irwin20's argument-- it does NOT support it... HOW is that confusing to you?
Bottom line-- I NEVER said "that they (Wyoming) don't have any chance"-- I said "Wyoming, do whatever you want to try to win the game".
As for the (ALSO) nonsensical reference to Wyoming's latest game against Finneytown-- two more things:
1) Wyoming was ALREADY up by ~40 in the first quarter-- so it was hardly some massive concession for Wyoming's coach to pull his starters at that point; and
2) One would HOPE that some of this commentary on this website (about Wyoming CONSTANTLY running up the score needlessly on league [and other] opponents-- which has been seconded by MULTIPLE other posters who follow the CHL here-- has gotten back to Wyoming's coach-- and MAYBE, he's started to feel a little bit sheepish and chastened about the horrific sportsmanship that he (and his predecessor, Bernie Barre) have been displaying for years (decades now). I'd HOPE that he's starting to change his behavior in this area.
I DO know whether Wyoming tends to run up the score on outmatched opponents-- I've been following them for over 30 years now. I'll let it go, when Wyoming stops adding to its victory margin on helpless opponents, once the lead reaches 35-40 points-- there is NO NEED for more than that; take a lesson from the school just up the hill from Wyoming (St. X) and their coach, Steve Specht-- X RARELY ever scores in the second half of games that X leads by 40 points at half time (and which start with a running clock in the second half)-- and NEITHER should Wyoming.