Comments on: Play your starters! http://reidfischer.com/2008/01/15/play-your-starters/ Looking at the sports world through orange colored glasses Thu, 26 May 2011 05:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Angie http://reidfischer.com/2008/01/15/play-your-starters/#comment-2 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:14:16 +0000 http://reidfischer.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/play-your-starters/#comment-2 Doesn’t this contradict the school of thought that supports kneeling down to preserve a win at the end of the game? In that case you are also taking a course of action that protects your players from being hurt when the end result is already assured.

On a serious note, I do agree with your assessment. It seems that coaches would learn that they have to put some effort into those last games, even if their playoff position is secured. Perhaps they can find a middle ground–let starters play hard for a couple quarters and have their 2nd tier players fight for the win during the other half of the game?

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