re: Running up the score is classless.

Let me say this (as a previous headed coach (22 years) on a couple of levels), there is no way to please people on a lop-sided score. I've been on the beat down side and I didn't tell the opponents to stop, it was up to our kids to step up and stop them. Then when our team was on the winning side, we would take a knee, we put in 2nd & 3rd string players, we asked to have a running clock. None of these resulted in happiness from other coaches especially taking a knee to prevent a score. Sportsmanship I get, but if a team is not intentionally trying to run up the score then that's sportsmanship at its finest. Suck it up buttercup!