Former Dolphins, Lions, Ravens and Bengals quarterback Scott Mitchell is now a high school coach in Utah. And he's drawing attention this week for an unusual decision to call off one of his team's games.
Mitchell's Springville squad is 7-1 and had already clinched a spot in the state playoffs, and the team he was scheduled to play next week, Mountain Crest, is 6-2 and wouldn't have its playoff hopes affected by a the game with Springville. So Mitchell called the Mountain Crest coach and proposed that they just cancel the game to rest both teams up for bigger games down the road. Mountain Crest agreed, and so the game was called off -- but not everyone in Utah likes the decision.
"We have a lot of guys who are banged up, and I'm not sure how productive we would have been in the game," Mitchell said. "I don't really care what people think. I'm focused on the playoffs, because we're already seeded where we're going to be seeded. It's not going to change at all. I just wanted to be as fresh and healthy as possible going into the playoffs."
This is unbelievable. You schedule a game and then decide to cancel cause you've already made the playoffs? You're telling me you don't have 2nd and 3rd string guys on your squad that would kill to get a shot to play? You're coaching a high school squad dude, another loss on your record ain't gonna make the BCS knock you down for style points. Jesus Mitchell, you gotta be better than this. You're leaving yourself wide open for Wayne Fontes to dress up as a giant pussy and throw some Mickey Mouse ears on and imitate you.
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