is it bad sportsmanship to win by 161 to 2? basketball coach suspended

[Dickster]

82. It's called " class" or in this case a lack of it....

I coached basketball for 25 years at all levels in high school. I've seen it all, and been on both sides of this issue. I've seen a 71-1 asskicking at a neighboring school. There can be huge differences in ability among teams. Those who fault the losing coach for not doing a good job of coaching defense are blindly ignorant of the reality of sports at that level. Sometimes the differences in ability and talent are so out of line that the game just gets out of hand. The losing team gets so demoralized that they can be virtually helpless in stopping the onslaught.
The coach on the winning team showed a lack of what I call "class". He could have, and should have pulled the harness back and slowed his team down after it became apparent that he had the game in hand. Humiliating the opposition serves no purpose other than to foster an atmosphere of chest beating, a really juvenile act in my opinion. In my experience, coaches that do this kind of thing are usually ostracized by their coaching peers. I recall a conference winning coach denied 'Coach of the Year' honors by his peers because he had a bad habit of running up the score against conference opponents. In this case, the winning coach received his " cumuppance" from his boss. If he'd shown a little "class", he might still be on the bench coaching...