I often use the word blowout, but lately I’ve been pulling back a bit. It happened after a conversation with a coach, who viewed the term as offensive in the context of a recent result.
I could have defended myself. I could have argued the finer points of a blowout. I could have articulated how it’s not really the final score that determines a blowout. It’s about how many successful consecutive possessions a team must have while holding an opponent scoreless.
I could have stood my ground, but I don’t attend games to bloviate to coaches, who undoubtedly know…
