The flat cap will take some getting used to but I don't really think it softens your look. It's just...different. I used to have one for a while but it just didn't feel right. I still have but the Professor wears it these days.
I am curious as to what the coach should have done? What would you do as a coach? Shouldn't the losing coach have just called a forfeit rather than letting this happen to their players? Later on they could question if the teams need to be put into different leagues. My high school football team had not won a game in years and years until somebody moved the big schools and smaller schools around.
I agree with Allan. Especially if the coach did rotate all of his players, even the Herbies, in to play some. What does the school teach that the coach didn't align with? And he's also right, if they would have stood around and let the other team win that would have been criticized as well.