6 teams in one district are sitting around twiddling our thumbs waiting for two 1-7 teams from st louis in other districts to play a saturday afternoon game before any of them can find out who they are playing. Absurd.
Saturday games should be forbidden in week 9
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Was just going to post a thread, but any clue when mshsaa will have brackets done? This sucks.
Four team districts and the winner advances,,,,best system we ever had
Why do people have to try to fix stuff that isn't broken
Why do people have to try to fix stuff that isn't broken
I actually like this system, but ALL the games have to be complete or you risk missing opponents record errors hence our wait.
How would you seed them? Only real complaint I have is the head to head exception. I can also see less weight applied to playing up multiple classes. It's the best system we've had so far IMO.
There was nothing wrong with the 4 team district system. That was the most efficient system we had. You win, you advance, you didnt, you went home......
That's fine, I can respect that. Not any different than what we have now other than it starts two weeks later. For seeding this format the point system works. Couple of tweeks and it could be really good.
It was good and it gives more kids an opportunity to celebrate a district championship, the downside would come when you had a situation where say:
Class 6, District 1
Eureka 9-0
Lindbergh 8-1
Kirkwood 8-1
Lafayette 6-3
Class 6, District 2
Fox 5-4
Northwest Cedar Hill 4-5
Mehlville 2-7
Seckman 1-8
This type of thing happened a lot, which is why they changed things.
Then anyone who played Sat, can't play next Fri according to the new rules, & earlier post on here???????
Lots of people thought that system was broken too.
This one isn't win and you move on? Which losers have advanced?
In this system you have something to play for once district play begins. Win and advance. In the old 4 team district format if you were mathematically eliminated going into week 10 you really had nothing to play for other than pride. I like the new format. I especially didn't like the second seed play your way back in they did those few years.
I get this argument. But as of right now our "district" goes all the way down to Kennett and over to Salem. Not much of the "this is our territory" feel to it like it used to be. Either way it gets the best team out, that is the purpose.
I also get the idea behind a team not having anything to play for in week 10. Playing spoiler comes to mind....
nothing to play for? why did teams even bother to compete before there was playoff system?
I believe some of those St. Louis school's may not have lights, that is why they play on Saturday's. I know when we played Hazelwood West a few years back that is why it was a Saturday game. Safer in some areas to play day games than play at night.
Because under the old system, you could lose in districts and move on, and now that's not the case. Computer seeding may be a minor annoyance, but now, if you win you move on, and if you lose, you don't; that wasn't necessarily the case under the 4 team district system.
Like the current system except the first round games between 1-8 2-7.
Don't know what coaches would think about having 1st round bye for #1 & #2 seeds.
Also maybe having a meaningless game between #7 & #8. Would probably be an enjoyable competitive game that would have meaning to those kids instead of being bashed in by #1 & #2 seeds.
Don't know what coaches would think about having 1st round bye for #1 & #2 seeds.
Also maybe having a meaningless game between #7 & #8. Would probably be an enjoyable competitive game that would have meaning to those kids instead of being bashed in by #1 & #2 seeds.
In Class 4 District 6 #7 KC East has already beaten #8 KC Northeast 28-0 for their only win of the season.
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I don't think most coaches or players would say playing #8 vs #7 was more meaningful than being alive for a state championship.......no matter how slim the possibility.
I like the new playoff system. I did not care for the 4 team districts when 2 teams made the playoffs, the original 4 team districts was okay but the new one is much better. The 1 vs 8 matchups do suck, but same thing happens in other sports as well. Some ugly games especially in girls basketball.
Actually, it was not the winner advances. Many times 2-1 teams would advance out of a district. In the current format, if you lose in districts, you are done. This system is the only one that they have had where every team has a chance to prove it by winning and once you lose you are done. No other system has that. This is the best system we have had. That doesn't mean it is perfect.
How often did a team that went 2-1 advance against a team that went 2-1 who beat team "1" head to head?
It happened a few times a year when 3 teams went 2-1 and each lost to one of the other. I remember times where 9-1 teams would stay home when they would beat a team with a worse record that advanced IN DISTRICTS.
And that couldn't happen now? I mean I guess we get a second game right? So say team A beats team B first time. Then we get a rematch in a few weeks and Team A loses to team B. That solves what?
If one team beats another team in districts, that team advances, the other team doesn't. So no it can't happen where a team loses a district game to another team and advances.
Under the old format, a team could beat a team IN DISTRICTS and the losing team could still be the team that advanced over the other team. What I was saying is that Team A was 9-1 and beat Team B in Districts (not regular season), Team B had a worse record and Team B advanced. That is not possible in the current format. In fact, it is 100% impossible.
I didnt know you were that frightened gizzard. No need to be afraid little man. With everyone packing heat you should be secure.
Everyone knows why there are Saturday games. You need to calm down and stop taking things so seriously. I gave everyone a chance to vent. Relax dude.
