Suburban Conference Football Schedules

[BlizzardX]

Men,
Suburban conference schedules are set by a committee of ADs. One AD from each conference. Coaches have no say in who they will play, and are told who they will play.
The conference makes sure the big schools get their schedule filled by forcing teams to play within the conferences.
The committee makes a few exceptions primarily for Rockhurst and the Columbia schools that one game every week will be played vs a non suburban team.
Mill Valley, Warrensburg or Marshall have squeezed into that week. Looks like next year they will add a Missouri versus Kansas week.
All games are scheduled by the committee, no team gets to choose their opponent.
Some teams try to lobby, but the decision is the committees. The meeting is closed and no outside communication is allowed until the schedule is finished. Efforts are made to make it a fair schedule but inevitably some teams get screwed and many teams get a free ride.
I hope this explanation will put to rest the speculation that coaches have the power to schedule non-con games.

 

[JoeyNorthlandoKCMO]

Do the coaches get to select three teams they prefer not to play?

 

[Mighty mow]

There is some truth to the Blizzards post. The committee has 2 AD's from each division for a total of 8. The reason the conference has to schedule one game outside of the conference each week is because the Suburban has an odd number of teams and must go outside to even up the numbers and give every school a game. Schools can give input, but ultimately the committee makes the schedule. There is always some controversy behind the schedule, but it seems the committee does a fairly good job creating competitive games and honoring inter-district rivalries. Inevitably, there will always be games that make you scratch your head but that can happen in any scheduling process.

 

[CoachC1]

Men,
Suburban conference schedules are set by a committee of ADs. One AD from each conference. Coaches have no say in who they will play, and are told who they will play.
The conference makes sure the big schools get their schedule filled by forcing teams to play within the conferences.
The committee makes a few exceptions primarily for Rockhurst and the Columbia schools that one game every week will be played vs a non suburban team.
Mill Valley, Warrensburg or Marshall have squeezed into that week. Looks like next year they will add a Missouri versus Kansas week.
All games are scheduled by the committee, no team gets to choose their opponent.
Some teams try to lobby, but the decision is the committees. The meeting is closed and no outside communication is allowed until the schedule is finished. Efforts are made to make it a fair schedule but inevitably some teams get screwed and many teams get a free ride.
I hope this explanation will put to rest the speculation that coaches have the power to schedule non-con games.

 

[CoachC1]

AD's do take input from their coaches and try to get as good a schedule as possible.