Re: TRASHionals 2002 Round Robin results + Theme Packets

• From: icrover <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:25:59 -0000
• Message-ID: <a9kp97+1k7u_at_...>

> Was the rationale for assigning teams to playoff brackets that only
> the top two teams in a bracket advance? If so, it seems that teams 
in
> the Bridges bracket got a bum deal when the two finalists ended up 
in
> the same round-robin bracket, particularly when the third-place team
> outscored the second-place teams in the other brackets, and the
> fourth- through sixth-place teams were competitive with 
their "peers"
> in the other brackets, even though they had to face off against two
> juggernauts. . . .
> 
> If there's deviation from a standard win-loss record in determining
> playoff seedings within a bracket, why not use it in seeding all of
> the teams in simple rank order, rather than just comparing teams in
> the same bracket?
> 
> --AEI

To a certain extent, the same thing happened to the Shelby Foote 
Soldiers last year, when the bracket we were in was an incredibly 
high scoring bracket, while other teams in other brackets with fewer 
wins and fewer points rolled into the top playoff bracket.  We missed 
out on the higher playoff bracket, but had we been in any other round 
robin bracket, our point total would've sent us to the Land of Milk 
and Honey.
 
On the other hand, we knew what we had to do to make the championship 
bracket last year, and we didn't get it done.  We made it easier this 
year by not even coming close to the top bracket, in order to avoid 
the "disappointment."  

If anyone wants a copy of the wrestling packet, email me at 
malarson75_at_... and ask for it.  If you have a theme packet to 
trade for it, wunderbar.  If not, no big deal.
 
- Matt Larson