flashgordon

Not a soccer coach but I gotta believe that sloppy conditions favor a less skilled more physical team??!! Maybe others have a different spin. It rained all day in Nashville...expect a pretty good bit tomorrow.....it may be better by the Thur. Reg finals games....but ya gotta win tomorrow to get there!

we're having a monsoon here in middle tennessee....(much needed rain I might add!) but it will be interesting to see if it results in an upset ot two....this definately will change the playing conditions and the effect on teams with speed, etc! Does this change any predictions? /popcorneater.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":popcorneater:" border="0" alt="popcorneater.gif" />

Looks like alphabet soup....if this plays out ....Ronnie Carter and the TSSAA will not be happy! Can we be looking at a 3.0 multiplier next!!?? /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Sectionals CAK Catholic Notre Dame CCS FRA CPA USJ JCS

don't really know....sometimes I think they take the list from last year and cross off the seniors and add a few.....sometimes maybe they just pull names from a hat! I am being sarcastic (before everyone gets in an uproar!) I really don't know....it begs the question! Seriously I have seen players who had a good year the year before but maybe hardly played due to an injury or injuries and they showed up the next year as All Mid Staters...when clearly others had a tremendous year and were missed!

That makes ever so much more sense....thanks! I obviously thought we were on a girl's soccer thread!...../flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" />

C....when were you in school???....( I think and maybe you can correct me) going back thru 2001 the only loss by FRA to CCS was in Sept of 2004 at the Trevecca Tournament (2 to 1). They tied at the same tournament the following year....all subsequent games were wins for FRA???! If I'm correct FRA won in the Finals against CCS in 2002, 2004, and 2005 and in the semis in 2003 when FRA subsequently lost to DCA in the Finals 2 to 1.

I don't know how deep CCS is, but BA, siegel amd the Owls are all big schools with what I would assume is a fairly deep bench.....that takes its toll!

Big Games 9/25 Shelbyville at Columbia Collierville at Houston Knox West at Oak Ridge 9/27 Bearden at Farragut Cleveland at Ooltewah Blackman at Riverdale Shelbyville at Tullahoma Weekend ADIDAS CHALLENGE CUP Collierville at Centennial JP2 at Knox Webb Collierville at Brentwood Academy FRA has some challenges this week....4 games in 5 days with Brentwood, Frankin, Hendersonville, and Ravenwood. /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

The kids who travel miss almost a week of school....as soccer grows (both boys and girls) that type of format should win some consideration....my guess is a seeding might be able to be worked out but (and I know this is always an issue and there is a separate place to discuss) there would probably have to be a set number of public school slots guaranteed in seeding.....once that happens then the seeding isn't seeding. It's all just "spitballing" and this is my last year to have a dog in the hunt.....at least until grandchildren...after this year I'll just be a somewhat interested spectator! /popcorneater.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":popcorneater:" border="0" alt="popcorneater.gif" />

Absolutely...and not just sports....life in general!

I understand your angst....it is not always easy to turn a team off and on like that though...nor should you have to....as I have mentioned a seeding for the top 4 or 8 would help!

only sport????? ....what are the mercy rules for....football, basketball, golf, track........?

that really wasn't my point .....I think any of them might and will possibly need to go on a 3-0 run.....my point is that all 4 of these teams are so close that I doubt that any one of them could play any of the others and sweep them 3 games. We all know soccer and close teams are subject to so many variables.....injury, PK, bad calls, missed offsides, etc. can swing a win for any of these against the other! seeding the top 4 or 8 teams would be good for the playoffs....maybe not good for the publics...at least in AA/A I know we can't do it but seeding the teams into the playoffs and then some sort of 2 loss requirement to out you from the tournament would be an interesting format....having 2 great teams beat each other up in the quarter and then have a weaker team knock them out when they are worn down does not necessarily give you the "best team" but the format is what it is......so the best we can hope for is the TSSAA gets the best teams bracketed to meet later rather than early????

I think CCS, ND, and FRA are all pretty good (not to mention CAK who I have not seen)....odds are that if they played 3 games against each other none of them would win all 3???? That makes "state" all the tougher with a 1 and done format!

To your point...I think the only real ranking that FRA cares about is the one after the state tournament...as for comparing the two teams I think it is similar to last year. FRA has some top notch talent and can play with anyone, but Notre Dame is definately a larger and deeper team....last year I felt that ND's depth won out....we'll see how this year plays out....or if they get knocked off prior to meeting???

MJUHB....interesting picks......I don't know how you do it......many of these are really a coin toss....so many of these team seem to be very equal......good job....I couldn't begin to try ! looks like a few good games on the board that may help clear it up even more!

It is a 2 game suspension......I believe it is also a $250 fine (someone said it is an either/or but I believe it is both!) the question is and I guess it may depend upon the school or school district, but I'm not sure if the coach or the school pays the fine!

I know this man very well....he had turned and moved away from the ref and he would never say anything that (in my mind) would cause a resonable person to go after him. He never curses, etc. In my mind he had been carded....and I would question the role of this ref in the first card....then he move away from that ref (my daughter tells me he had not sat down yet when the ref pulled the red card, but he had turned away from the ref and was going away from him)....it seems that once you have carded the person and they move off....uness they are cursing, the ref has the responsiblity to move away as well. The coach in this issue never said anything to the ref that carded him but had very respectfully had gotten the other ref's attention and was asking him to come over and explain a call. I clearly heard him call the ref "SIR", then the other ref from up the line on the coaches side ran down and got in the coaches face. The ref from the other side never moved! It is history anyway...and the coach handled it with class, but I found it interesting to hear of Hendersonville's coach's issue....I've met him and seen him coach occassionally, I found the red card surprising for him as well! I just wondered if the referees or their organization had decided to "change or get tough"?????? As always it seems the best refs are the ones not remembered. To your point.....yes clearly the ref that pulled the yellow then the red did not appreciate the coaches comments at any level! /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> While the ref was able to run the coach out of the game he clearl energized the fan support that positively supported the team to rally to win.....

That makes 2 of the better coaches in the state that have had this happen this year.....is there something going on? Are the refs trying to make a point? I saw one of the red cards. The coach had walked away and sat down and the ref went after him while he is sitting on the bench.....it looked unwarranted!

BIG G.....I have not been on since FRA went down to ND in the tournament so I am tardy with this sentiment, but congratulations on a great tournament...I will always be disappointed the FRA and CAK didn't get to tee it up this year! Congratulations again!

I agree...it was a "team championship" ...managers, injured players, etc....they all deserve a ring if anyone does!

DonC...appreciate the support for FRA, but I don't think they are overly concerned about the final Eurosport Ratings. They measure their season in how they match up against the competition they see and get an opportunity to play. The draw, well without a seeding, it is just the draw. FRA knows how they finished against Knox Catholic...this year and last....Congrats to the teams that finished ahead of FRA. FRA is just looking forward to next year.

AS I remember the CCS field it is shaded all down the side of the stands is pretty low.....it will be hard for that half the field to dry any at all!