Should We Push Harder For Double Elimination?

[CoachGonyeaSHS]

Considering that most of us know that weaker guys get carried into the consolations by a strong #1 guy, should TSSAA make the state tournament a double elimination bracket? I bring this up every year...should we make some more noise about it?

[mhhjnh]

I like it as a carry tournament. It makes the earlier round wins that much more important. Of course every match is important, but one slip up in an earlier round to an inferior wrestler could cost you a medal. That thought alone keeps you on you toes early in the tournament.

[Sommers]

I like it as a carry tournament. It makes the earlier round wins that much more important. Of course every match is important, but one slip up in an earlier round to an inferior wrestler could cost you a medal. That thought alone keeps you on you toes early in the tournament.

 

I agree here, but (if you like the suspense) the carry tournament makes much more sense with a blind draw than in a seeded tournament. The cream of the crop will almost always rise to the top with double elimination.

 

Unfortunately the carry tournament goes back into the 60's in TN, and will probably continue for some time (perhaps another 20-30 years).

[PUMMELKING]

Will Tn. ever go to the weight out system for the state tournament. Not the traditional method of weighing out the next day--morning?

[WrestleSBA]

By all means yes you should push as hard as possibly every year for this. Keep pushing every year and eventually someone will see the light or just get tired of listening to you and give in. Give me a little time and a good reason to do it (like say someone would actually look at it) and I could draw up a way to run the tournament as a true double elimination that wouldn't cause a huge problem on the time scales.

 

Push Push Push for it if you knwo what is good for your kids.

[texas23]

Considering that most of us know that weaker guys get carried into the consolations by a strong #1 guy, should TSSAA make the state tournament a double elimination bracket? I bring this up every year...should we make some more noise about it?

what is the typical reply to your suggestion of this change?

[RealBossHog]

I think that the double elimination would be a good idea. Pretty much the majority of tournaments in Tennessee are double elimination, but I would like to see the weigh in change. I wish TSSAA would do the weigh ins like boxing. The night or day before a tournament. If they did this the wrestlers would be have more energy and make matches more intense and exciting.

[RMC]

How many other tournaments, in Tennessee, during the year are carry?

 

And if you were wondering the 5 Georgia State tournaments are double elimination and will all be held simultaneously at the same location this year.

[Sommers]

How many other tournaments, in Tennessee, during the year are carry?

 

And if you were wondering the 5 Georgia State tournaments are double elimination and will all be held simultaneously at the same location this year.

 

Perhaps The TSSAA would like to hire you to come up and make it happen here too. That (time issues at one venue) has always been the excuse, along with logistics. Ross, can you take the Roundhouse and Big mac and make it work with only two divisions? I bet the number of TN wrestlers (although growing rapidly) pales in comparison to GA, but that may explain why yu have no problem funding off season teams and having tremendous depth to represent your great "new" state.

 

Come home, "chatt-town boy"

 

Dave

Edited October 25, 2005 by Sommers

[RheaCoEaglesMom]

Yes, we should push hard for double elimination. These boys work hard all year for this. Last year they were many seated wrestlers who only got one match. Give them a chance to work back into competition. Double Elimination just seems a more fair process. The kids like and understand it better. The parents and teams drive from all over the state for this. Help give the kids a second chance to get back into competition.

[BaEr fOr LiFe]

I agree we should push for double elim. because the weaker wrestlers should get to stay in the tournament because they won not because they stink and had to wrestle a top seed

[BaEr fOr LiFe]

I also agree with the coment about the wiegh ins but the problem is the tournemant could be hours away and we don't have the number of refs to go to each school and if you let the coaches do it than you risk the integrity of the hoal proccess