State Pairings

[CoachT]

just as I posted that I checked TSSAA, looks like they met on Sunday after all. Probably met for lunch after church.

 

Interesting matchups.

 

They met today to decide the soccer pairings and to figure out all of the playoff possibilities for football.

[nolife]

Any predictions for AAA??

[knightman]

They met today to decide the soccer pairings and to figure out all of the playoff possibilities for football.

 

Where will we be able to see the playoff possibilities for football?

[CoachT]

Where will we be able to see the playoff possibilities for football?

 

Hopefully tonight. Most likely, on Monday.

[DonCChatt]

Here are some nice brackets from the Chattanoogan.com

 

A/AA

http://images.chattanoogan.com/sports/2007...amentDIA-AA.pdf

 

AAA

http://images.chattanoogan.com/sports/2007...namentDIAAA.pdf

 

D2 A

http://images.chattanoogan.com/sports/2007...rnamentDIIA.pdf

 

D2 AA

http://images.chattanoogan.com/sports/2007...namentDIIAA.pdf

[wbcsoccerstud11]

A/AA

11:30 CAK vs. CCS

2:00 pm USJ vs. CPA

4:30 ND vs. Jackson Christian

7:00 FRA vs. Knox Catholic

 

 

AAA soccer is turning into an extension of private schools it seems cause no matter what publics cannot compete

[DonCChatt]

A/AA

 

AAA soccer is turning into an extension of private schools it seems cause no matter what publics cannot compete

 

 

There is no disputing that fact this year. Last year, though, 25% of the schools that made it to state were public.

 

Looking at this year's Vollyball state tournament, 4 of the 8 teams that made it to state were public, including 3 of the 4 who made it to the final championship bracket. Also, the champion was a public school. Why is soccer different? Is it because it has such poor participation/support from rural county schools, where the majority of A/AA public schools are located? Is it because these same rural areas don't have many recreational soccer programs? (Yes BigG, this sounds like it belongs in Public-Private Debate forum).

[wiredtowin]

I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to answer that one. Small A/AA public schools are for the most part in rural areas where there is less access to club soccer in terms of distance and per capita income. Private schools are in areas where there are club opportunities and per capita income allows for kids to play year round soccer. Though 25% of the teams in last years state playoffs A/AA were public their performance was dismal when matched against private schools with their depth of experience and numbers.

[bigcat33]

I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to answer that one. Small A/AA public schools are for the most part in rural areas where there is less access to club soccer in terms of distance and per capita income. Private schools are in areas where there are club opportunities and per capita income allows for kids to play year round soccer. Though 25% of the teams in last years state playoffs A/AA were public their performance was dismal when matched against private schools with their depth of experience and numbers.

 

 

 

so what you are saying is public schools get hosed

[wiredtowin]

In soccer A/AA, until a multiplier moves the FRAs, NDs, CAKs, CCS, up to AAA, yes the smaller public schools are at a monumental disadvantage. Access to club play is the main problem for smaller public schools. This is magnified when you compare a well-paid private school coach with soccer experience to the coach at a A/AA school who receives a meager "supplement" and may or may not have a soccer background.

[BigG]

I have been asked to move this thread to public/private forum. I think it is a good discussion, and should continue, just not in the soccer forum.

 

I will be interested in seeing if any changes are made in the reclassification period coming up next school year.

[DonCChatt]

I don't dispute the disadvantages that the small rural soccer programs face, but I guess what is different about soccer versus volleyball? There is club volleyball, yet the rural programs seem to do well there.

 

Is it a matter of tradition, and how long a school has had a program, and how much support the school and community provide the girl's soccer program? Do the students come to soccer games, or is it mostly just family? Is soccer a sport that girls want to come out for, or is not "popular"?

 

How much do the intangibles factor into a program's success?