State Wrestling Poll

[tnko]

tnko

 

I sincerly agree Indy was shafted,

BUT the only reason (I can see) the bracket is drawn as it is....The TSSAA is giving Clarksville the opportunity to make the final to help the take at the gate.

 

While Clarksville has been a wonderful host, they have an unbelievable home field advantage. Now, if Mark Reaves is going to enhance the home advantage by placing them in a favorable place in the bracket, I have a HUGE problem with his first real test as State Director. I would think several coaches will have something to say to Mr Reaves.

 

 

 

BB

 

If your first sentence is true, then its about the money, its always about the money.

 

I can see why Cleveland is down there but Indy and Soddy should have been down there before Clarksville.

 

Just going by Region winners and state ranking this year with some sort of thought-out bracketing as the TSSAA mentioned in the paper would have seeded them similar to this...

 

1-BRADLEY--won region and ranked #1 in coaches state poll

2-INDY--won region and ranked #7 in coaches state poll

3-BLACKMAN-- won region and ranked #8 in coaches state poll

4-SODDY-- won region and ranked #9 in coaches state poll

5-CLARKSVILLE-- won region and ranked #10 in coaches state poll

6-SCIENCE HILL-- won region and ranked honorable mention in state poll

 

Brackets would have looked something more like this

 

#1 BRADLEY

BRENTWOOD

 

MT JULIET

COLLIERVILLE

 

#5 CLARKSVILLE

DOBYNS BENNETT

 

TULLAHOMA

#4 SODDY DAISY

 

Lower Bracket

 

#3 BLACKMAN

CORDOVA

 

HALLS

#6 SCIENCE HILL

 

GLENCLIFF

CLEVELAND

 

HENDERSONVILLE

#2 INDEPENDENCE

 

With proper seeding this would have been more accurate.

 

All 6 seeds would have a #2 region placer in the first round except #6 Science Hill because Cleveland is stronger than Halls and S-HILL deserves the easier match with a region championship

[ghouse]

If your first sentence is true, then its about the money, its always about the money.

 

I can see why Cleveland is down there but Indy and Soddy should have been down there before Clarksville.

 

Just going by Region winners and state ranking this year with some sort of thought-out bracketing as the TSSAA mentioned in the paper would have seeded them similar to this...

 

[snip]

 

 

The one and only flaw in you logic is that you presume the use of the state rankings poll. There is no way the TSSAA would or should allow that for seeding purposes because many of the same coaches who vote on the poll would be involved in the duals. While I have a lot of faith in the honor and character of the coaches and don't believe any of them would hedge their votes to help themselves or others, there is no way the TSSAA would or should allow a situation where even that perception could exist.

 

I couldn't agree more that the TSSAA should have gone by the old, apparently unwritten, seeding criteria. They also failed to do so in DII and in drastically changed some positions in that bracket.

 

If both divison's coaches prefer the old, unwritten criteria then they need to get a proposal written, approved by the coaches, and sent to the Board of Control of the TSSAA so that those criteria make it into the handbook for next year. That is the only way to ensure that the TSSAA follows guidelines. Unfortunately, coaches in both divisions probably learned the hard way this year (amazed we all haven't learned this well enoguh in the past) that you can't trust the TSSAA to do what is right...

[REGIONX]

RANK - SCHOOL - POWER RANKING - STANDING LAST WEEK

1 - BAYLOR - 99 - 1

2 - BRADLEY CENTRAL - 93 - 2

3 - CLEVELAND - 81 - 3

4 - FATHER RYAN - 75 - 4

5 - MCCALLIE - 68 - 5

6 - CHRISTIAN BROTHERS - 61 - 6

7 - INDEPENDENCE - 49 - 8

8 - BLACKMAN - 42 - 7

9 - SODDY DAISY - 28 - 11

10 - CLARKSVILLE - 14 - 10

11 - BRENTWOOD ACADEMY - 12 - 9

12 - WALKER VALLEY - 11 - ---

 

Others receiving votes: HENDERSONVILLE, MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY, NOTRE DAME, OOLTEWAH, SCIENCE HILL

 

Let's see if it stirs up as much stuff as it did last week!

 

Looks like a mess for next week!

[StarRaider]

1 - BAYLOR or BRADLEY CENTRAL

3 - CLEVELAND

4 - FATHER RYAN

5 - CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

6 - SODDY DAISY

7 - CLARKSVILLE /BRENTWOOD ACADEMY

9 - INDEPENDENCE/ Mt Juliet

11 Brentwood/Science Hill

[chattownrasslin]

Looks like a mess for next week!

 

But in all honesty, since state duals are now over. The team rankings really mean nothing.