Playoffs then and now...

**JJK guy** · November 12th, 2009, 11:11 PM

The main reason I can't agree with getting rid of the district champ auto-bid is that it would be a big disadvantage to a strong team from a weak district. This is scenario is totally unlikely....but say Hurley had a great team. They go undefeated. But every other team in the BDD is awful...the only games they win are against each other. It would hurt Hurley to play those teams. They would get almost no power points for beating them, but have to play them b/c they're in their district. This could allow teams from the LPD and CMD to outpoint them because they play stronger in-district opponents.
I think if you just base it on points alone it defeats the purpose of having districts all together.

**1inStripes** · November 12th, 2009, 11:36 PM

Getting rid of a district champ auto bid would be one of the dumbest things possible because every district should be represented in playoff competition. Take PV for instance. Lets say they do play a tough schedule at 5-5, but those teams they lost to, still didn't end up with many wins, and PV wins the LPD. Then, everyone else scheduled real softly and ended up outpointing them by only losing 1-2 games. Would that be fair, because it is possible?

**pvfan** · November 13th, 2009, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by 1inStripes

Getting rid of a district champ auto bid would be one of the dumbest things possible because every district should be represented in playoff competition. Take PV for instance. Lets say they do play a tough schedule at 5-5, but those teams they lost to, still didn't end up with many wins, and PV wins the LPD. Then, everyone else scheduled real softly and ended up outpointing them by only losing 1-2 games. Would that be fair, because it is possible?

Keep the auto bid but force districts to re-align. The fact that Honaker can win the BDD by not winning a game over a team in their own division (2) is a joke. Grundy, Richlands, Tazwell, and Graham should be forced down into a new district. Ship PV/JJK to the CMD and leave the LPD/Cumberland/BDD as Division 1 districts. (I know Coeburn flirts with D2/D1 but if you move down the schools I mentioned above they are D1.). It's much more evened out on a regional level by enrollment and a lot of the general bull that goes on would be eliminated. FWIW, I'm also in favor of shrinking the Cumberland by moving Coeburn and Thomas Walker into the new LPD.

**sup-rbeast** · November 13th, 2009, 01:27 PM

Just allow district champs...everybody has an equal shot regardless of their schedule.

**pvfan** · November 13th, 2009, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by sup-rbeast

Just allow district champs...everybody has an equal shot regardless of their schedule.

No they don't. The two best division one teams this side of Roanoke have been in the same district for the last 5 years. By your system one of them would be left out of the playoffs. I'm all for your system if you even out the districts, if not it's worthless imo.

**sup-rbeast** · November 13th, 2009, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by pvfan

No they don't. The two best division one teams this side of Roanoke have been in the same district for the last 5 years. By your system one of them would be left out of the playoffs. I'm all for your system if you even out the districts, if not it's worthless imo.

How's that?...if they were the best in their own district they would have won it....if they didn't they're not even the best in their district...much less anywhere else. In a playoff where it's only district champs eligible, there are no DIVISIONS..

**pvfan** · November 13th, 2009, 02:08 PM

Playoffs would be worthless in that scenario. Two best teams play a game in the regular season to determine your regional champ. You'd have to put JIB down in a lower grouping whether it be division or not. Unless of course you want St. Paul to be in the same classifcation as Lee High, which is what you would have under that scenario.