QT Old v. New rule

onlythetruth wrote:

But to claim that their powers of observation, combined with their use of a magic 8 ball, fairy dust, and unicorns, and unaided by the FBR, miraculously resulted in these seedings . . .

is pure horsesh!t.

futbolfreak wrote:Hmmm....I'm not going to name any teams so we don't get into the whole "see, MY kid's team was just better than people thought" or "see, that OTHER team my kid used to play for was never as good as people thought" but with the new rule I'm already starting to see specific teams that are definitely D1 level who stand the chance of not getting in D1 while teams that are D3 level (maybe high but still D3) may squeak in this weekend.  It is just interesting that D1 is 100% decided on Weekend 1 this year as that seems to be a disadvantage to those teams whose overall records for the last couple of years are very good but for whatever reason are playing well but not quite as well this one weekend and who are in brackets lower than E.  It is a little counterintuitive-- LH's goal is to give an advantage to those teams whose overall seed/records are better coming in to QT. Wouldn't giving THEM "two shots" at D1 in case they have a bad weekend be more in line with this rather than allowing some teams that would have definitely been out of LH entirely the 1st weekend (based on the old rule) two weekends of play?

And, no, I'm not speaking as a parent on a team that is "not doing as well as I think they should have."  

KnKsDad wrote:

futbolfreak wrote:Hmmm....I'm not going to name any teams so we don't get into the whole "see, MY kid's team was just better than people thought" or "see, that OTHER team my kid used to play for was never as good as people thought" but with the new rule I'm already starting to see specific teams that are definitely D1 level who stand the chance of not getting in D1 while teams that are D3 level (maybe high but still D3) may squeak in this weekend.  It is just interesting that D1 is 100% decided on Weekend 1 this year as that seems to be a disadvantage to those teams whose overall records for the last couple of years are very good but for whatever reason are playing well but not quite as well this one weekend and who are in brackets lower than E.  It is a little counterintuitive-- LH's goal is to give an advantage to those teams whose overall seed/records are better coming in to QT. Wouldn't giving THEM "two shots" at D1 in case they have a bad weekend be more in line with this rather than allowing some teams that would have definitely been out of LH entirely the 1st weekend (based on the old rule) two weekends of play?

And, no, I'm not speaking as a parent on a team that is "not doing as well as I think they should have."  

Now that the dust has settled, are you ready to start naming some of those teams who are "definitely D1 level" who didn't get in or "teams that are D3 level (maybe high but still D3)" who "squeaked in"? Please name my team, so I can tell you how full of KaKa you are, and I'm not talking about the Brazilian soccer star either.

And what about this disadvantage to "those teams whose overall records for the last couple of years are very good but for whatever reason are playing well but not quite as well this one weekend and who are in brackets lower than E"? Again, KaKa. Could it be that those teams are not playing as well because they are not the same team?  Player movement and a fixed roster (no guest players), just to name two, could have had an impact. With respect to overall records, overall records against who? Furthermore, the overall record for the past couple of years really doesn't mean squat unless you have had essentially the same roster and if you've had essentially the same roster and were good enough before, you should be good enough now, unless of course player development is lacking which points to a different issue.

soccer chick wrote:We played and got "beat up on" but are getting 8-10 games under our belt as we get ready for ppl and have new players on our team.  Why wouldn't we want to play some solid soccer to see what we need to work on and prepare?  Didn't score a single goal either but kept the mustangs to 0-0 in first half. Lol don't get me wrong they came back in 2nd half and scored five but we looked at our offense, defensive and middle line plus speed to the ball, 50-50s, etc and saw some great things we will build on this year.  I understand why 35-50 ranked teams play but I did hear something that had me flabbergasted by a 50 ish ranked team after losing all three games as part of a parent meeting on the sidelines "d1 was our goal but we still have next weekend and d3 to look forward to."  Good luck to that team and everyone else.  I am sure the system will get 95% of the teams in the right place to "develop" or whatever you want.   For us lh is doing exactly what we want. And bye - the "top teams " we played that made it through were classy........actually quite proud of them.

Son_ofa_Pitch wrote:

soccer chick wrote:We played and got "beat up on" but are getting 8-10 games under our belt as we get ready for ppl and have new players on our team.  Why wouldn't we want to play some solid soccer to see what we need to work on and prepare?  Didn't score a single goal either but kept the mustangs to 0-0 in first half. Lol don't get me wrong they came back in 2nd half and scored five but we looked at our offense, defensive and middle line plus speed to the ball, 50-50s, etc and saw some great things we will build on this year.  I understand why 35-50 ranked teams play but I did hear something that had me flabbergasted by a 50 ish ranked team after losing all three games as part of a parent meeting on the sidelines "d1 was our goal but we still have next weekend and d3 to look forward to."  Good luck to that team and everyone else.  I am sure the system will get 95% of the teams in the right place to "develop" or whatever you want.   For us lh is doing exactly what we want. And bye - the "top teams " we played that made it through were classy........actually quite proud of them.

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