Comments on: Seedings and such. http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/seedings-and-such/ The 2008 kickball season is upon us....... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Hunt http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/seedings-and-such/#comment-100 Hunt Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:24:14 +0000 http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-100 Im with you guys, its tough to decide but if Eldridge wins out they def. deserve the top seed over the Sword in WSB. As for the Head to Head vs Overall Record, hard to say which is better to base it off of but I'm staying out of it. We are cool with whatever seed we receive. Looks like it will be the most competitive tourney we've seen in recent years! I'm just ready to get it started. Im with you guys, its tough to decide but if Eldridge wins out they def. deserve the top seed over the Sword in WSB. As for the Head to Head vs Overall Record, hard to say which is better to base it off of but I’m staying out of it. We are cool with whatever seed we receive. Looks like it will be the most competitive tourney we’ve seen in recent years! I’m just ready to get it started.

]]> By: cagey http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/seedings-and-such/#comment-97 cagey Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:27:23 +0000 http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-97 Here come my comments and/or a fight... I think the bracket is going to be awesome this year. There are only a handful of teams that have done it week-in and week-out through the season, but come tourney time a half dozen (maybe more) could get hot and string together enough victories to take home the title, whether by sheer force of will or some good fortune (or charitable calls). About some of the potential headaches in the Willie Burroughs division, I think head-to-heads would HAVE to come into consideration. Whether they should trump a team's record, I don't know. But especially when comparing division rivals, that tete-a-tete should figure prominently. I know some could say (probably correctly) that games early in the season don't necessarily reflect a team's late-season form, so if the head-to-head match-up was played, like, two months ago it might be a little distasteful to have to rely on it when drawing distinctions. But, hey, we happen to play a season that is 10 weeks long (at least) and each week's outing should count when weighing out resumes. If, say, Eldridge and the Sword should happen to come out of this weekend with identical division records, I don't see how the Eldridge could lose the top seed to the Sword. Not that SS isn't a team deserving of a top seed (they are) but Eldridge earned it, in my book by beating them head-to-head. They might lose (in this hypothetical scenario) one more game overall, but if you are picking one of each seed (1,2,3,4...) from each division (Burroughs, Brown, et al), you gotta consider how they fared against one another. Especially if that is who you are also comparing them against... Is that how the seedings are to be done, Deron? Here come my comments and/or a fight…

I think the bracket is going to be awesome this year. There are only a handful of teams that have done it week-in and week-out through the season, but come tourney time a half dozen (maybe more) could get hot and string together enough victories to take home the title, whether by sheer force of will or some good fortune (or charitable calls).

About some of the potential headaches in the Willie Burroughs division, I think head-to-heads would HAVE to come into consideration. Whether they should trump a team’s record, I don’t know. But especially when comparing division rivals, that tete-a-tete should figure prominently.

I know some could say (probably correctly) that games early in the season don’t necessarily reflect a team’s late-season form, so if the head-to-head match-up was played, like, two months ago it might be a little distasteful to have to rely on it when drawing distinctions. But, hey, we happen to play a season that is 10 weeks long (at least) and each week’s outing should count when weighing out resumes.

If, say, Eldridge and the Sword should happen to come out of this weekend with identical division records, I don’t see how the Eldridge could lose the top seed to the Sword. Not that SS isn’t a team deserving of a top seed (they are) but Eldridge earned it, in my book by beating them head-to-head. They might lose (in this hypothetical scenario) one more game overall, but if you are picking one of each seed (1,2,3,4…) from each division (Burroughs, Brown, et al), you gotta consider how they fared against one another. Especially if that is who you are also comparing them against…

Is that how the seedings are to be done, Deron?

]]> By: tofuscramble http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/seedings-and-such/#comment-96 tofuscramble Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:42:52 +0000 http://deronbelt.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-96 Certainly the seeding process will be more interesting for Love Garden than in previous years, and I'm wondering if this year poses more seeding challenges than previous years? Seems like there's more parity and the addition of four more teams has spread out head-to-head match-ups. Regardless, the Board is going to have a heck of a time sorting it all out. I realize you were hypothetically speaking about the Burroughs Div--fishing for comments or looking to pick a fight, no doubt--but, within the same division, I don't think head-to-head matchups should trump a team that has a better overall record. I think head-to-head matchups come more into play when comparing across divisions/conferences. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Certainly the seeding process will be more interesting for Love Garden than in previous years, and I’m wondering if this year poses more seeding challenges than previous years? Seems like there’s more parity and the addition of four more teams has spread out head-to-head match-ups. Regardless, the Board is going to have a heck of a time sorting it all out. I realize you were hypothetically speaking about the Burroughs Div–fishing for comments or looking to pick a fight, no doubt–but, within the same division, I don’t think head-to-head matchups should trump a team that has a better overall record. I think head-to-head matchups come more into play when comparing across divisions/conferences. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

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