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Originally Posted by mman1506
A number of teams do that already (33 comes to mind)
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this makes me smile
We actually hate playing early/late, but sometimes this is unavoidable given other priorities.
It is hard to keep team momentum with such a large gap.
I prefer to play week 1 for two reasons:
1. Playing week one eliminates all excuses...you cannot put off anything until after bag day, you absolutely must be ready on time, and there is no recovery for anything you let slip. It is really hard, but it is worth it.
2. Playing week one is when you have the greatest advantage if you are done, and if you are right. 20 years of data support this....most teams do not know how to play yet on week one and most teams are not actually done building yet. If you are ready on both counts, you have a huge competitive advantage. This erodes pretty quickly in the following 2 weeks.
Our second choice is usually about
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1. A location I can get our sponsors, families, and fans to easily (aka, close to home)
2. An event with good teams attending. We do not want to play softball events, we want to be ready for States by playing with and against great teams.
So, going back to some of my points from earlier posts:
Even if all access restrictions were removed, the best strategy for the best teams will still be to be done early, play early, and win early.
Even without bag day, my season development schedule would not change.