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Originally Posted by hutchMN

All teams in MN have different goals. I also don’t believe the state championship point system is fair. The ranking system in qualification is broken in MN events due to the lack of qualification matches making parts of the state championship’s ranking system broken in return. I do believe 2502 is a good example of this, they had the highest goal points per match average in FRC for week 1 and showed how dominate they were in eliminations (second highest alliance average for weeks 0.5 and 1 with the help of our great alliance partners 2883 and 5232), but they ended up seeding 31st at the event during qualifications (5172 is another great example of how broken the ranking system was at northern lights due to the lack of qualification matches). I know there is at least some teams in the state that view the state championship as just another offseason event. Not saying either side is right, but I don’t think it’s as cut and dry as you’re making it out to be. You also don’t speak for all the teams in MN.

All teams do have different goals. Trying to qualify for State is very important to us. Our school isn't a perennial powerhouse in sports, so bringing home a MSHSL championship gets us noticed. Any recognition we can get from our school to legitimize robotics and put us on a more level playing field with other activities like football is a win to me. We've been fortunate enough to qualify for State every year and we'll continue to try to do that.

I agree the ranking system isn't great, but don't they use a similar structure to the districts? As far as I know your seed doesn't factor into how many points you get to qualify for State. Even your W/L is weighted pretty low compared to how early you get picked and how you perform in eliminations.