The 2008 scheduler algorithm is explained
here. I have been very pleased with the algorithm so far. I can guarantee you that the Algorithm of Doom (2007 algorithm) is not being used at Chesapeake. In the 07 algorithm the first set of matches is not random, but deterministic (sequential with the A, B, & C pools). Sorry to here the scheduler is not working well for your team but that could be poor parameter selection. This includes the selection of FAIR quality, which picks the best schedule from only 100,000 generated schedules (as opposed to 5,000,000 in BEST setting). I am not saying this is the case, but is a possibility.