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Originally Posted by robochick1319
I hate to sound like a kill-joy, but I find this whole discussion to be slightly pointless. There will never be a way any of us can agree on the order or rank of teams. Even if we develop ranking systems, there are discrapencies in the results. Furthermore, there are circumstances relating to awards and regionals that cannot be explained.
After 7 pages of posts, it seems clear that the "best teams" are usually chosen off of whims, biases, or general perceptions. What is worse, we seem to be comparing teams of different ages! A team that has won a lot in the past, but has been falling in glory over the past 5 years is often put above a team that has explosive and tremendous success in their short existence.
I wish I could see more discussion of current successes, rather than older reputations. As horrible as it might sound, we should be asking, "What have you done lately?"  |
What I find funny is that we'll go on for a while about a team in a specific state, and then a member from that team will post about how their team isn't actually the best.
Of course we'll never actually agree. But that's the point of discussions. That you enjoy talking about things and maybe butting heads with someone. That's what all of the "What's next year's game going to be" and "Who will win worlds" threads are. Just speculations based on biases and likes.
- Sunny