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The Case Against 'Regionalizing' teams at the Nationals.
Posted by Nate Smith.
Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain. Posted on 8/15/2000 11:53 AM MST In Reply to: The Case For 'Regionalizing' teams at the Nationals. posted by Joe Johnson on 8/15/2000 7:02 AM MST: While I agree that in the near future(if not already), something will need to be done about the size of Nationals, my personal opinion is that 'regionalizing' is not the way to go. Read on for my comments as to why... : One more positive benefit would be that teams are more likely to KNOW who the good teams are in their group. This will allow teams to scout more effectively, which is impossible with 400 teams, and to pick the best teams to go forward into the Elimination Tourney. While I agree that it is very hard, if not impossible, to scout all the teams at nationals as a single team, that is why the scouting alliances(SOAP, GMCIA, and others that I know are in the works) will become so important in the coming years until Nationals is made a qualification-only event. *cringes* : The only down side to the as far as I am concerned is that one group might be 'stacked' with good teams by accident. This is really no different than the current 'luck of the draw' teams face. Teams either are lucky or unlucky in the seeding rounds based on who they happen to be seeded with or against. At least in the 'regionalized' proposal, unluckily seeded teams would have a fighting chance of getting noticed by one of the picking teams, while they are more likely to go unnoticed in a field of 400. It's true that there is a greater chance of being overlooked if you are in a larger group, but it could also happen that you may get stuck with an alliance that is not as good as it could be, because the team that would be the best match for yours was locked into another group. And even though I know a few people will cringe when I say this, a way around being overlooked is to advertise...just one word of advice when advertising: don't put what your machine CAN do, put what it HAS done... Just my thoughts... Nate |
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