2012 IRI MATCH RESULTS AND STANDINGS

[Gary Dillard]

I always like to point out how win-loss record does not matter when it comes to alliance selection, unless you win enough to be picking. Highest seeded team not picked - #13. Lowest seeded team picked - #58. 6 teams with 6-3 record not picked, 7 teams with losing records picked, including all 3 of the winning alliance's picks.

Teams need to be more concerned with performing well and marketing your abilities than with winning or losing during qualification matches.

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Teams need to be more concerned with performing well and marketing your abilities than with winning or losing during qualification matches.

That's funny. After a terrible Friday of qualification matches, we were 2-4 and ranked 50th.

Coming into Saturday morning with 3 matches to play, my only goal was to showcase our scoring abilities and successfully triple balance in those 3 matches, regardless of winning matches.

Of course you have to balance your own needs with those of your partners. If we were all out of Top8 contention, I suggested we all try to highlight our abilities and triple regardless of the score. Only in our last match was 3322 ranked in the Top8. I let them dicated the strategy, since it was important for them to win the match.

We ended up winning all 3 matches...but only triple balancing in one of them, for various reasons.

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Teams need to be more concerned with performing well and marketing your abilities than with winning or losing during qualification matches.

A strategy like that might be beneficial if you find yourself ranked, say, 100 of 100 in your division ...

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

A strategy like that might be beneficial if you find yourself ranked, say, 100 of 100 in your division ...

I guess i didn't word that too well. What I was trying to say is, if you find yourself 6-3 don't get too confident, if you find yourself 3-6 don't count yourself out, and especially don't overreact if you happen to drop from 20th seed to 30th seed sometime during the weekend after you lose one match or vice versa.