CHS Platter - Week Four - Cheesy Centers

[PayneTrain]

38 teams are registered to be at VADOS, as far as I can tell 16 of the 38 teams have not played in elimination rounds this season.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

38 teams are registered to be at VADOS, as far as I can tell 16 of the 38 teams have not played in elimination rounds this season.

Doswell is going to be interesting this weekend. There is a very shallow top end with a very heavy middle. Team performances have been all over the place so far this season.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Doswell is going to be interesting this weekend. There is a very shallow top end with a very heavy middle. Team performances have been all over the place so far this season.

Doswell is also full of teams that will doubtlessly make obvious changes of varying magnitudes or sneak in additional fixes.

Also, a note on 346:

-Shoots in the high goal
-Shoots in the low goal
-When it can't shoot, it decides to go ahead and D up the best shooter in the district and cripples them to an early exit

Also, 836 is a team that usually wins a Chairman's Award at their first event; their loss to 1885 was probably close to a tossup since they are both great programs. 1629 historically has needed programs like 836 to get off the board before they can win Chairman's, so I'd consider them for that banner over 1629, who also has racked up more EI awards than 540 has.

[1629GaCo]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

1629 historically has needed programs like 836 to get off the board before they can win Chairman's, so I'd consider them for that banner over 1629, who also has racked up more EI awards than 540 has.

I find this statement interesting!

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Also, 836 is a team that usually wins a Chairman's Award at their first event; their loss to 1885 was probably close to a tossup since they are both great programs. 1629 historically has needed programs like 836 to get off the board before they can win Chairman's, so I'd consider them for that banner over 1629, who also has racked up more EI awards than 540 has.

Thank you for your kind words about our Chairman's program. 1885 and 1629 have great programs, are are definitely District and Championship level Chairman's teams. This has been a huge transition year for us, moving from being a school based and hosted program, to a completely private, community based, non-profit organization. This past year, we have spent significant time, resources and money to acquire a large warehouse to house our new STEM Center. In doing so, we have not added as much new to our program this year as in previous years - but have created the foundation to significantly add to our program in the coming years. It is an honor to be compared favorably to our good friends 1885 and 1629.

Steve

[1629GaCo]

1629 cannot wait to play with the Bees!!

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by 1629GaCo

1629 cannot wait to play with the Bees!!

We feel the same!!

[staplemonx]

1389 is going all high goal all the time. The goal will be 4 high goals per match by the end of qualifiers. Our hanger is not ready yet, so you should expect to see that in 3 weeks at the dist champs.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Also, 836 is a team that usually wins a Chairman's Award at their first event; their loss to 1885 was probably close to a tossup since they are both great programs. 1629 historically has needed programs like 836 to get off the board before they can win Chairman's, so I'd consider them for that banner over 1629, who also has racked up more EI awards than 540 has.

I find the speculation around CA quite awkward, regardless of the teams involved. It will drive you nuts trying to figure out 'why so and so won' or even 'why did we win over so and so'.

There are a lot of good programs in the region, especially when we get to know the context of what is happening behind the scenes on a given team by actually listening to their stories.

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by JesseK

I find the speculation around CA quite awkward, regardless of the teams involved. It will drive you nuts trying to figure out 'why so and so won' or even 'why did we win over so and so'.

There are a lot of good programs in the region, especially when we get to know the context of what is happening behind the scenes on a given team by actually listening to their stories.

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

I find all speculation to be pretty trippy. I mostly just wanted to bring attention to 836, a team that has won many RCAs in the past because they are a great team. If you ctrl+F the DC-MD-VA events from last year, you don't see the fact that they won it in Palmetto, Week 1. That's just one obvious observation I thought was missing.

Re: referees, we are all new to the district system and 422 is also in a position where we are graduating alumni who want to come back and work with the program in certain significant ways as a volunteer. When we got an email for Blacksburg, we had a couple people hop in the fray. It might sound backwards but dropping a line to coaches as soon as possible on specific needs can help all of us throw some names out. People who have never volunteered are not in the VIMS database, but they are in my address book!

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Edit - BY THE WAY
Doswell needs more refs. If you want to ref, know the rules and feel you can pass the ref test, contact Sally and she'll put you in touch with Janet. If there aren't any 'extra' refs for the current refs to rotate out, expect a few missed calls/etc to really upset teams. This game doesn't get any easier to ref just because it's later in the season.

This. If you're in the area, please help volunteer for the either event. I'll be volunteering as a ref, a couple of my friends at VCU are doing field reset. Janet is still looking for a lot of people to help out, so if you can, please do.

Good luck to everyone competing at Doswell and Edgewater this weekend!

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by JesseK

We too feel honored to be long-time friends with GaCo and the RoboBees. We look forward to seeing you guys at DCMPS!

Look forward to seeing you there - and on to St. Louis!

Steve

[Electronica1]

I am surprised that 346 and 422 were left off of this prediction. 346 has a solid high goal shot, and can play some impressive shut down defense that led to them winning Blacksburg. 422 is an impressive low goal scorer that was able to get to the finals of Asheville only to lose in a close finals match.