Michigan rankings

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Alex Dinsmoor

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I know that many teams have been "Carried" to their rank, and some should be significantly lower in the rankings then they are. And I'm not going to name any of the "Carried" teams because that isn't a demonstration of GP.

There is no need to name them, they/we already know. What would be a true demonstration of GP would be for those teams to step aside and let the more deserving teams in.

The carried team phenomenon is bound to happen with the top eight in-picking and the serpentine draft. When a powerhouse number one picks another powerhouse in the top eight, then best of what’s left after fourteen more picks has a pretty good chance of getting carried on to a major point bonanza.

Maybe next year, they should give points for first picks only, then a few consolation points to the second pick for advancing to the semis and finals. That's not going to fix it completly (it always has and always will happen) but it would deminish the impact a bit.