All good games. Cosby hosting Powhatan on 3/18 could be fun to see how Powhatan bounces back from losing some great seniors. Cosby looking for a little revenge after 9-10 loss early last year and 6-19 later. |
Coaches nominate players for All-District voting, but coaches can not vote for their own players. That is part of the problem. Coaches from a school like BF, can't vote for their own players, but are forced into voting for players from other teams giving them points. And you are forced to vote, you can't not vote. Only 1st Team All-District can move forward to All-Region, and in that particular Region, FSR and Gainesville are at the top, but still way behind Battlefield, so these players at made it out of District Voting on the 1st Team, are almost very likely for 1st Team All-Region. You can't compare 1st Team All-Region between the Regions as the overall strength of the Teams in the Region isn't balanced. It's a flawed system, based on District/Regions having an equal number of All-District and All-Region players at each position. Any coach that doesn't advocate to the other voting coaches on the merits of their players to try and get votes is their job. If anything you should be annoyed at the coaches that don't even bother to show-up because none of their players will get anything. If they showed up to vote, BF players would likely get more top votes, but when they don't, the votes still slide to other players, as BF can't vote for their own players. |
Thanks for the additional info. Before voting, how do the coaches advocate? Does each coach get open mic time? Do they pass around player resumes with stats? Do they talk about team results advocating or just individual resumes? I could see it getting very heated if a coach said, we beat team X by 20 goals, therefore girl A on my team deserves the spot more than girl B on team X. I always thought it came down to individual states. Also, if coaches have a lot of 1st Team All-Regions, are all the players automatically nominated for all-state, or does the coach need to focus on advocating for just the very best of the big list. Not trying to be argumentative, really just curious. |
| Personally, I’m thoroughly enjoying the constant discussions about Battlefield. It all began years ago on the 2028 forum, and the conversation has barely paused since then—but honestly, I can’t get enough. Even though it overshadows nearly everything else, it’s really all I want to hear. To the dedicated few Battlefield dads: God bless you. Don’t ever believe that people think you’re clowns—because it simply isn’t true. |
BF Dad is the best. He (likely alone) keeps the board entertaining with constant "Idiot", "Dummy", and other friendly comments. We need more chatty guys like him. |
Langley @ Madison: I think Madison has more quality depth, more experience, and consistent staff comes away with a 3-4 goal win. Lightridge @ BF: Really no clue here. BF is good, not sure how strong LR is. Seems like LR has more senior leadership. Does BF have more talent? Let's go BF by 1. BF at Madison: Close game, 2-3 goal win for Madison, but could see it going the other way too. |
I like the picks. |
Cosby in my top 4. No particular order Langley Madison Cosby Battlefield Right on the edge Robo YT Still think YT has it. |
First week we get to see Robo vs. YT on 3/17 (at Robo). Robo has several very strong seniors (a strong attacker and a couple strong mids), but I imagine YT is more talented from top to bottom. I give a slight edge to Robo in week 1 based solely on coaching consistency and at least a perceived experience advantage. YT may need time to adapt to new coaching staff and large group of new starters. I don't think either team pulls away in this one. |
I know it was just a scrimmage, but this post is purely to create a meltdown with a certain group of parents.. Westfield 11 Robinson 10 |
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LOL. Go Westfield!
YT beats Robinson. |
What was the “expected” score? |
| It’s a scrimmage! As meaningful as NFL preseason. |
I dunno... seems.like Robo is going to struggle this year. |
| What happened? Game rundown?? |