I love this page! Looks like one of the “2 very special guys” has responded! |
I suspect they are buddies…. |
FWYTYK |
Looks like there are some good matchups this weekend at the MD Fairgrounds. |
Wrong answer but the Pom poms cloud your judgement in prep for another winless weekend. |
Interesting line up: Top bracket is pretty loaded. Hero's plays a tougher schedule than last week, facing off with both Coppermine and Crush this weekend. They played some closer games than expected and even tied lower ranked Jesters last weekend. Expect to see some improvement. M&D Black is in the second strongest bracket and should go 4-0 based on their play last weekend. LI Jesters and Liberty on schedule, but also CC Lax and Team 180. MDU East plays the same schedule as M&D, so we will have some comparison scores. Capital gets a chance to match up again with 4 teams they have played this fall--Aces and Coppermine, who they lost to by 4 goals each last weekend, and Sky Walkers and Hero's, who they got to scrimmage at a play day. They will be looking to close the gap or even pull out a result or two. Looks like Eagle Stix is taking a weekend off of travel, so those having nightmares of being trampled by #47 (see eg Coppermine, M&D Red, Capital, etc), can rest easier. |
Bravo, my friend. It takes tremendous courage to put yourself out there like this. Keep fighting! |
If this weekend goes as expected, does anyone know if Cap will be the ones requesting lower brackets, or if the tournaments will be ones mandating it? Thanks for any and all, just getting a feel for how it works. |
You are correct in the brackets and tournaments hierarchy, I just saw that Blue 2028 is signed up for the pumpkin shoot out next year. |
Not totally sure, but it seems a little unfair to place them into top brackets on name only to begin with especially their first year together. I have no idea why M&D appears to be in the lower bracket (although they sponsor the tournament so maybe they put themselves there) as they should certainly be ahead of Captial (and SW) and MDU probably has a case to be up there as well. |
They aren't that "new" of a team. half of the team has played together for years. Just rip the band aid off. If you want to play in top brackets eventually, why wait. Might as well see what you need to work on. What is the advantage of playing B teams for a year? I am not sure what is miraculously going to change in a year it is the same players and they only practice together once a week. sure they will get more comfortable with each other, but so will all of the other teams. |
Not sure if this is what PP meant, but I took at it is unfair to other teams (M&D, MDU) that should probably be in the top bracket instead of them. So regardless if they request it or not the tournament directors shouldn't give them top bracket just becasue of the Capital name (and for this age group SW name) |
The nightmare for Capital continues this weekend, good luck!! |
I just looked at Cap Blue schedule. I’m not being negative at all, but it is highly unlikely that they will get their first significant win |
Best chance may come against Hero’s. They tied them in their play day and many of the girls on Capital came from Pride which traditionally played Hero’s very close so it could be a bad matchup for Hero’s. |