School girl tournament

[Anonymous]

I was under the assumption, based on folks I've talked to, that all the teams were created equally?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was under the assumption, based on folks I've talked to, that all the teams were created equally?

Not at all. Team 1 is the top team, Team 2 is 2nd best, and so on. Team 1 plays in the top bracket of the tournament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was under the assumption, based on folks I've talked to, that all the teams were created equally?

Not at all. Team 1 is the top team, Team 2 is 2nd best, and so on. Team 1 plays in the top bracket of the tournament.

There are different brackets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was under the assumption, based on folks I've talked to, that all the teams were created equally?

Not at all. Team 1 is the top team, Team 2 is 2nd best, and so on. Team 1 plays in the top bracket of the tournament.

There are different brackets?

Yes, different brackets. And for all those saying stuff was rigged, tell your girls to go play hard and win it all. Last year, all three teams spoke for themselves (top 2 teams won brackets and third team was a goal away from the championship game in pouring rain). They all competed really well against a lot of states that only had 1 team that practiced together all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we petition to have decline rights with no repurcussions for team 4 and 5?

I agree! They said they were going to have 3 teams and now there are 5. If we knew we would be forced to pay/play for a lower team, we probably would have declined to tryout. We know of at least 3 families from top teams who have declined with penalties. Unless they can guarantee future tryouts will only support 3 teams, we would not encourage anyone to tryout next year.

[Anonymous]

Was the vibe this negative last year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we petition to have decline rights with no repurcussions for team 4 and 5?

I agree! They said they were going to have 3 teams and now there are 5. If we knew we would be forced to pay/play for a lower team, we probably would have declined to tryout. We know of at least 3 families from top teams who have declined with penalties. Unless they can guarantee future tryouts will only support 3 teams, we would not encourage anyone to tryout next year.

BuT tHeY wON tHEiR BrACkTEt!!!

Don’t present facts to this group with a small set of players favored by coaches who shouldn’t be out there.

[Anonymous]

I heard all the teams they competed against in the top bracket were pretty weak. So, of course they would win.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Same here. My Kid said she had one of her best tryouts. For those who landed on one of the lower teams, are you still going (because you were told you have to)? Want to make sure my daughter will at least be playing with people in the same boat. Strength in numbers

My daughter is on a lower team and should have been a few teams higher in any sensible tryout. We submitted payment based on the threats and will attend. I will be on the sidelines with a cocktail and lounge chair - it will be a win regardless of level of play or outcome.

You are my new best friend. Let’s pick a specialty cocktail each and meet up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same here. My Kid said she had one of her best tryouts. For those who landed on one of the lower teams, are you still going (because you were told you have to)? Want to make sure my daughter will at least be playing with people in the same boat. Strength in numbers

My daughter is on a lower team and should have been a few teams higher in any sensible tryout. We submitted payment based on the threats and will attend. I will be on the sidelines with a cocktail and lounge chair - it will be a win regardless of level of play or outcome.

You are my new best friend. Let’s pick a specialty cocktail each and meet up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have they publicly posted the team rosters?

I mean with names not tryout numbers.

No and they won’t. They never do. You Pl only be able to figure it out if there are photos or if they win the championship. The utter lack of transparency is a main reason school girls has always been known as a purely political endeavor.

[Anonymous]

In an alternate reality it would be a cool process if they “evaluated” the initial pool of players to get down to the number of players they need. Then let the coaches who are coaching the teams choose their teams in order. Ie team one goes first then team two etc. then at the first or second practice you have a tournament among the teams to sort out which team is best and the order of finish in your mini tournament determines which teams plays in which bracket at the school girl tournament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have they publicly posted the team rosters?

I mean with names not tryout numbers.

No and they won’t. They never do. You Pl only be able to figure it out if there are photos or if they win the championship. The utter lack of transparency is a main reason school girls has always been known as a purely political endeavor.

This is a great point. Because the rosters are not public, the people in charge have no fear of being called out for the political nature of the process. The lack of transparency and confusing results make this tryout one to skip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was under the assumption, based on folks I've talked to, that all the teams were created equally?

Not at all. Team 1 is the top team, Team 2 is 2nd best, and so on. Team 1 plays in the top bracket of the tournament.

There are different brackets?

Is this even a serious question? How has your child gotten this far??

[Anonymous]

I thought it was all one big tourney too. Glad weak teams will play other weak teams.