Well said Rich & Dan - there are solutions to the problem of less ability to seed: broader initial pools, crossovers at different stages etc - and the conversation should address those rather than telling people to suck it up.
Ultimate has come a long long way in this country since the days when there were 16 teams in the whole country and the pools were based on someone's guesswork. Let's not stop the innovation and improvement! IMHO the solution for the B Tour lies in something mentioned in earlier discussions - regionalise it. Every other sport (AND this sport in countries where it is more mature) regionalise it, we should be looking very closely at that alternative. If Tour B North and Tour B South were each < 20 teams they would be easier to seed and compose schedules for which allowed for mistakes and dropouts. Best wishes Frisbee flingers everywhere! The Bear -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich 'Dean' Shelmerdine Sent: 01 August 2006 10:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BD] RE: Tour 2 > Shit happens, deal with it. Why? How about shit happens, let's try to make sure it doesn't happen next time? At Tour 1B Fire 2 were seeded top. This was an educated decision. I suspect what the Hucker's would have preferred would have been another educated decision where there wasn't a under seeded team in their pool (I saw the Wizards' seeding (23rd) before the weekend and saw an issue arising - I'm suspecting I wasn't alone). It's true that if you lose to a particular team you are not worthy to finish higher than them, but the point is that you might finish lower than a team you were better than but weren't given a shot at because of the under seeded team in your pool in the first place. Often when someone raises an issue people are very happy to jump down their throats but the fact is these issues do often only come to light when there is something imperfect. No one rocks the boat when everything is just dandy! Dan's original argument was one the best constructed 'complaint' emails I've seen in a while (mine included) and certainly deserve more than the negative and dare I say it narrow-sighted replies that Simon and Alistair sent back. Dean A Tour but still listening to the B Tour. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
