There’s no reward for a strong competitive season in Black. Only risk. Reward is for the White teams only.
Shamrocks got screwed. They’ve been a great team to play against for years. Just played for the Championship. And now in White? Cmon man.
Top Gun comes in as the 1 overall seed having never played in Black? Asinine. Skewed all the brackets. They only had 1 Black team in theirs. At best they should’ve been middle of the pack for standings sake. Maybe they will be that good. But you gotta earn it first, not just have it given to you.
The bottom 4 Black teams should battle the top 4 White in round robin parity. If you’ve had a solid season in Black you’ve earned the right to stay over a 40 game schedule and playoffs. Not just some singular weekend in April when to be quite honest most have had far more than enough hockey at that point.
Using your logic they should have made it in to black. Very little turnover and like you said they competed for the championship but they didn't and your excuse is that they've had enough hockey. It's clear that the 06 shamrock parents are going to take the mantle of whining and complaining from the 06 top gun parents who took it from the 06 Viper parents.
The only time anyone is in favor of changing the parity structure is when it goes against them. Then everyone has great ideas on how to fix it and who deserves to be in. There are a lot of butt hurt parents out there and it's only going to get worse after this weekend.
Not with Shamrocks. Played against the past 3 seasons. They are a very good team. Well coached. Highly competitive. Play the right way. Precisely the type of team you want to compete against.
But let the White newb to Black say how things should be.
Don’t whine if you have a great season but miss parity next year by a hit post for a tie instead of a win and that point keeps you out.
There’s no reward for a strong competitive season in Black. Only risk. Reward is for the White teams only.
Shamrocks got screwed. They’ve been a great team to play against for years. Just played for the Championship. And now in White? Cmon man.
Top Gun comes in as the 1 overall seed having never played in Black? Asinine. Skewed all the brackets. They only had 1 Black team in theirs. At best they should’ve been middle of the pack for standings sake. Maybe they will be that good. But you gotta earn it first, not just have it given to you.
The bottom 4 Black teams should battle the top 4 White in round robin parity. If you’ve had a solid season in Black you’ve earned the right to stay over a 40 game schedule and playoffs. Not just some singular weekend in April when to be quite honest most have had far more than enough hockey at that point.
parity should be done in the fall when teams actually are together and have a chance to practice. This is why the Tier 1 divisions suck so bad. To much discrepancy from top to bottom.
No one beat the Shams in parity, you are correct! However, the Shams did not beat anyone is parity... Top 6 teams from Black?? I would leave it the way it is now but add that the White winner get's an auto bid into black.