Monday, September 11, 2017

2017 Final Standings and Results




2017  FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
TEAMWINLOSS
PCTPFPA

ConvincingFashion8448
.636....64865260
DIREstraits7656
.575....62915253
PANDAS7557
.568....60855745.
Ballbusters6666
.500....57565718.
Tony's Team6369
.477....55216037.
Phillys Phinest6072
.454....56126084
Trusty Steed6072
.454....56095964.
HOOK6072
.454....55395779.
Bloody Glove6072
.454....51715855.
HOME BY TWO5676.........424....5427....5803.
44 Series 132-game Regular Season Ending 9.1.17
Ballbusters defeat Tony in hi-bracket weekend Playin
HomebyTwo defeats Bloody Glove in lo bracket Playin
Semifinals, CF vs. BB;  DS vs. Pandas
Semifinals  PP vs H2;  TS vs. TSteeds
2017 Prizes

*CONVINCING FASHION $550 Regular Season Pennant
* $600 League Playoff Champion
* $225 Championship Round 2nd Place
* $200 Championship Round 3rd Place
* $175 Championship Round 4th Plac
* $150 Bottom Bracket Winner

New Bottom Bracket System Embraces Ressurections and 3-Somes.

1) No word from the top bracket teams CF or PP so it's default seed matchups for the week-long series beginning tonight.
Reminder, the lineup you set tonight can be adjusted, later, for the Fri-Sun portion of this semifinal round.

2) Proposed for NEXT YEAR (provided we dont expand/contract owners):
*Seeds 4 and 5 still meet for the top bracket weekend play-in round. 
*Seed 6 still gets weekend bye and choice of semifinal, low-bracket foe.
*Seed 7 still gets weekend bye to the low-bracket semifinals.

Changes:
* The Loser of the 4/5 weekend High-Bracket Play-in would now go directly to Low-Bracket, week-long semifinals. This is revised due to pretty overwhelming popular demand, despite commish objection :(

* The Low-Bracket, weekend playoff would now be a 3-some (much to the delight of our e.d. sponsor). Seeds 8-9-10 will now be a Troika competition, with the weekend Hi-Scorer advancing to the semifinals of the Lo-Bracket.

Analysis/Origin:
This proposal is about 75-80% from Kennys suggestion, as he was the one who brought this issue to the table. Kennys proposal put 7th-10th in the low-bracket play-in. My tweak was to make this 8th-10th, preserving some value and competition for the 7th seed...  Its not that I care a lick about seeds 7-10; however, anything that creates some tangible reason for bottom seeds to win the final few series, is Good for the Top Teams in the Pennant race.

I strongly prefer to leave the brackets as they are because its the best thing for the Top, Pennant-contending teams... I would even be eager to allow Seeds 4/5 to choose top bracket weekend play-in OR swapping places with a Lo-Bracket team that has no weekend play-in. 
I think doing anything to potentially compromise the top teams pennant race is a move in the wrong direction.  
I may be right. I may be wrong, but I am most definitely in the Minority!

This change would seem to address the concerns about early weekend exits for the 4th/5th seed and allow them to keep on competing vs bottom feeders.  Agree? Object.