NCAA Softball Regionals

[CajunRed]

But as someone just said, the RPI slate has been wiped clean...and we can now prove the experts wrong.

igeaux.mobi

[GoneGolfin]

So the answer is to prove it on the field...beating quality teams. If we had done that, our RPI ranking, although based on a flawed system, would have been much higher...and I probably wouldn't be having to drive to Austin Friday morning...(as per GoneGolfin).

No. The Cajuns did enough of that (winning on the field). What they missed was scheduling better. And scheduling better does not mean bringing in higher RPI teams or better teams for that matter. It means scheduling smarter.

Meanwhile, the point I am trying to make does not entail looking back on this year and anguishing over what may have been lost. I am making these points such that hopefully we can do better in the future.

Brian

[RaginFan2]

_ No. The Cajuns did enough of that (winning on the field). What they missed was scheduling better. And scheduling better does not mean bringing in higher RPI teams or better teams for that matter. It means scheduling smarter.

Meanwhile, the point I am trying to make does not entail looking back on this year and anguishing over what may have been lost. I am making these points such that hopefully we can do better in the future.

Brian _

Wait! ....... A forward-thinking Cajun fan! Will wonders never cease??? LOL

[Turbine]

_ So the answer is to prove it on the field...beating quality teams. If we had done that, our RPI ranking, although based on a flawed system, would have been much higher...and I probably wouldn't be having to drive to Austin Friday morning...(as per GoneGolfin).


igeaux.mobi _

Even at the end of the season -looking back- utter domination (even if expected) should not be totally ignored.

14 - 0 (W) 5 inn.
20 - 0 (W) 5 inn.
14 - 1 (W) 5 inn.
28 - 0 (W) 5 inn.

A better system would be "Did you do, what you should have done, based on who you played?"

[CajunRed]

But Turb...I saw those games. I felt like we were playing Kaplan, Ville Platte, Lil Holy Christian Academy and Fatima Elementary. Athough it was fun at the time to see all the bombs and runs scored, I had a feeling those wins were pointless.

Even at the end of the season -looking back- utter domination (even if expected) should not be totally ignored.

14 - 0 (W) 5 inn.
20 - 0 (W) 5 inn.
14 - 1 (W) 5 inn.
28 - 0 (W) 5 inn.

A better system would be "Did you do, what you should have done, based on who you played?"

igeaux.mobi

[Turbine]

_ But Turb...I saw those games. I felt like we were playing Kaplan, Ville Platte, Lil Holy Christian Academy and Fatima Elementary. Athough it was fun at the time to see all the bombs and runs scored, I had a feeling those wins were pointless.






igeaux.mobi _

Judged simply as a W/L yes. (hello RPI)

Wins like that should be judged on stats, and did you do what you were supposed to do.

[CajunRed]

Judged simply as a W/L yes. (hello RPI)

Wins like that should be judged on stats, and did you do what you were supposed to do.

Point taken.

I know it shouldn't be the way it is...but it is. We are not Arizona or Washington or UCLA. We CANNOT hand the powers that be ANY reasons to discount our worthiness. Wins such as those is why a team with 6 or 8 fewer wins will get the nod over us...and it doesn't help that, in addition, our RPI is lower.



igeaux.mobi

[snote]

your show prep was one of the hi-lite's of the show to me..

are you left or right eye dominant or possibly cross dominant????

ps. crisscrossed dominant

[RaginFan2]

_ your show prep was one of the hi-lite's of the show to me..



ps. crisscrossed dominant _

That's what I was thinking! (grins & chuckles)

[Turbine]

On a basic leval UL was penalized for playing to many games.

igeaux.mobi

[RaginFan2]

_ On a basic leval UL was penalized for playing to many games.

igeaux.mobi _

No - we were penalized for not scheduling smarter!

[CajunT]

_ No - we were penalized for not scheduling smarter! _

And we weren't any better last season #23 RPI. No matter how times it's repeated the end results are similar to seeding teams. Third team in at 23 RPI and third team in at #38 RPI. The end result is the same, to continue to argue that what is very clear evidence in my book is illogical. The process is flawed and its not just UL.