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Post by dude on May 22, 2020 7:31:28 GMT -5
Health department and state officials will make the decisions on fan attendance not Jerry Snodgrass. Have you read through the requirements just to be able to run and lift? It is going to be difficult to field any contact sport this year let alone one as contact heavy as football. I’m not sure people are understanding how different this is going to be from what everyone is used to. I believe what Snodgrass was saying is IF it is not safe for people to be in the stands then it would make sense it would not be safe for over 100 people to be on the field. One will not happen without the other. He never claimed to be making THE decision. Five days ago you never thought we could practice this summer. Today we know that can start on Tuesday. Imagine the good news we may get in a week or two.
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Post by dude on May 22, 2020 7:38:36 GMT -5
With all due respect, please do not forget, the band is playing at the halftime of the football game. The football team does not provide an open act and closing act for the band performance. I'm not saying which is more important. What I am saying is that on a typical Friday night in Ohio the priority of the evening is sport and not the activity, as you put them.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on May 22, 2020 12:19:46 GMT -5
A phrase from the announcement: "The higher seeded teams will have the opportunity to host their playoff games in the first and second rounds of the playoffs." It could have said, Higher seeded teams will host.
Maybe no different than before. Assuming hosting could be rescinded if not enough seating or poor field conditions. Has hosting ever been rescinded in the past?
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Post by Green Falcon on May 22, 2020 13:13:13 GMT -5
A phrase from the announcement: "The higher seeded teams will have the opportunity to host their playoff games in the first and second rounds of the playoffs." It could have said, Higher seeded teams will host. Maybe no different than before. Assuming hosting could be rescinded if not enough seating or poor field conditions. Has hosting ever been rescinded in the past? probably worded like that for shared fields
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Post by galion on May 22, 2020 13:17:43 GMT -5
With all due respect, please do not forget, the band is playing at the halftime of the football game. The football team does not provide an open act and closing act for the band performance. I'm not saying which is more important. What I am saying is that on a typical Friday night in Ohio the priority of the evening is sport and not the activity, as you put them. I hate to break it to you pal but a large portion of your paying fans are there to watch their family members/friends in the band not the football team. I would think that somebody from Lex would be pretty familiar with this concept.
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Post by galion on May 22, 2020 13:20:09 GMT -5
A phrase from the announcement: "The higher seeded teams will have the opportunity to host their playoff games in the first and second rounds of the playoffs." It could have said, Higher seeded teams will host. Maybe no different than before. Assuming hosting could be rescinded if not enough seating or poor field conditions. Has hosting ever been rescinded in the past? You always have to cover yourself in case a field is deemed unsafe to play on or the bleachers get condemned.
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Post by dude on May 22, 2020 15:11:18 GMT -5
With all due respect, please do not forget, the band is playing at the halftime of the football game. The football team does not provide an open act and closing act for the band performance. I'm not saying which is more important. What I am saying is that on a typical Friday night in Ohio the priority of the evening is sport and not the activity, as you put them. I hate to break it to you pal but a large portion of your paying fans are there to watch their family members/friends in the band not the football team. I would think that somebody from Lex would be pretty familiar with this concept. You're not breaking anything to me and as I said respectfully. The band is playing at a football game. So their window of time for e performance is limited. Being from Galion you wouldn't know very much about Lexington football games since your school is afraid to compete with our teams.
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Post by galion on May 22, 2020 22:37:23 GMT -5
My uncle has coached at Ashland for many years. I watched my 3 cousins play football and in the band. I have been familiar with Lex football for a couple of decades now. Actually for the last few years I have had relatives in the Lex band. I am actually more familiar with Lex football than I ever wanted to be.
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Post by dude on May 23, 2020 6:43:32 GMT -5
My uncle has coached at Ashland for many years. I watched my 3 cousins play football and in the band. I have been familiar with Lex football for a couple of decades now. Actually for the last few years I have had relatives in the Lex band. I am actually more familiar with Lex football than I ever wanted to be. If your family is in the band then you're not familiar with Lex football. But to your point, the percentage in the stands for football or band has changed over the last half decade.
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Post by shelbyrr11 on May 23, 2020 15:48:55 GMT -5
Theorizing here, but this could wind up being a boost to supporting conference/league stability.
Yes, teams will make playoffs at 5-5 and worse. However, schools will find themselves with a less pressing need to schedule for Harbins or look for new situations dictated by their ability to get Harbins. These are all still important decisions to be vetted, but if you can struggle against talent/size disparities and still sneak in at 6-4, 7-3? Maybe hunting for a new league becomes less important in light of that.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on May 23, 2020 20:14:02 GMT -5
Seeking better seeds in the post season is a consideration in scheduling for Harbins.
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Post by shelbyrr11 on May 23, 2020 22:43:56 GMT -5
Seeking better seeds in the post season is a consideration in scheduling for Harbins. Correct. That isn't changing. Teams with perennial, realistic postseason expectations (berth & a W or two) will continue to do seek out said scheduling considerations. Clinton-Massie comes to mind. (Another note, I'm sure we'll find fewer teams rejecting a matchup on Harbin implications. I'm thinking more teams could find the Ursuline method to be decent if a #12 seed gets in). For the rest, the margin of tolerance for missing playoffs due to perceived weaknesses associated with conference affiliation may very well go up. The quality of a playoff berth is weakened, but that also means the structure of one's schedule has less bearing on who makes the playoffs. The generally accepted school of thought is that schools typically move conferences on the backs of what drives their football/basketball. Schools now have greater liberty to maintain certain relationships knowing that a 6-4 or 7-3 record isn't as precarious as it used to be.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on May 24, 2020 10:12:14 GMT -5
The local one that comes to mind, back when only a handful made the playoffs. Loudonville actually became an independent so they could schedule schools that didn't play each other. That way you had the possibility of picking up first level points every week, from every school on you schedule. Opposite of what's the case if in a league. Those schools play each other every week, thus only half of your opponents each week could win and garner you Harbin points.
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Post by sportsvideo on May 24, 2020 13:21:27 GMT -5
why are we even screwing around with this...put everyone in....
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Post by Green Falcon on May 24, 2020 14:04:48 GMT -5
why are we even screwing around with this...put everyone in.... This may very well happen if more schools drop their programs.
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Post by kritz on May 24, 2020 16:36:20 GMT -5
Then we could start a Willard playoff thread..😉
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