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To be fair this proposed new comp format affects CAS as well
To be fair this proposed new comp format affects CAS as well
I just find it very short sighted that ISA and CHS aren't being mentioned. The sports high schools would be a completely different challenge for the private schools as they are public schools boys who would love to belt the private school boys and show that they are good enough. Secondly ISA is stronger than CAS across the board. For example St Pats who came 5th in ISA lost to Waverley (eventual CAS winners) by 1 try after leading for most of the game and beat Trinity very convincingly. Now if the team that came 5th in ISA can lose by a narrow margin to the team winning CAS one could only hypothetically assume that Auggies, Oaks, Stannies and Kinross along with Pats would be very competitive across CAS and give it a few years of improvement in this new comp GPS teams on their day.
the best thing about this thread is that the schools will take no notice of the preference of posters for a 5, 10 or 15 game comp and do what they please
Yes I understand @SLV however the AAGPS house is in fine working order. Maybe CAS should focus on sorting out their issues rather than creating issues for AAGPS.
I didn't explain myself clearly. I meant a 5 game comp between similarly matched schools irrespective of association, followed by the traditional GPS comp (of 5 games).Specifically, why is there a need for a 2-comp structure similar to the groupings identified by WLF ?
@WLF love your passion
A few observations.
1) It would appear that the supporters of the schools that have enjoyed success are more in favor of the status quo (2 rounds).
2) From a Shore supporter perspective the last 3/4 years (2 rounds) has been pretty downright demoralizing. I have seen every 1st XV match for 3 years, The results are 3 wins, 1 draw and 26 losses, over 30 competition AAGPS Matches. While the 3 wins were Epic, they were too few and far between to rate as any measure of success.
We can debate the reasons for Shores situation and the whys and wherefores of the various strengths of different schools in another thread.
3) I would think one of the main reasons to move the comp back to 1 round is so that more matches can be played with other schools (not the same schools over and over and getting the same result). And clearly there is going to be some attempt to grade schools to get a fair contest.
4) Had this format been in play this year, Shore would have its 1 win from round 2, and a penalty goal loss to the eventual winners, and were leading strongly at halftime in another match, and 2 solid losses. Then they had wins vs, Trinity and Barker & Stannies, That would be a better season for the boys. The non competition games with other schools will still be celebrated and recorded as WINS,
Sorry if I see the world a bit differently to others, I do think there is some merit in the change,
I don't really see how changing the competition is within Shore's interests,.