been doing this for 25 years now and have certainly seen worse, have seen better too, for sure, but don't be careful not to beat up a team or tournament director, just because the venue is too small.
i didn't see much overcrowding in the halls. i know it's not the best spot to view from, i'm just sayin', things could be worse. how many wrestlers really need 2 parents, 1 sibling, 2 buddies, and 4 coaches in their corner? they can't hear you all anyway. [/quote]
Yes they could have been worse, I was not at districts 3 years ago, this is my son's 2nd year, I grew up in a good youth program, my parents ran the program for 10 years. I can deal with the overcrowding, I was responding to the comment that there were plenty of seats once wrestling started, we all know that is a bunch of BS. and if you would have been out in the halls, you would have noticed overcrowding. I just think that we are giving way too much credit for a "job well done" when it wasn't. We had 3 matches, spent a total of 4 minutes on the mat, and didn't get out of there until 4:30 or so. Everytime our # would come up, it would be 3-4 matches later, then the last match of the day for us, they left out the entire weight class!! so it was 15 minutes and 5 bouts past by the time we were suppose to have wrestled. These just aren't my issues, I talked to people and over heard many conversations that expressed this same opinion. We didn't have anyone in our corner like you are saying, but who can blame them when you have 40 feet between the bleachers and mats and NO WHERE TO SIT! I guess they could get a better view from the hallway. I don't care if it is a 5 person venue or a 50,000 person venue, no excuse for leaving kids off the brackets and all the screw ups with bout cards and bout #'s. They even started a match with the wrong 2 kids wrestling! sounds like a venue problem to me. Or how about the people working the tables texting not paying attention to the time or the score(if the referee actually got it). oh, a better venue could have prevented that too.
