The two KC regions are a joke. No disrepect to the kids who wrestled hard, but it is what it is and that's just reality. Two regions with 1 top 10 collectively.
I would agree that the NW Wichita region is probably the deepest and toughest, but to call the Blue Valley/Olathe regional a joke which produced I believe 4 State Champs in Lawrence, Tannenbaum, Madl, Vincent and a runner up in Perch is in my opinion an inaccurate label for that region, not to mention inappropriate for those kids that compete there. To get those titles, not looking I would have to believe that they faced and won out over kids from the two regions you classified as non - jokes.
There's no probably to it. If you have 6 of the 10 ten teams available for 4 regions in 1 region, then its the toughest, no need to argue about it.
Perhaps I should not have said joke as it is offensive I know but it is also reality. I realize that great kids come out of these regionals like Zach Roberson, but not as many and not great teams, at least not now. And according to the rankings which are based on the quality of kids, my statement is accurate. If you have 2 regions with 9 of the top 10 and 2 regions with 1 top ten, there you have it.
You can see where this would lead to losing records at state and comments about losing records and quality of class.
My man point was that a lot of people say ignorant things like "5A and 6A are weaker classes because they have more losing records" and "you can see from the losing records that its harder to get to regionals in 3A and 4A" and both comments stem from the losing records thing which is a direct result of a regionals alignment which has 2 regionals with 9 of the top 10 and 2 regionals with 1. If they seeded the regionals, which I don't expect them to, then that wouldn't happen and people wouldn't be able to talk as much inaccurate smack.
So, I am more concerned about the inaccurate comments about 5A and 6A than offending the people that went to the weaker regions.
Props to all who qualified. I am not saying that those kids don't deserve to go to state. I am just explaining why there are more losing records in 5A and 6A at state which is definitely not due to the classes being weaker. Do you like it when people make those comments, well I don't. Not just because they are offensive but because they are incaccurate. And remeber those kids you mentioned earned that state title at state not at regionals, so my comment in no way diminishes there state titles. Aside from some kids that maybe just had a bad day or a bad match, its all about what regional and what weight you happen to be at.
