X,

Let me get this straight right now. I am not about to stand up for 321A as most do NOT wrestle 5A or 6A schools with any success. It is basically an isolated group for the most part (one glaring exception is Norton, trying to save Billy Johnson some blood pressure medicine :)) There are NO regional brackets in 4A or 321A with 5 or less competitors in them. If you have 5 or less you don't even have to win a match to make it to state! That is a complete joke!!!! How much easier does it get? I am speaking from an OVERALL view. It is easier to qualify for 5A or 6A state. You only have to win 3 matches to be a champ instead of four, if you lose the first round you only have to win 2 instead of 4 to make it out the back if you lose in the first round. I don't care how educated you think you are you cannot argue that. If you don't have to win it is way easier than having win a match. I will not disagree with you that the regionals are imbalanced and I wouldn't mind seeing 16 man brackets at 5A and 6A regional but only 8 should make it to state then. 25% of the wrestlers just like 4A and 321A. You might find a few needles in the haystack but I believe there is mostly parity after the top two in the regionals. The BC 5A regional is not what it was when you were coaching.

By the way Mr. X Smarty Pants, I told you there were not 16 schools assigned to any of the 4A regionals s 15 wrestlers is a full bracket. Only 60 or the 64 4A schools have wrestling. I wish I could review the 5A and 6A regional brackets so I could tell you how many byes there were. I am pretty sure that there was a greater percentage of participants at both 4A and 321A.



SHOW ME A WRESTLER WITH A LESS THAN .500 RECORD WHO WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN 4A.