I believe Eric has every right to have an opinion. I do know this. Ranking, when done right, is a hard job that I would never in a million years want to do. As a head coach, I really don't put a lot of weight in rankings as it eventually has to be settled on the mat. However, they are fun to look at and give us something to talk about. And honestly, his rankings are pretty dang close. They are not only based on opinion. I am pretty sure he has a WAR Room of stats, match-ups, charts, etc. and puts more information into his rankings than anybody.

I would also state that he has no kids left in the game yet he stays on, travels across the state to watch tournaments, etc all in the name of getting his rankings as close as possible. Rankings are an "Educated Guess". And if I had to put my money into someones Educated Guess.. it would be Eric's.

Now back to the forum topic. In my opinion.. to be a STATE CHAMPION you should be the best wrestler or team in your state on the final week-end of the year. Not the best wrestler or team of 4 or 5 different state tournaments.

Granted, I am proud of my kids earning a 6A State Championship in 2011. However, in the final All-Class we were the #2 ranked team behind Andover Central. I would have loved the opportunity to put my team in a state wide tourney to find out where we really were. (I believe we were the best) but we will never know b/c of the "Weakening Waters" of our sport.

We will NEVER HAVE 1 State Tournament. However, split directly down the middle and having only two sure would make it a lot more interesting. Will never happen... but as I stated earlier... just a coach from a Small Hill wishing for something better