I'll take my beating for what seems like an obvious statement, but losing early sure made Cole have to work-- six consecutive wins to get 8th. By comparison, in comparable brackets, Tristan won 4 before his loss to be in the same spot it took Cole 6 wins to reach. Strawn had 6 wins with his two losses, and 8th, Dylan had 5 wins and did not place, Rogers (due to a smaller bracket) won 4 to finish 5th. My point is that Cole 's accomplishment to run up the back of a bracket that big with that much talent, is something that you don't see too often, and that had he won just one round on the front the journey would have been shorter. At any rate, My hat is off to Mr. Garcia, for a job darn well done.