SCDSL Flight 1 applications

Wez

Wez

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I'm hearing there are a lot of applications for flight one status. With the shuffling of kids from age changes, I'm guessing there are a lot of teams who are new, but made up of kids who are flight one quality. Some teams from last year who used to be flt 1, but have lost a lot of their talent. Thoughts?
 
They should look at summer tournaments. Any team that sandbagged and played in flight 2 should not be given a spot in flight 1.
 
timbuck said:
They should look at summer tournaments. Any team that sandbagged and played in flight 2 should not be given a spot in flight 1.
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That's a strange comment. It does raise some questions.

Why would a team who holds themselves out to be flight one, want to enter a flight 2 tournament bracket? Are you implying that a team who is seeking flight 1 status by SCDSL, would intentionally enter a lower bracket, just to get a win at flight 2? Would a win at flight 2 count more then a close game loss at flight 1?

I'm curious how SCDSL will handle this considering how much movement in players there has been.
 
Wez said:
I'm hearing there are a lot of applications for flight one status. With the shuffling of kids from age changes, I'm guessing there are a lot of teams who are new, but made up of kids who are flight one quality. Some teams from last year who used to be flt 1, but have lost a lot of their talent. Thoughts?
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What is "flight 1 quality"?
 
The way it was explained to me, last year Flight 1 teams would keep their status and new teams will be up for review by the league. National Cup and tournament results will be considered in determining team flight status. Of course DOC desires will be considered first:rolleyes:
 
I think this year with all the changes to the teams due to the age change, it is really hard to determine what team is a true Flight 1 team. Right now, it sounds like most tournaments and now league is determining Flight 1 status by reputation of the team from years prior. Let's be real, some of these teams who are considered Flight 1 now by the powers that be don't deserve the status because they are riding on the last year team's status/points and more than half of those players aren't even on the team anymore. Just my two cents...

But hey....my DD's team better get that Flight 1 status for SCDSL..... :)
 
New to this and ready for some education. How are the CSL and SCDSL different in establishing what level a team is at. CSL has Gold, Silver Bronze, while SCDSL has Tier 1, 2, and 3, correct? How do teams move up or down over the years?
 
socalkdg said:
New to this and ready for some education. How are the CSL and SCDSL different in establishing what level a team is at. CSL has Gold, Silver Bronze, while SCDSL has Tier 1, 2, and 3, correct? How do teams move up or down over the years?
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CSL has well-defined promotion and relegation guidelines, subject to appeal (and, some have claimed, infernal hidden politics). SCDSL allows coaches and DOCs to request the level where they wish a team to be placed, subject to review and approval by persons unknown.
 
Wez said:
That's a strange comment. It does raise some questions.

Why would a team who holds themselves out to be flight one, want to enter a flight 2 tournament bracket? Are you implying that a team who is seeking flight 1 status by SCDSL, would intentionally enter a lower bracket, just to get a win at flight 2? Would a win at flight 2 count more then a close game loss at flight 1?

I'm curious how SCDSL will handle this considering how much movement in players there has been.
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Some clubs have multiple teams in an age group that are planning to play flight 1.
I know of one team that is planning to play flight 1 that was a flight 2 tournament winner this past weekend.
Not sure if that was their choice or if that's where the tournament put them. Their other team also won Flight 1.
 
Hearing that the tentative brackets released for SCDSL. Anyone have link? Also, any insight to difference in level of play between Champion and Europa divisions?
 
espola said:
Your response was circular.
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It is now.

What is circular about a team made up of players good enough to compete well against existing flight 1 teams?

No need for us to be cyptic with each other, do you find something off or weird about what I'm posting?
 
timbuck said:
Some clubs have multiple teams in an age group that are planning to play flight 1.
I know of one team that is planning to play flight 1 that was a flight 2 tournament winner this past weekend.
Not sure if that was their choice or if that's where the tournament put them. Their other team also won Flight 1.
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I can't speak to that particular situation. I know our team has entered a couple tournaments and requested flight 1 brackets/divisions. When we show up, we get the feeling that the brackets/divisions were composed of whoever signed up for the tournament at that age group. Point being, you can indicate to a tournament organizer your intention to play flight 1 only, but still end up where ever they want to put you.
 
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