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Polls are out....Fort Mill is #1.
Let's see if they can go wire-to-wire!
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H66 --
I just looked over FM's schedule. Basically it takes being beaten to move down in the rankings. You may be stuck at number one for quite a while...
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There are a couple of potential non-region land mines there.
Also, Myers Park, Providence and Weddington are three of the toughest teams in the state of North Carolina. Do we get credit for a win or penalized for a loss when we take on these goliaths?
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Just curious, why the nonregion, North Carolina schedule? Was it to beef up a few noncompetitive region matches? It will be fun to see what Fort Mill brings at the end of the season! Good Luck!
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Absolutely. All three of those NC matches are 20 minutes away. It's a lot easier than the 3+ hour drive down to Charleston. We got to see two of the Big 3 in Taco Cup anyway, so that was good.
As far as Region games, Northwestern away still scares me. They always play FM tough at their place.
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H66 --
I would not think losing to a top ranked NC team would lead to a lower place in the standings. Beating a regionally ranked team might help you move up, but there's really no place up to go when you are number one.
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Mark --
I actually applied a high level of problem solving integration to come up with my ranking of WA at 10th. I rejected out of hand drill down dynamics, field force analysis and and PEST analysis and chose rather to go with the trash can model of problem solving. I threw every available fact regarding relative strength into one big can and then rooted around in the muck until I found the ones I liked that supported the desired premise. Not pretty but it was the best I could do. If it's good enough for W and his team it's good enough for me.
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ps: Good luck to you and yours in the highschool season.
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I actually had to go look up what PEST means -- at first, I figured it was a perjorative aimed directly between my eyes.
I'm honestly not trying to jinx WA, and I'm not trying to insult any other teams, but I believe that WA has by far the strongest individual talent pool in the state.
Best of luck to you and yours as well.
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Chico... I like that.
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