Just a quick piggyback on my own post. Blythewood "won" 1st on a coin toss with Spring Valley for 1 and 2 seed respectively yet our "at large" 4th seed in Fort Mill ( 2-6 region ) beat Blythewood at their place 2-1 who were 7-1 in their region play same as Spring Valley who also lost at home vs our 3 seed Nation Ford 3-1. NW and FM split their contests 1-1 and so NW could realistically have beaten any region IV team "on paper". However, despite being last and 1-7, NW also deserve a wildcard / at large spot IMO and are (for me) potentially / realistically just as competitive than playoff teams who have already advanced past the 1st round but were never given a chance. I certainly wouldn't fancy meeting them in playoffs. So although it might seem that I am fighting against the current status quo and pre fab seedings, I am not. My fight is simply asking for more wildcard bids to give a chance for team to prove themselves non region who could not play them regular season for many many reasons. These 8 teams regions for example after tournaments simply have no / very few games left for non region. Also, extend playoffs so we don't play 5 games in less than 12 days but that is a whole other beast and conversation that I am preparing soon to take on ... nicely of course lol.
