Will the SJS ever go to an OPEN division playoff structure

[BoutDatAction]

With the NCS and CCS having an open division and providing teams like Pitt and Saint Francis, an opportunity to still win a section championship but to then go on and play in a NorCal game and Pitt going on to a state bowl. Will the SJS ever conform to the playoff structure of having a team like Oak Ridge who loses to Folsom in let’s say the “Open” division championship game then drops down into the “D1” bracket and plays the Grant vs Rocklin winner who ended up being Grant. Should the SJS entertain the possibility of an open division? Which schools would be in that division in a 4 team bracket?

 

[Norcalguy111]

No losing shouldn’t be rewarded

 

[BigMann08]

I hope not. It's a bad look. If you lose you should be out.

 

[THEOC89]

I hope not. It's a bad look. If you lose you should be out.

I used to be totally against these open formats, but after watching the NCS the last 2 years, it really seems to work well….

Last year we got DLS vs SRV, PITT vs SRV and Folsom vs PITT all as playoff games….

This year we got SRV vs Cardinal Newman, PITT vs DLS, PITT vs SRV and Folsom vs PITT all as playoff games….

This format has made it where the games are much more entertaining, the matchups were terrific the last 2 years….

And it’s hard to think of PITT as a “Loser Moves On Team” when they Beat Folsom who Many thought was the best team in Nor Cal…..

It’s really quite the Dilemma at this point and I feel myself coming around…. 🤣

 

[BigMann08]

I used to be totally against these open formats, but after watching the NCS the last 2 years, it really seems to work well….

Last year we got DLS vs SRV, PITT vs SRV and Folsom vs PITT all as playoff games….

This year we got SRV vs Cardinal Newman, PITT vs DLS, PITT vs SRV and Folsom vs PITT all as playoff games….

This format has made it where the games are much more entertaining, the matchups were terrific the last 2 years….

And it’s hard to think of PITT as a “Loser Moves On Team” when they Beat Folsom who Many thought was the best team in Nor Cal…..

It’s really quite the Dilemma at this point and I feel myself coming around…. 🤣

I accept it and definitely enjoyed the games but for me it's still a no, based on principle... lol

I love Pitt's program, but their season should have ended after losing to De la Salle. That's a game they should have won on the field. Additionally, they shouldn't have been rewarded with a home game against Folsom, after losing in the playoffs.

If DLS is an unbeatable opponent, I'd rather see them compete in the CCS/WCAL with all of the other Catholic schools. The winner can just play in the Open.

This way schools like Pitt and SRV can duke it out like Folsom and Oak Ridge.

If we're going to allow Pitt and SF to continue playing then Clovis North, Bosco, Oak Ridge, and Newbury Park should be allowed too! Then sooner or later we'll find ourselves needing to provide those accommodations for all divisions lol

 

[THEOC89]

I accept it and definitely enjoyed the games but for me it's still a no, based on principle... lol

I love Pitt's program, but their season should have ended after losing to De la Salle. That's a game they should have won on the field. Additionally, they shouldn't have been rewarded with a home game against Folsom, after losing in the playoffs.

If DLS is an unbeatable opponent, I'd rather see them compete in the CCS/WCAL with all of the other Catholic schools. The winner can just play in the Open.

This way schools like Pitt and SRV can duke it out like Folsom and Oak Ridge.

If we're going to allow Pitt and SF to continue playing then Clovis North, Bosco, Oak Ridge, and Newbury Park should be allowed too! Then sooner or later we'll find ourselves needing to provide those accommodations for all divisions lol

Exactly right, that’s why I have always been against it… And why now I find it a Dilemma because I still want to hate it…. 🤣

And goodness help us all they day SSD1 goes “Open” like the NCS and CCS…. Then you get MD and SJB both moving on…. 🤣🤣

 

[Streak One]

I don’t like losers moving on but the whole system is kind of wonky at this point so might as well get as many quality games as possible.

 

[keepitreal.32]

I like the idea of only champions moving on but then SJS needs to put their top teams in an Open bracket too. Can’t have some sections do it but not all. Then again in basketball we get four teams per division moving on so there’s that.

 

[BoutDatAction]

Come on let’s say Folsom v OR was the Open championship.. who wouldn’t want to see Grant up and running in full swing in a rematch vs OR? The section wins there.. that’s a packed house game! It gives the section a great quality game!