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OK, I am gonna respond to this with facts and then maybe we can all just enjoy the rest of the playoffs.

First, The board decided at the end of last year to go from 1v2, 2v4 to 1v3,2v4. The problem was however, at the time of the bracket production, this was omitted. A mistake. When the dracket swaps were announce yesterday, it was only based on last years discussions. We do however understand the issue it created in regards to planning for coaches, so it was reversed. Intitually, it was decided just to give different regions a change to play someone different. It does not matter now. 1v2,2v4 is how it is going to be. As for travel. Even at the highschool level this eventually becomes a problem. Point is, these "Bracket swaps" were not made for logistic reasons at all. They were made way before the season even started. the mistake was strickly made not producing them in the presented brackets.

Secondly, I have a blast on here discussing football, players, issues and ideas. I get it! But we all loose sight of what this playoff is really about sometimes. Our kids are giving there all and even though there have been some issues in the process, it is a blast for them. I had several kids from Eminence yesterday tell me how much they appreciated the opportunity to play in a state playoff game and how they would be supporting the team from their region. They also were glad to have the opportunity to go to the East-West Game and play or watch. We should remember that they are the reason for all of this.

By the way, Russellville is 3 hours from lexington as well. They actually may be further than Williamsburg and Raceland, So they have to get up early to.

You stole my next post coach. I wass just getting ready to say that I was wrong to make light of the swapping of brackets yesterday. The thing is, there is a enormous amount of work to do for Coach Mann who is the director of the championships (playoffs). It had just slipped his mind about the discussions from last year aobut flipping the regions in the semi's. I feel bad for even joking about this issue yesterday. The reason he is doing the playoffs himself is because there would be a conflict of interest for the other board members if they were to assist him in making out the brackets. The only mistake was forgetting something that was mentioned a year ago and in this high pressure environment I certainly can understand how it could happen. But coach Hawkins said "he is now keeping the brackets as they were first released since alot of the coaches have already been preparing for them. My apologies.