Could It Work If Districts Sent 4 Teams To The Playoffs?

[Pdevitt13]

Thread is pretty self explanatory but I really want to see what coaches/fans think about this for six man?

It seems as if the schools playing 6 man is going to continue to grow so as the number of teams increase districts would in theory have more teams too.

What do you think about 4 rather than 2 for the playoffs per each district?

 

[C. LaTransviejo]

It has been argued several times before. I agreed with Johnny South back when he suggested, for ease of scheduling, doubling the district teams and then taking 4 teams to the playoffs. The UIL mobsters would still get their percentages off the top of the same number of playoff games. No one else that I recall wanted to have the ease of scheduling the idea would present.

 

[kdstew3]

Watching teams like Rochelle miss out on the playoffs has me thinking wild cards would be a fun addition.

 

[CoachRollinsACS]

Thread is pretty self explanatory but I really want to see what coaches/fans think about this for six man?

It seems as if the schools playing 6 man is going to continue to grow so as the number of teams increase districts would in theory have more teams too.

What do you think about 4 rather than 2 for the playoffs per each district?

There's alot of 4 team districts so you can't take them all but I do think more than 2 should go

 

[Pdevitt13]

Watching teams like Rochelle miss out on the playoffs has me thinking wild cards would be a fun addition.

@kdstew3 The Rankin, Garden City, and Borden County district, as well as Westbrook, Ira, Highland, and Hermleigh came to mind when thinking of this.

 

[Pdevitt13]

There's alot of 4 team districts so you can't take them all but I do think more than 2 should go

And then you have the wild D2 District 11 with just three...

 

[DOWNBOX]

Doesn't 11 man send 3 teams per district?
Would change playoffs a little instead of Area/Regional, add one game Area then Regional.

 

[oldfolks]

Doesn't 11 man send 3 teams per district?
Would change playoffs a little instead of Area/Regional, add one game Area then Regional.

11man sends 4.

 

[sixmanfan2007]

With the two divisions there are not enough teams in some districts to send 4. Some districts even struggle to send 2.

 

[ACE OF DIAMONDS]

Sending 3rd and 4th place teams to get 45d in the playoffs is not a good idea. It’s very unlikely 3 teams in a single district would all even have a positive record, much less be able to compete; I'm thinking.

 

[ArnaudAmalric]

I’d have to agree the only way I see this working out is if you doubled to districts as said above. Even so I think you’ll still get 45s no matter what

 

[DOWNBOX]

If you raised these numbers by 5 how would that work in sending 4 teams to the playoffs.
Some of the outlaw teams could add numbers to the districts.

 

[fireguy5455]

Take the top 3 teams and the school with the largest enrolment goes to D1 playoff regardless of where they finished, while the other 2 go to D2. I believe 5A did this for a few years. Could make for some interesting matchups in the playoffs.

 

[Texas6Man]

Take the top 3 teams and the school with the largest enrolment goes to D1 playoff regardless of where they finished, while the other 2 go to D2. I believe 5A did this for a few years. Could make for some interesting matchups in the playoffs.

What if the top enrollment in one district is say 45 and the district they face round 1 has 104. If you do that then there’s no need for divisions, imo. Somewhere there would be this situation occur I’m betting.

 

[Coach Bear]

Personally I think a division 3 is six man would be something to consider.

 

[Pdevitt13]

Personally I think a division 3 is six man would be something to consider.

@Coach Bear What would you like to see and the enrollment split on that?

 

[Postman]

I dont think so.

 

[jamwash]

Sending 3rd and 4th place teams to get 45d in the playoffs is not a good idea. It’s very unlikely 3 teams in a single district would all even have a positive record, much less be able to compete; I'm thinking.

Well they added a fourth team for 1A basketball. And I know football is different basketball, but that would be the first counter argument used against that thought.

 

[Postman]

Well they added a fourth team for 1A basketball. And I know football is different basketball, but that would be the first counter argument used against that thought.

Basketball is not split in 2 division though.
It probably should be!
Its not fair for schools with 90+ playing small schools with 30

 

[jamwash]

Basketball is not split in 2 division though.
It probably should be!
Its not fair for schools with 90+ playing small schools with 30

So why should we do that with football? The only way to have 4 teams in the playoffs is to not have divisions.