Rain rain go away. We need a place to hit!
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I'd settle for an available field at this point. Nearing end of day 2, zero games played.
Got our first game in today at 11 in Kennesaw
Tough to arrive in GA on Thursday, get rained out on Friday and Saturday and know that Sunday is dicey. Only so much the grounds crews can do. Stir crazy in the hotels.....
Do you suppose PG will cut out the playoff games to allow more of the regular games to be played on wed and thurs??
I think they should Rally Cap. Teams should at least get their 7 pool games.
Don't know for sure but I'm afraid no one gonna get 7 pool games
Really sympathize with all the families who are crammed into hotels watching it rain. What is everyone doing to pass the time?
The latest weather forecast suggests more heavy rain this afternoon....ugh
hotel ping pong tournament is how our team has passed the time.
Anyone know how they decide which teams get scheduled as fields become available? we haven't even been scheduled yet. just put "on call". not sure having a game scheduled and then cancelled is better though other than passing time.
one thing is for sure, I'd hate to be the ones scheduling all of this. reminds me of the "recalculating GPS insurance guy". recalculating every hour on the hour.
All just speculation (cause we have a lot of free time) but once everyone has a game wouldn't the no loss teams play each other and one loss won't be recoverable to get out of pool?
actually I was wondering what the order is for those that have no games so far.
Also, im thinking they should start cutting game times back to get more in.
But as you said, I have alot of time to be thinking about these things.
Originally Posted by Rally Cap:
Do you suppose PG will cut out the playoff games to allow more of the regular games to be played on wed and thurs??
Good Question, Maybe PG staff can answer it. So PG staff what's the plan?
It is difficult communicating with everyone in Georgia and keeping up with this message board. But I know many people are wondering. We have just released to the teams our plan starting with tomorrow.
We still plan to get everyone the most possible games over the next 5 days, but we will start a single elimination tournament that will include all the teams. This means the team that wins the championship will need to win 8 games in 5 days. At the same time it will not sacrifice games for those teams that lose out in the single elimination, they will be scheduled with other teams that have lost. And at the end we hope we have a champion. This schedule will work, even if we have some more rain tomorrow. However, we do need at least three decent day. The weather looks more normal starting with Tuesday. We have several games starting at 9am tomorrow.
I apologize if I don't reply quickly to questions here, it's just that this situation has kept us hopping.
Good Job PG Staff. Thanks for taking time to answer.
PG did a great job coming up with a solution to make sure this week wasn't a complete washout. The most important part of this week for the majority of the players is to get in front of the college coaches. The new tournament setup insures that all players are getting maximum exposure.
we're hoping we get a game at East Cobb. unfortunately we lost yesterday and our game this morning was cancelled due to field conditions. sitting by the phone hoping to get the call for another time and place.
I know PGstaff and team are doing their best in this unfortunate situation, but, it just seems lopsided when you've only gotten one game while others are starting their 3rd today.
sorry, i don't mean to complain.
edit: just got rescheduled for 7pm tonight. thanks PG