dannythomas
Professional
I’d like to throw some things out there for discussion and I’m sure I will be shot down. But here we go :
1. The clinch System should be ended or modified. Reasons: Unfinished matches distort the rankings and result in anti climax outcomes. It also tends to hit players at the top of the line up harder. Almost every D1 team haș at least 1 top player but it is the stronger teams who have strength in depth so those matches at the lower end tend to get finished quicker leaving Number 1 and 2 players the most likely to have unfinished scorelines at the clinch. And while I know it’s in an effort to shorten matches other ways could be found to do that. If still in second sets a match tiebreaker if they split and if they are already in a 3rd set play a match tiebreaker if the scores are even at any stage , be it 1-1, 2-2 etc . If not then play it out. How much extra time would this involve ? An hour maximum in the vast majority of cases. And doubles matches are already short at one regular set so finish those too.
2. Excessive coaching should be banned. Some coaches completely disrupt the flow of matches often deliberately by being on the court giving point by point coaching. Restrict it to coaching on changeovers. Let the players make their own decisions. Otherwise give the racquets to the coaches and let them play instead ….
3. The rankings system is too complicated and illogical. When players rankings move because players they beat earlier in the season go up and down in the rankings months later the question is why ? If you beat a top 10 player you should get credit for that at the time of the win and those points should stay for the season. Same thing with losses against lower ranked players.
4. The new timing of the individual NCAA championships is a mistake. Why fix something that is not broken ? Right now players get in based on their body of work over the whole season not on results in a few fall events. Some players wont even get into those events, especially freshmen. And giving automatic entry to 24 players , 2 per region doesnt make sense either when some regions are clearly stonger than others. The top 64 players in the country should compete in this event. Regional results are irelevant or should be. This in fact makes individual rankings almost irrelevant for the rest of the season and post season. Strong players on weaker teams have little to play for since those teams are unlikely to compete in the final stages of the NCAA team championships.
I’m sure I may have missed some factors in my reasoning or maybe been mistaken in the rules but comments welcome !
1. The clinch System should be ended or modified. Reasons: Unfinished matches distort the rankings and result in anti climax outcomes. It also tends to hit players at the top of the line up harder. Almost every D1 team haș at least 1 top player but it is the stronger teams who have strength in depth so those matches at the lower end tend to get finished quicker leaving Number 1 and 2 players the most likely to have unfinished scorelines at the clinch. And while I know it’s in an effort to shorten matches other ways could be found to do that. If still in second sets a match tiebreaker if they split and if they are already in a 3rd set play a match tiebreaker if the scores are even at any stage , be it 1-1, 2-2 etc . If not then play it out. How much extra time would this involve ? An hour maximum in the vast majority of cases. And doubles matches are already short at one regular set so finish those too.
2. Excessive coaching should be banned. Some coaches completely disrupt the flow of matches often deliberately by being on the court giving point by point coaching. Restrict it to coaching on changeovers. Let the players make their own decisions. Otherwise give the racquets to the coaches and let them play instead ….
3. The rankings system is too complicated and illogical. When players rankings move because players they beat earlier in the season go up and down in the rankings months later the question is why ? If you beat a top 10 player you should get credit for that at the time of the win and those points should stay for the season. Same thing with losses against lower ranked players.
4. The new timing of the individual NCAA championships is a mistake. Why fix something that is not broken ? Right now players get in based on their body of work over the whole season not on results in a few fall events. Some players wont even get into those events, especially freshmen. And giving automatic entry to 24 players , 2 per region doesnt make sense either when some regions are clearly stonger than others. The top 64 players in the country should compete in this event. Regional results are irelevant or should be. This in fact makes individual rankings almost irrelevant for the rest of the season and post season. Strong players on weaker teams have little to play for since those teams are unlikely to compete in the final stages of the NCAA team championships.
I’m sure I may have missed some factors in my reasoning or maybe been mistaken in the rules but comments welcome !