decbell1 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Assistant Commissioner Robert Faulkens also presented a proposed realignment for the 2017‐18 Wrestling State Tournament for the group’s consideration. The intention is to have this proposal approved in the next spring. A motion to approve the plans for the 2016‐17 Wrestling State Tournament Series was made by Don Gandy; seconded by Ed Gilliland; motion passed 15‐2 with Richard Lance and Mike Whitten dissenting. First off-anyone know the details of the proposed changes? Second- Who in the world are the two guys who voted no? All other sports in this meeting got unanimous votes. Anyone have any insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Richard Lance is an assistant principal at Castle Mike Whitten is a principal at Boonville From what I can gather from a couple inside and outside sources, the south was shaken up a little bit. I heard miraculously one sectional became drastically weaker...it also has a very "prominent" figure as their coach and he was on the committee too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENoblewrestling Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I was on the commitee and thought it was a very interesting and fair process. There were a large group of coaches representing each area of the state and a lot of calm discussion took place, and the whole group had to more or less agree. I came into it thinking it would get pretty heated, but everyone really seemed to be working toward doing what was best for the tournament, real calm, a lot of thought and calm discussion went into it. It would have been very hard to make a sectional drastically weaker and have everybody agree. I can't recall each change, but the changes as a whole seemed pretty fair from what all I remember. Curious what sectional and figure are you referring to? It is pretty inflammatory throwing accusations that coaches are trying to cheat the system out there. elhampion, patriotfan and hard_work_pays 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhampion Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Did these changes make the Fort Wayne SS any good? Dyoung 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Did these changes make the Fort Wayne SS any good? I heard Mater Dei will be coming to Fort Wayne now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhampion Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I heard Mater Dei will be coming to Fort Wayne now. Still wouldn't be as tough as the other 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Still wouldn't be as tough as the other 3 Probably not, should just blow up that semi-state. MitchRobb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTaylor Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Assistant Commissioner Robert Faulkens also presented a proposed realignment for the 2017‐18 Wrestling State Tournament for the group’s consideration. The intention is to have this proposal approved in the next spring. A motion to approve the plans for the 2016‐17 Wrestling State Tournament Series was made by Don Gandy; seconded by Ed Gilliland; motion passed 15‐2 with Richard Lance and Mike Whitten dissenting. First off-anyone know the details of the proposed changes? Second- Who in the world are the two guys who voted no? All other sports in this meeting got unanimous votes. Anyone have any insight? There is a proposal to move Regional to North. That hasn't passed yet. Regional host assignments not made until after realignment of teams. Edited December 14, 2016 by BTaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpt189 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) saw the edit of the post. Thanks for clarifying that Edited December 15, 2016 by jpt189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoosier Daddy Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very interesting....I would be curious to see the new alignment. Probably going to affect Jeff sectional. With Jeff going to wrestling in kentucky or some other weak teams, so they can win a sectional. Just my opinion. Without seeing the proposal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 There is a proposal to move Regional to North. That hasn't passed yet. Regional host assignments not made until after realignment of teams. Why would that be on the table. Castle has done a very good job as Regional host for 25+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backtothemat Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 North is part of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp (EVSC). . A member of the IHSAA board is head of all of the AD's of the EVSC. He might want the revenue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogoplata89 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very interesting....I would be curious to see the new alignment. Probably going to affect Jeff sectional. With Jeff going to wrestling in kentucky or some other weak teams, so they can win a sectional. Just my opinion. Without seeing the proposal/ Ahh yes, the good ole' "Wrestle out of state teams to win a state series tournament" strategy. I don't think we've seen that pulled off effectively since at least the 1930's. It's a bold move, but if it pays off, you're the champs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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