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Monday, October 06, 2014

GOFL Playoff format poll

Thanks to all blog readers who took the poll to give feedback on the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff format. The results will be reviewed / discussed at the league "winter meeting". A total of 67 responded to the poll question, with one person that skipped it and provided a comment only. Answers as to the preferred format were as follows:

Current format: first round with best-of-five playoff series, winners advancing to "Final Weekend Showdown" tournament in mid-September : 28 responses (41.79%)

Previous format: three rounds of playoff series, with a final series ending in late September or early October : 30 responses (44.78%)

Tournament format: all teams play in year end playoff tournament : 6 responses (8.96%)

Other format: not listed above : 3 responses (4.48%)

So no real clear winner as the current format and the previous format had pretty much equal levels of support. There were ten comments that were included in the responses:

1) Response: Other format
Comment: top 4 make playoffs. 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in best of 3 semis winners to best of 5 final.

2) Response: Previous format
Comment: Fall ball is where it's at

3) Response: Previous format
Comment: All rounds could be best of three vs best of five. If you miss the weekend tournament, as a fan, you miss a lot of good games. Same goes for the players. There are a lot of weeks in August with hardly any games which means they need to be played in Sep. Double-headers like the one in Manotick on Sep 8th are great. That could be an option, a couple of double-headers at various locations, it would also mean more fans. The weekend tournament seems like a rush to finish and it's unfortunate for the players who worked hard all summer to have very little room for error in a one-time shot weekend. As a fan, I'll support the GOFL whatever is decided. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the survey

4) Response: Other format
Comment; Top four teams make playoffs. - First round is a best of 3 - Finals are a best of 5.

5) Response: Current format
Comment: but get the playoff series over before Thursday of the final weekend if that means defaults so be it schedule games and play them except for rain 3 weeks to get it done is plenty long and there should be no excuse to play Thursday or Friday final games of 1st series on final weekend

6) Response: Other format
Comment: Start with a double knockout weekend, and have 1st and 2nd place teams play off in a best of 5 series.

7) Response: Previous format
Comment: All best of 3

8) Response: Previous format
Comment: But there would have to be some minimum number of games to be played each week. Games on weekends would have to be considered.

9) Response: Tournament format
Comment: There is far too much travel involved in league play already. Some of our wives don't appreciate our dedication to the sport! lol

10) Response: No answer
Comment: Maybe a round Robin, we're you play.everybody, then.have A,B,C one game final. Last place team would only miss.the one game. Spread.over a few weeks

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