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Marc Russouw
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Flight A - not much going on. HP/Bazan are creeping back up the standings to where they belong (ahh thanks Marc but we have packed it in) and will probably take down TBar who still need to get in their make-up match with the tough Stonebriar team. Assuming that Lakes and GHill manage to hold off Eldorado and LBH, Lakes & GHill will probably clinch play-off berths this weekend.
Flight B - nothing interesting happening here until the last week when JCC take on Fretz for the 2nd place. Highly unlikely that JCC lose their other 2 matches before then so it comes down to these 2 (Eldorado already has 2 losses and still needs to play Garland who will give them their 3rd loss)
Flight C - same song different tune.... The final week match-up between Canyon Creek & Village will decide who makes the play-offs with BHavenBP - who have a soft schedule remaining.
Flight D - Now this is where the action is! BhavenBB really needs to win against Garland because after their 0-5 drubbing last week to Somabut tie-breakers are not their friend. This match will be tough if both teams are able to field their top 8 players. Since that is unlikely I'm going to give the edge to BHaven as I think they have better depth at dubs but this is a toss-up. Don't be fooled by the Garland loss to Village, that was the week Newman and Kingsley were with Bob at Nationals, but does indicate their lack of depth.
MOW however has to be Somabut vs Oak Creek. I'm going to stop betting against Bob's "rebuilding" team and pick them to win this one. Somehow he has assembled a quality roster around Weymer, Kemp & Fenn. It will be interesting to see how they fare though when those 3 get bumped up at year-end.
When do end of year bumps come out
ReplyDeleteNICE!
ReplyDeleteOak Creek will beat Somabut 3-2. They will split singles and Oak Creek takes two lines of dubs.
ReplyDeleteNever bet against Somabut. In Dallas we are fortunate to have 2 or 3 of the best captains in the country and he is one of them.
ReplyDeleteLakes had 6 match points on one of the lines they lost to GH and did not have one of their best singles players in the lineup on another. Lakes makes some noise in the playoffs
ReplyDeletelakes cant close. Oak Creek 3-2.
ReplyDeleteex hp Oak creek players are gonna get serious.
"2 or 3 of the best captains in the country"
ReplyDeleteWTF? Even Bob would tell you that is a ridiculous statement. Who are the other 2?
Bob Bender is the king of all captains.
ReplyDeleteeddie duh
ReplyDeleteBob Somabut is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBranch is a great captain and Sisk is on his way up.
ReplyDeleteLakes suck, they cannot win a playoff match...
ReplyDeleteI'll bet a dollar the Lakes can and will win a playoff match. They are for real. Look out for these guys Sisk / Somabut / Brookhaven / Oak Creek / whoever. They are good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jason! You guys are solid and have a great team. There is no doubt in my mind that you guys will be in the mix both this fall and next spring to win it.
ReplyDeleteAs for the other colorful metaphors describing how we play and the quality of players we have here at the Lakes I will just say this. I will not respond with flamebait nor boast or make any arrogant predictions but I will say, we get that we don't get any respect around the league and when the time comes we will play with that in mind.
Somabut, Sisk, LTF, Russouw all have great teams and the only point I was trying to make is that whoever wins this fall is going to have to play great tennis to do so. But let the tennis be played before we crown a champ.
Somabut, Sisk, LTF, Russouw all have great teams ....
ReplyDeleteLTF???? wtf????? Mitchell is obviously not paying attention.
Jason - Slow down .... Don't be such a big spender!
ReplyDeleteIf Fraser didn't have dough, he wouldn't have any friends or a team for that matter.
ReplyDeleteCorrection about flight B. Eldorado is still mathematically in the hunt with one loss (not 2)although they are yet to play Garland. Fretz and JCC have played Garland earlier in the season
ReplyDeletemy apologies...Anon is correct. Eldorado only have 1 loss so far but still have JCC and Garland to play. Mathematically yes they are alive.... for now
ReplyDeleteI agree with Fraser and Fix, way too much tennis to be played before crowning the fall champ. Teams can have players out for one reason or another, injuries, domestic duty etc.`
ReplyDeletelakes let greenhill get lucky. 6 match points on them.
ReplyDeleteAs of right now, it looks like Burt's Brookhaven team is going to take it. They really have a deep and solid team.
ReplyDeletePower rankings? ( teams with a chance to make playoffs)
ReplyDelete1. Sisk
2. Somabut
3. Oak creek
4. Garland/ breukner
5. Greenhill
6. Lakes
7. Bhaven Bartlett
8. Bhaven pearlman
9. Village
10. Jcc/ Fretz/ canyon creek/ eldorado
Interesting but not much love for Oak Creek in the MOW poll. BH teams may be too low....
ReplyDeleteDude - in regards to your Power Rankings .......your going to have to do a little more homework.
ReplyDeleteIf Rossouw would spend as much time on his breakdown on teams and there playoff chances as he does on his "grammer" homework he might be a little more accurate... who is this self proclaimed expert?
ReplyDeletehaha, very obvious grammar error plant there Anon - could there be a semi-intelligent Anon with a sense of humor? Probably not. I don't think anyone here is proclaiming to be an expert. This is not ESPN. It is a discussion board for amateur tennis players. The idea is to discuss opinions not to criticize and slam anyone who has one. If the power rankings above are so far off what would you suggest?
ReplyDeleteIf it WAS ESPN, we would all be getting laid...............
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't make any sense.
ReplyDeleteoh how the mighty have fallen. No mention of Lifetime in the power rankings? Maybe Eddie will keep losing at 4.5 and they will get him back and be one of the top teams again. Sorry to see Lifetime falling so hard. NOT!!!!
ReplyDeleteLifetime lost like 7 players to 4.5 and they are currently well over .500 in 4.5 play. The 4.0 team is not the same team, even with a new captain. Give it a rest.
ReplyDeleteYes the 4.0 LTF team sort of sucks
ReplyDeleteWith all the LT 4.5 bump-ups, still could'nt get out of their flight at State.
ReplyDeleteThat's ok. They beat some team at city finals 5-0.
ReplyDeleteAnd CHOKED when it counts! Keep the city trophy, give me State and trip to Vegas!!!!!!! 1k out of 1k times!
ReplyDeleteInteresting results today. Bartlett BH win 4-1 on strong singles play of Buford and Ellis and Oak Creek beats Somabut 3-2.
ReplyDeleteSets up a big match in two weeks with BH and OC. Loser may not make the playoffs.
Brookhaven (Pearlman) kicked some ass over Gleneagles! Brookhaven beats them 5 - zip! Wow!
ReplyDeleteOak Creek, Garland, and Greenhill are the best teams in Dallas.
ReplyDeletePower rankings of contenders after this weekend when BHaven's play-off lineup takes down Garland; Eldorado/ Brownings get's upset by Hackberry & Lakes are upset by the other Eldorado team and Oak Creek beat the Weymerless Somabut:
ReplyDelete1. Garland/ Sisk
2. Oak Creek
3. HP/ Somabut
4. BHaven/ Perlman
5. Greenhill
6. BHaven/ Bartlett
7. Lakes (these guys have let TBar back into the race although Tbar are way behind on tie-breakers)
8. Village/ Canyon Creek
9. Fretz/ JCC
(This assumes that Garland/ Breukner doesn't make the play-offs although they still have an outside chance but will have to win out and get help)
Constructive thoughts?
HP/ Somabut is ranked 3rd? You must be smoking crystal meth.
ReplyDeleteYou have a short memory.... they beat Brookhaven 5-0 2 weeks ago and were without Weymer this week. I think you need to put down the crack pipe and get back to reality!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a pretty fair assessment. I might move Somabut down a couple of spots between Greenhill and Bartlett due to having two losses at this point. With Weymer they are a significantly better team though. I think he's the best player in 4.0tennis without even a close second.
ReplyDeleteI think those power rankings are a fair reflection. 2 through 7 are very close. It's a pity that one of Bartlett, Somabut & Oak Creek will miss the play-offs. Bartlett will need to beat Oak Creek this week to keep their hopes alive because I expect Somabut to sweep their remianing matches (Spring Park, Lifetime & Prather) and have the edge on tie-breakers. Lakes can't afford anymore slip-ups although TBar does have the tough HP team this week so that could derail their late season charge.
ReplyDeleteweymer is the greatest
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