I was talking to some guys at work about home field advantage in the playoffs and we all agreed that the current system for who gets home field could possibly be tweaked a little.
With all the talks of first round blowouts in the other posts it had me thinking that a better way to determine home field advantage for the first round (maybe even first two rounds) would be to allow the higher seed to pass on home field advantage. Then after the first (or 2nd) round of the playoffs the current system is used with whoever has less home games gets to host. Or something of similar effect.
I have thought this the last few years when looking at some of the first round scores or watching some of the first round games and thinking that home field really didn't play a part in the outcome. For example, last years Wilmington first round game was probably the most one sided game I have ever witnessed. They could have played in Alaska and the outcome wouldn't have changed. So couldn't a new system be used that would have allowed them to forfeit home field first round and possibly set up home field for a later round. PS I don't think them being at home would have changed anything against IC in the Quarters but every advantage counts at that point!
Do any of you in the edgy nation think a better system could be implemented?
With all the talks of first round blowouts in the other posts it had me thinking that a better way to determine home field advantage for the first round (maybe even first two rounds) would be to allow the higher seed to pass on home field advantage. Then after the first (or 2nd) round of the playoffs the current system is used with whoever has less home games gets to host. Or something of similar effect.
I have thought this the last few years when looking at some of the first round scores or watching some of the first round games and thinking that home field really didn't play a part in the outcome. For example, last years Wilmington first round game was probably the most one sided game I have ever witnessed. They could have played in Alaska and the outcome wouldn't have changed. So couldn't a new system be used that would have allowed them to forfeit home field first round and possibly set up home field for a later round. PS I don't think them being at home would have changed anything against IC in the Quarters but every advantage counts at that point!
Do any of you in the edgy nation think a better system could be implemented?