Will- Thanks for being honest about the Mill Valley tournament. I have involved with charity and amateur events for years and they all have the management issue in common- it is tough to do something once per year and do it smoothly and professionally. Just doesn't work that way. I do have a couple of comments: 1. The gym is too small for that many people.
2. Trackwrestling is the future and we need to do it.
3. This is a great local tournament and just keep working to make it better.
4. Will Cokeley has no involvement with Mill Valley- his kids do not wrestle there and he does this for nothing, so if you criticize him just know that.
5. The main problem in starting late is not with the tournament directors, it is with you the parents and coaches. When you have 1000 kids, like we did a couple of weeks ago at Johnson County, and 100 of the entries were submitted wrong, the right thing to do is chnage them so these kids and parents who travel can get on the mat. But people, that is 10% error, and there is not excuse for that. We all make mistakes, but entries with no weights, ages, etc just makes it a nightmare to bracket. I am sure Mill Valley had the same issues. So if you complain about late starts then now you know why- the parents and coaches are so sloppy on their entrants that it takes hours to fix all the mistakes and you do not know who is where until weighins the morning of the tournament.
Had to vent a little.
Tom Williams
