All taken in very good humor, rest assured!
We had some issues re no-shows, late adds, some folks playing Pasa and then not Pajaro.. it made it a very difficult challenge to come up with decent matches. On top of that I was faced with ODD numbers....
So my only real concern was fun, which was really all I had any control over!
I just went back to my pairings from last year and damned it is confusing - there was a lot of switching going on that I don't have record of now! My sheet shows that Fortson was to play Stettner solo, and two of the others were in another group. I sorta remember now that Stettner bagged and Jeff moved into the group with the others, and then the other two from that group also switched... hey, sorta tough to track! But since NorCal won, this is all part of my "genius." Love it!
And Bill - one truly can't talk trash until one knows whom to say it to. It's pretty unclear this year how the teams will be defined, not to mention who will be on them. Methinks NorCal v. SoCal has long since gone by the wayside... given most people will be either SoCal or from other parts! Who's coming from NorCal besides me, Getka, Benham, maybe Stettner, maybe Reilly, maybe two or three others?
But screw it - the three of us and whoever else that makes it will take all of you on!
Bring it on bitch!
Curious TH
ps - I'm sure David will sort all of this out and all matches will be fun and fair. I just am quite happy it is indeed out of my hands this year!