High schools  Stevens: Coaches never liked NCHSAA's pod system -
or any playoff system  tstevens@newsobserver.comSeptember 16,
2013   The North Carolina high school football coaches got what
they asked for when the N.C. High School Athletic Association
changed the playoffs beginning this fall by eliminating the pod
system.  The NCHSAA went to the pod to reduce playoff expenses
by grouping the qualifying teams into four groups in each
bracket instead of into East and West. The pod cut expenses, but
also increased the number of games between conference opponents.
Conferences are based on geography, so was the pod system and
coaches disliked the pod a great deal.  I imagine the coaches
won’t like this year’s system either. This year teams are seeded
according to their conference finish and by overall records.
Somebody will find flaws in the system.  Coaches not liking the
current playoff system, whatever that system entails, has been
one constant in North Carolina high school football for more
than 50 years.  T