I would grade them as accurately as I could to their expected standard. So in the case you presented, D6 would be my call.Trader wrote:morell, if a new club had 10 former Div 5 players on its list, and 70 in total, would you want them to start in Div 7, or Div 6?
{I am trying to work out if you are more upset with Para Hills dropping a couple of grades, or if you are upset that they will win the D7 flag}
Also, after correcting Computer Crashed's "your gunna", I can't believe you then used "stahp".
I am pretty consistent with this - I wanted Brighton in D3 and Morphy Parks in D4. I prioritise the evenness and fairness of the competitions for all clubs in each division over "punishing" or "rewarding" individual clubs. The "making them earn it" argument is even more ridiculous.
I've been involved (on both ends) in stupidly lop sided competitions and it ******* sucks and is unhealthy for the league overall. We are seeing an increasing number of clubs falling into the cycle where they win a flag or get promoted, then completely fall apart. Almost as if it's either a healthily winning season or nothing.
As for "stahp" I assumed as a basement dwelling nerd that you'd understand common internet slang