Spazsdad wrote:I would think it is for transparency. If all the coaches are present for the draw then there can't be any complaints of stacking the bracket.
A few years back at Gold a majority of the top teams mysteriously all ended up in the same quarter of the bracket.
Statistically speaking, that is bound to happen from time to time.
So the theory was that ASA conspired to have a bunch of the best teams eliminated early? Why would they want that?
If trust is the issue, these days they could always video-conference the draws. Just seems much more practical from all sides.