But we do all of these things in a deterministic way designed to reward teams for their ranking.
So why not make it official and post it in the rules? If I had known about this, maybe I would have tanked a match or two in the first round to make it into the other group. Someone actually pointed out the non-random draw to me a couple of weeks ago but I thought it had to be coincidence.
I still see the system as flawed. No one should have to tank matches to get a better grouping and everyone should know exactly what the rules are.
Run of the Mill Canadian Manager