Coach Ulmer,
While I can't speak for Gonz or Roy, I have been involved with Roy in trying to gain support for this change. The advantages are in a couple of areas:
1) No longer in 5&6A would a regional with 6 of the top kids in the state leave two of the probable placers at home. I've seen several regional meets that had to do this.
2) By sending the top eight, I can't forsee any regionals sending kids to state that didn't win a match at regionals. It should also make it much harder for guys with losing records to make it to state. I don't get too hung up in that, but I know that many people hate it.
3) You will no longer see the top two guys on the same side of the bracket at state, barring injury. I know people will jump on here about the upsets at regionals, so go ahead. I know that people get "caught," but that's just one of those things. Yes, it might put the two best on the same side, but it will happen much less often than the "luck of the draw" system we currently have.

Here is what I like: The two regional winners will automatically be on opposite sides at state. The regional runner ups will be on the opposite side from the guy that beat them at regionals. This should make for the best case scenario for getting the top two guys into the finals. It's not perfect, but hopefully better. I wish that there was a way to do something similar for 4-1A, but I'm not smart enough to figure out an efficient way of doing so.

I've got to run, but hopefully this clears it up a bit.

Have a good one,
Ryan