Comments on Match Diesel: Boston Invite and MD's return

you know... I probably wouldn't have been loud at ...

2008-07-03T21:50:00.000-04:00

you know... I probably wouldn't have been loud at all if the little guy didn't say, "You don't even know how to play this sport little boy"

but I'm glad it was a hard fought weekend... maybe Korber will let someone else guard you next time, parinella

you had to get impatient. next article covers tha...

2008-07-03T11:19:00.000-04:00

you had to get impatient. next article covers that exact topic. I was going to wait a few days so that I am not over saturating your precious ultimate minds

Hey Match, The list of teams for Chesapeake came o...

2008-07-02T21:46:00.000-04:00

Hey Match,
The list of teams for Chesapeake came out this afternoon.

Open Elite Division:

BAT
Boston Ultimate
Chain Lightning
GOAT
Johnny Bravo
Machine
PoNY
Ring of Fire
Sub Zero
Truck Stop

Open Division:

Bodhi
Burgh
Colt .45
Grit (DU)
Los
Madcow
Medicine Men
Philly Love
Pike
Red Tide
Ronin
Roots of Rhythm
Sir Duke
Wiretap
X-Rates
Zebra Muscles

Thoughts?

Match, first rule of journalism. Fact check, fact...

2008-07-02T12:28:00.000-04:00

Match, first rule of journalism. Fact check, fact check, fact check. The name is spelled de Frondeville. And we will get our matchup yet (says the old shotgunfighter coming to town).

Well, most elite college programs receive a lot of...

2008-07-01T15:19:00.000-04:00

Well, most elite college programs receive a lot of club sports funding or do more organized fundraising than a club team - I plan on spending up to 4 times as much money on this upcoming club season than I did on the college season and I'll play in fewer tournaments.

I'm shocked that college kids can travel by air so...

2008-07-01T12:54:00.000-04:00

I'm shocked that college kids can travel by air so much to attend these tournaments.

Aren't there fewer elite teams in club ultimate than in college? With teams changing every year and two extra regions, there are more teams that are contenders for Nationals in college, so a bigger pool of teams willing to go to these. Let's look at RRIs. In College, Florida had 2791, Wisconsin had 2784, then Colorado and Carleton at 2699, 11 more teams in the 2600s, and 21 teams after that in the 2500s. In Club, the spread was much bigger.

yeah I suppose I am full of shit but I think that ...

2008-07-01T12:38:00.000-04:00

yeah I suppose I am full of shit but I think that ECC, Colorado Cup, and Live Logic are suspect because the number of teams is half that of Sarasota. Labor Day is definitely exactly what I am talking about but its still just one tournament. There aren't any major college tournaments with less than 10 teams and I suppose it just seems weird that there are so many in club.

Labor Day, Colorado Cup, & ECC/Seattle Invite have...

2008-07-01T11:52:00.000-04:00

Labor Day, Colorado Cup, & ECC/Seattle Invite have been drawing teams from across the continent for a while now. Chesapeake joins the club this year, and CHC/Tune-Up was one of the first tourneys to bring together teams from all over. CHC is more regional now (no Boston, Bravo) but still draws teams from everywhere.

Match,Don't take it all so personally. You overes...

2008-07-01T10:20:00.000-04:00

Match,
Don't take it all so personally. You overestimate people's dislike or fear of you. People like to heckle.

Korber did a very good job defending me, those goals notwithstanding.

To the extent that I was fired up, it was more about us having a bad day Saturday and me needing to work hard to get ready for Worlds. Sure, this was "payback" a bit, and you did have that other loud guy, but like we say, it's all about us.

From everything I've heard, Kurt won't be playing ...

2008-07-01T09:45:00.000-04:00

From everything I've heard, Kurt won't be playing with Boston - but that may have changed. He's in Dallas now and has an open offer from Sockeye, apparently.

I just want to commend Bill for making one of the ...

2008-06-30T17:01:00.000-04:00

I just want to commend Bill for making one of the gutsiest calls (by taking back his initial strip call) I've ever seen. It takes a serious amount of mutual respect and also a serious amount of cojones to take back your initial call in that situation. That, to me, is the epitome of spirit.

which is not to say that it wasn't my fault or tha...

2008-06-30T16:37:00.000-04:00

which is not to say that it wasn't my fault or that Korber didn't make a great play; just that I feel it was primarily a failure by me and secondarily a play by Korber, caused by my lack of vision.

Not that I've replayed this in my head 10,000 times already or anything.

He didn't sky me, he beat me to the disc, it wasn'...

2008-06-30T16:27:00.000-04:00

He didn't sky me, he beat me to the disc, it wasn't high at all. I didn't see him, otherwise I just had to turn my body to box him out.

thanks for ruining semi-pro for me. haven't seen i...

2008-06-30T14:47:00.000-04:00

thanks for ruining semi-pro for me. haven't seen it yet. i'll never forgive you.