Tournament Review
I don't know what the tournament was called, did it even have a name? Either way, Pure Bliss sent 8 to our first tournament of the year. We had 6 games, and, amazingly, no one cramped until well into the 6th game (sorry guys).
Who we sent: Sando, Fox, Spier, Kenji, Jaime, Patrick, Sunshine, and Wood.
EO didn't wake up in time 'cause he was chillin with some chick 'til 5am. Stud.
Sando had us all at the tournament an hour early! Bastard. I'll never forgive you for that shit. Anyway, on to the games...
Emory B-ish. Apparentally there were some A team players, but it seemed like mostly B team players. They had a couple of tall atheletes, and although they went up early on us, we pulled it out and ended up winning fairly easily. Not much else to say about this game really. It was cold, and we didn't play too great, but got the win. Sando did hit me in the eye with a huck, talk about accuracy!
UGA B-ish. UGA B came and split into two teams. Both of their teams were bigger than ours. By a good bit. We had them shutout at halftime, but Kenji went and jinxed us at half. We still won 11-2 I think. We learned the amoeba defense in this game. The amoeba defense is only a defense we learn to teach players how to play zone defense. It worked pretty well and most of our players started to figure out zone defense better. Oh, Sando dropped an easy Callahan.
Emory Alum. They had some ringers and were a solid team. We played them pretty well. Got to play some more amoeba. Not much to say about this game.
Ga Tech B. We started learning Big Slick in this game. Seemed to work pretty well. After the game, the other team was asking me what kind of crazy defense we were playing. Mission Accomplished. Fox had a Callahan to win the game.
Finally, pool play was over. We had a bye before the quarters, so we went to Moe's for some good food and to watch some football.
Back to the fields to watch Emory A-ish lose to Ga Tech A. That made a 3-way tie in their pool for second place. We got the short end of the stick and had to play Emory A-ish (who appeared to be considerably better than the Clemson team and the GSU team who they were tied with). Anyway, we come out playing well, Sando's hucks were on, my flick huck finally straightened out and we had Emory scared at 4-1. They changed up their strategy and started manning Fox and me. That didn't work. So they changed strategy again and poached off two guys, and had a deep and a short poach. This hurt our deep game a lot. The poached people did a pretty good job of getting the disc and then getting rid of it, but we need to get better. Big Slick worked at first, but Emory figured it out pretty well and mounted a comeback. We were up 10-8, game to 11, when fatigue started to set in. Sunshine, Kenji, and Jaime were all having problems with their feet (pansies). We were all tired. I made the mistake of not getting our last timeout taken before the cap came on. Emory managed a solid comeback and beat us 11-10. We didn't have much left after the game and would have had to play Ga Tech A in the semis. This was a really good game for us, we played against a solid team and had a chance to win the game. Our defense was looking good, our veterans played great, and our rookies were solid and are getting better.
On to the consolation bracket. We had to play Emory B again. None of us really wanted to play this game, so we started screwing around. The highlight of the game was probably the 500 game for the pull. Fox ended up on his back trapping the disc on his stomach. We lost, but didn't care.
Overall, a really good first tournament for Pure Bliss. A few extra subs would have made a big difference I think. The rookies who showed up got a lot better. Defense is looking good, offense is coming together. We need to continue working on timing our cuts, especially deep. Big Slick looked good and will be more effective when we have other zones to mix in. That's about it, did anyone else have some comments on the tourney?
PFB
Who we sent: Sando, Fox, Spier, Kenji, Jaime, Patrick, Sunshine, and Wood.
EO didn't wake up in time 'cause he was chillin with some chick 'til 5am. Stud.
Sando had us all at the tournament an hour early! Bastard. I'll never forgive you for that shit. Anyway, on to the games...
Emory B-ish. Apparentally there were some A team players, but it seemed like mostly B team players. They had a couple of tall atheletes, and although they went up early on us, we pulled it out and ended up winning fairly easily. Not much else to say about this game really. It was cold, and we didn't play too great, but got the win. Sando did hit me in the eye with a huck, talk about accuracy!
UGA B-ish. UGA B came and split into two teams. Both of their teams were bigger than ours. By a good bit. We had them shutout at halftime, but Kenji went and jinxed us at half. We still won 11-2 I think. We learned the amoeba defense in this game. The amoeba defense is only a defense we learn to teach players how to play zone defense. It worked pretty well and most of our players started to figure out zone defense better. Oh, Sando dropped an easy Callahan.
Emory Alum. They had some ringers and were a solid team. We played them pretty well. Got to play some more amoeba. Not much to say about this game.
Ga Tech B. We started learning Big Slick in this game. Seemed to work pretty well. After the game, the other team was asking me what kind of crazy defense we were playing. Mission Accomplished. Fox had a Callahan to win the game.
Finally, pool play was over. We had a bye before the quarters, so we went to Moe's for some good food and to watch some football.
Back to the fields to watch Emory A-ish lose to Ga Tech A. That made a 3-way tie in their pool for second place. We got the short end of the stick and had to play Emory A-ish (who appeared to be considerably better than the Clemson team and the GSU team who they were tied with). Anyway, we come out playing well, Sando's hucks were on, my flick huck finally straightened out and we had Emory scared at 4-1. They changed up their strategy and started manning Fox and me. That didn't work. So they changed strategy again and poached off two guys, and had a deep and a short poach. This hurt our deep game a lot. The poached people did a pretty good job of getting the disc and then getting rid of it, but we need to get better. Big Slick worked at first, but Emory figured it out pretty well and mounted a comeback. We were up 10-8, game to 11, when fatigue started to set in. Sunshine, Kenji, and Jaime were all having problems with their feet (pansies). We were all tired. I made the mistake of not getting our last timeout taken before the cap came on. Emory managed a solid comeback and beat us 11-10. We didn't have much left after the game and would have had to play Ga Tech A in the semis. This was a really good game for us, we played against a solid team and had a chance to win the game. Our defense was looking good, our veterans played great, and our rookies were solid and are getting better.
On to the consolation bracket. We had to play Emory B again. None of us really wanted to play this game, so we started screwing around. The highlight of the game was probably the 500 game for the pull. Fox ended up on his back trapping the disc on his stomach. We lost, but didn't care.
Overall, a really good first tournament for Pure Bliss. A few extra subs would have made a big difference I think. The rookies who showed up got a lot better. Defense is looking good, offense is coming together. We need to continue working on timing our cuts, especially deep. Big Slick looked good and will be more effective when we have other zones to mix in. That's about it, did anyone else have some comments on the tourney?
PFB
posted by wood at 9:24 AM
4 Comments:
One extremly positive thing I wanted to point out was the effectiveness of our dumps. That was a problem for us in our first scrim against KSU, but I think we have worked out alot of bugs. I dont think I can recall one time that the dump was a problem the whole tourny. One thing is when you have the disc and are felling nervious, rushed, or antcy; look dump. It is an easy pass, we maintain possesion, and it puts the disc in the hands of some of our strongest throwers. The dump is a great throw dont be discouraged to throw it.
We're definitely going to have to use our poached people better. Two things are going to help this. First, we've got to get our poached people to areas where they can easily get the disc. You've gotta remember that weaker throwers are going to get the disc a lot, and the defense is going to put aggressive marks on them, so the easier we can make the throw, the better. The second thing we need to do is just work on everyone's throws so that it's easier to make a defense pay for poaching off any of our players.
that also might have been because we only had two rookies
when we played you guys (emory alum), we played a 2-5, manning fox and wood. this forced you guys to use your other players to work it up the field, which you did with some success (and because wood was never able to get open). if you guys want to get better, you need to learn not to rely on fox and wood, but rather incorporate them into your offense. a problem i forsee for you guys is teams will quickly realize that wood and fox (and maybe zando) run your offense and they will man you up accordingly and poach the rest.
also remember that while wood is an ultimate god, only his mother was immortal, meaning that he is susceptible to human senses, like pain and fatigue. either stop making him run his ass off every point or turn him into a kenyan marathon runner (or be a solid enough team without him that he can rest a few points).
oh, and someone get fox a spellchecker. otherwise, i think you guys played us pretty solidly. and the tournament's name was DoG (discs over georgia)
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