Nyet Train Derailed

Rough practice for me personally last night:

• Big collision with EBay early on in the scrimmage
• Slipped on a layout D and hit the ground shoulders then face first
• Reached back for a behind-me pass on the goal line, dropped it an dlanded knees first, bending myself backwards
• Clocked in the face by Ebay on a backhand, but no broken nose :)
• Half-laid out for a low pass and ending up making the catch but eating it on the turf.
  
• Tried to step out on a full speed Tricky to slow him down but got there a second late and got more or less punched in the face, and worse, tripped and let him go deep.
  

Not exactly my most graceful evening. Add in a too-far backhand for Sully and I didn't exactly have the best practice (though it wasn't terrible, as I did get some solid field defense in / good O). Ah, well. Definitely need to work on my man D and break throws. But the main point is that I am a sore, beat up dude this AM. Banged up, swollen kneed, you name it. Ah, and 2 ^ 5 is around the corner. Sadness.

Things looked pretty good, though - a lot of the speed / height was on the other side, and they looked very good in the O. If you take away a few of our drops / turfed throws, we structurally looked pretty good, too. We worked on the Swedish, marks, breakmark throws, 50-50 discs on the night. Everybody seemed energetic, and I've already gotten a good deal of positive feedback on the tighter structure / focused practices.

Good news, too - we picked up a flagstaff dude named Ian (pronounced, oddly enough, Ee-ən) who is a money handler and all around great guy. Everything's coming up Millhouse...

The plan today - Lux, hanging with the off-work Beck, and a UT championship tonight. We shall see...