2:50 - My second "turn." Could BP have gotten that? A little too 50-50, or maybe 60-40 disc on my part, but it is always the receiver's fault. I'll take half a turn.
3:32 - Cole swat D.
7:08 - Garret layout D!
9:34 - Scoober by Nyet to break the junk zone. Notice the slight forehand/blade fake to move the defender. (2)
10:12 - Rob sky D!
10:20 - Cole GACK.
10:32 - Cole SKY D!!! (1)
11:45 - Damon throw into the poach. Killer turn to have in this close of a game.
12:55 - Captain combo can't stop the big man. I'm pretty sure we knocked one another off it, actually. (3)
13:24 - 50 yard flick needed a coupe more yards to get me in the stat sheet (4)
14:20 - Dixon GACK. The D-man had three turns and a couple of other errant plays in finals, yikes. I'm sure he'll return to his normal steady self pronto.
15:00 - catch-hitch-man-buddy as designed. That's a GORGEOUS huck by BP to Dhein.
16:00 - Rob layout D!
16:30 - Cole's gotta grab that (4.5)
16:52 - BP layout D!
17:38 - Turn number three for the tourney, ugh. Dhein was WIDE OPEN, too, to go up 9-7. Dude made a nice leaping D. I suck. But the question is ... why is there a poach in my lane, Dixon? Ah, I should have seen it. To repeat: I suck.
18:03 - Sick breakmark throw. At least I fouled him. (5)
18:56 - Dixon with a bad lookoff x 2 then a terrible dump.
21:20 - Nice huck from Garret to Griesy (6)
22:15 - layout D by Joe ... almost (7)
23:00 - nice flowy O point
24:35 - I get skyed - but on the breakside on a travel call. Doesn't count! (8)
24:58 - Garret gets beat up the line, but Nyet with the bailout flying D! (9)
27:00 - Another nice flow O point (including a break at 27:06)
28:09 - The dreaded stutter step. T-R-A-V-L-E, travel.
30:35 - Terrible turn by Luke (after he bailed out Dixon, too)
31:00 - Nyet: "Hard cap is almost on. Garret, we need to score fast." This is one of the more ridiculous flat-footed full field flick hucks you're likely to see.
(1) Cole skyes a mountain (Photo by Stephen So)
(2) I kinda doubt this is the actual moment, but it's still a cool shot (Joanne)
(3) D'oh (Joanne)
(4) Too easy (Stephen So)
(4.5) Yeah, Cole's gotta have that. Didn't matter as we scored later, though.
(5) As Griesy taunted - at least I got a good look at it (Stephen So)
(6) Nice sky by Griesy (Stephen So)
(7) Would have been a big turning point ... unfortunately, it bounced right back to him (Stephen So)
(8) As bad as this looks, it was way on the break side. I never really had a shot at this, though it felt pretty horrible when it happened - thought I could get there, and bam, he was already in front of me. Yep, Air Alert is on the docket. (Stephen So)
(9) This is barely caught by Hatch's video (and it's completely blocked by a light pole in the high angle video), but this was one of the better D's I've made in a big game - just flew in no fear style and beat the guy to the disc on his up the line cut, saving the goal (though they scored later on this point, boo). Came right after the previous shot, too - it was the very next throw - so I was glad I could do something to help us out. Given that my feet are off the ground here, though, I'm reasonably certain this was photoshopped. (Stephen So)
So a great finals, and plenty of moments that we all had that could have turned things around in the last game. We are definitely heads up about it, and as Griesy noted, hopefully this loss will keep us hungry. Great weekend, great disc, and now we take a two month break before starting our season in earnest. Very excited for the Sprawl MMX prospects. I can't emphasize enough how much our O came together, how occasionally swarming we looked on D. It's the best quality Ultimate that I've seen since coming to Phoenix, and I am amped to be whatever small part of it. Lots to work on, sure, but we pushed the base up a little higher at NYF, and there are good places to head from here.
Re: personal play - my left knee (yay!) was feeling sore Thursday and Friday, so I went into the tournament thinking about taking it easy and playing primarily O points. Thanks to the big wins on Saturday and Sunday, this meant not a ton of PT, which was fine by me. I saved it for the finals, where the knee unfortunately flared up to the point of being debilitating by the end of the game*. I'm feeling pretty old out there, and I definitely lack the fifth gear necessary to play D on nationals guys (though see below, hopefully I can work that out). On the flip side, I had three turns total this weekend, all on hucks, and I otherwise ran the offense smoothly and made my share of cuts and big, defense breaking throws. I think that's my job - that and captaining - so I'm pretty psyched to know my role and fill it. Any athleticism I can add in the next few months will be gravy, but I'm definitely going to get on it as soon as things feel better kneewise (see below). So I give myself something in the A- range for the tourney - I really would like that 8-7 turn in the finals back, but otherwise think I was super solid. With a greatest, don't forget. :)
* - I'm still a little gimpy and actually went to see the sports doc on Thursday. Great news - she thinks it's just IT Band issues, so I'm going to do some PT to stretch things out and do something called ASTYM which basically sounds like a painful attempt to break up scar tissue and re-initiate the healing process. We'll see how that works. I've already started doing some stretching on my own, and things feel monumentally better, so I'm optimistic that this could even be an a big turn around late in the career. I just need a hair more speed to feel completely back - and in other news, I'm down to 185 lbs. these days and trying to get to the 170-75 range so the poundage (so to speak) on my knees will be that much less. People have been telling me I look skinny on the Ultimate field, so if nothing else I've got that going for me...
So, good weekend, another one for the Ultimate pantheon. Here are the total stats if you care about such things; the coolest thing is the 73% O-efficiency which is almost where we need to be to be an elite team. Admittedly a lot of it was against non-elite competition, but it's still good to see that we have it in us.
O = Offense points; OP = Perfect O points (no turns); O+ = Offense scores; D = Defense points; DP = Perfect D-points (score with no turn); D+ = Defense scores; SC = Total scores; Turn = Turnovers; O-efficiency = OP/O; O-overall = O+/O; D-efficiency = DP/D; D-overall = D+/D; Score% = scores per possession
| Opponent | O | OP | O+ | D | DP | D+ | SC | Turn | O-efficiency | O-overall | D-efficiency | D-overall | Score% | |
| Sbrawl | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 57% | 71% | 44% | 75% | 49% | |
| Flagstaff | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 100% | 100% | 69% | 75% | 68% | |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 100% | 100% | 56% | 75% | 74% | |
| Arson/Monsoon | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 50% | 100% | 67% | 75% | 65% | |
| Le Tigre | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 100% | 100% | 33% | 67% | 72% | |
| Street Gang | 14 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 57% | 71% | 0% | 17% | 46% | |
| Saturday | 17 | 14 | 15 | 48 | 27 | 36 | 51 | 32 | 82% | 88% | 56% | 75% | 61% | |
| Sunday | 23 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 26 | 65% | 83% | 33% | 53% | 59% | |
| Total | 40 | 29 | 34 | 84 | 39 | 55 | 89 | 58 | 73% | 85% | 46% | 65% | 61% |
Key: T = Total points played; PT = playing time (percentage); D = D points; DS = D-scores; O = O-points; OS = O_scores; D+ = D point plus minus; O+ = O point plus minus; T+ = total plus minus; ppD = plus minus per d point; ppO = plus minus per D point; ppT = plus-minus per total
| Player | Saturday | Sunday | Player | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T | PT | D | DS | O | OS | D+ | O+ | T+ | ppD | ppO | ppT | T | PT | D | DS | O | OS | D+ | O+ | T+ | ppD | ppO | ppT | T | PT | D | DS | O | OS | D+ | O+ | T+ | ppD | ppO | ppT | ||||||
| Nyet | 21 | 32% | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1.00 | .76 | .81 | 25 | 42% | 4 | 0 | 21 | 18 | -4 | 15 | 11 | -1.00 | .71 | .44 | Nyet | 46 | 37% | 8 | 4 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 28 | .00 | .74 | .61 | ||||
| Damon | 29 | 45% | 22 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | .27 | 1.00 | .45 | 30 | 51% | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | .18 | .54 | .33 | Damon | 59 | 48% | 39 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 23 | .23 | .70 | .39 | ||||
| Garret | 31 | 48% | 23 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | .39 | .75 | .48 | 32 | 54% | 15 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | .20 | .53 | .38 | Garret | 63 | 51% | 38 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 27 | .32 | .60 | .43 | ||||
| Ian | 29 | 45% | 21 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | .43 | .75 | .52 | 33 | 56% | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .00 | .43 | .09 | Ian | 62 | 50% | 47 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | .19 | .60 | .29 | ||||
| Joe | 28 | 43% | 23 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 18 | .65 | .60 | .64 | 29 | 49% | 19 | 9 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 8 | 7 | -.05 | .80 | .24 | Joe | 57 | 46% | 42 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 25 | .33 | .73 | .44 | ||||
| Jim | 26 | 40% | 17 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | .41 | .56 | .46 | 8 | 14% | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .14 | 1.00 | .25 | Jim | 34 | 27% | 24 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | .33 | .60 | .41 | ||||
| BP | 28 | 43% | 20 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 20 | .60 | 1.00 | .71 | 37 | 63% | 19 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .05 | .67 | .35 | BP | 65 | 52% | 39 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 33 | .33 | .77 | .51 | ||||
| Dhein | 30 | 46% | 23 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 22 | .65 | 1.00 | .73 | 41 | 69% | 21 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .05 | .70 | .37 | Dhein | 71 | 57% | 44 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 37 | .36 | .78 | .52 | ||||
| Dixon | 31 | 48% | 26 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 21 | .69 | .60 | .68 | 37 | 63% | 24 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .08 | .54 | .24 | Dixon | 68 | 55% | 50 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 30 | .40 | .56 | .44 | ||||
| Rob | 26 | 40% | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 16 | .55 | 1.00 | .62 | 30 | 51% | 22 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | .09 | .75 | .27 | Rob | 56 | 45% | 44 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 24 | .32 | .83 | .43 | ||||
| Luke | 29 | 45% | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | .33 | .60 | .38 | 16 | 27% | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .25 | #DIV/0! | .25 | Luke | 45 | 36% | 40 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 15 | .30 | .60 | .33 | ||||
| Kid | 26 | 40% | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .33 | .60 | .38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | #DIV/0! | Kid | 26 | 21% | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .33 | .60 | .38 | ||||
| Cisco | 23 | 35% | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | .63 | .43 | .57 | 10 | 17% | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | -.11 | 1.00 | .00 | Cisco | 33 | 27% | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | .36 | .50 | .39 | ||||
| Griesy | 28 | 43% | 21 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 20 | .62 | 1.00 | .71 | 38 | 64% | 20 | 9 | 18 | 15 | -2 | 12 | 10 | -.10 | .67 | .26 | Griesy | 66 | 53% | 41 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 30 | .27 | .76 | .45 | ||||
| Cole | 25 | 38% | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 19 | .75 | .78 | .76 | 28 | 47% | 16 | 7 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 8 | 6 | -.13 | .67 | .21 | Cole | 53 | 43% | 32 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 25 | .31 | .71 | .47 | ||||
| Nardi | 26 | 40% | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .43 | .60 | .46 | 14 | 24% | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .33 | 1.00 | .43 | Nardi | 40 | 32% | 33 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .39 | .71 | .45 | ||||
| Will | 19 | 29% | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .13 | 1.00 | .26 | 5 | 8% | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .60 | #DIV/0! | .60 | Will | 24 | 19% | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .24 | 1.00 | .33 |
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