Hi again. First, if you are ever down by 10 points or so in the 4th quarter against the University of Michigan football team and Llyod Carr is coaching, you are probably going to win that game. Sheesh. I really don't advocate coaches getting fired that often, but this guy is still living off of Charles Woodson's coattails. Charles Woodson can't do that anymore. It takes a lot of talent to blow 4th quarter leads consistently.
So time to talk about another team who couldn't hold 4th quarter leads (no, not sub zero, I am done with them until at least 2006). I am talking about magnUM. Where I last left you was the summer before the '98 year. We had 2 captains, me + Jon (elder grad student, uber-organized). I stayed in AA that summer and played a ton of frisbee, Karl + I made Big Ass Truck which at the time seemed like an accomplishment.
During the summer, there were 5 of us who came up with a plan (me, Jon, Karl, Brian Lane-last year's captain/possible coach, + Terry-older brother of best woman's player). Basically that plan was 1. Recruit, 2. Learn how to Throw, 3. Play as many tourneys as possible, 4. Find a name that would stick. I think that was an excellent plan.
Our plan for recruiting was 3-fold. First, put as many ads in as many places as possible like dorms, freshman booklets, the daily, etc. Second, throw on the diag (or mall or quad) as often as possible. I think we may have even had schedules for the beginning of the year. Third, "clinics" trying to get as many guys + girls to play as possible. The clinics started to work. We were able to get some very "athletic" freshmen out as well as just more people knowing and playing frisbee (some of us may have found girls that day too, but that is for a different blog). And during the spring season, Michigan would have its first ever b team.
Anyway, the year started out well, not only were the freshman good, we found some grad students. And by found, I mean they came here and they already knew how to play. And they were pretty good. All in all, we would get 7 newbies that season, all of which could play from the start. And by the end of the season, 4 of them were solid handlers (at least for us). We had at least 10 returners from the previous season.
Before, we started to travel to any tourneys, we wanted a new name. TUKA was not going to do it that year. We wanted something with UM in the word. Maybe not creative, but it was our goal.
It came down to magnUM or tUMult. I have NO idea how tumult ended up there, but we decided to play a game to 3 to decide the name. You played on whatever team you wanted the name to be. Well, tumult was up 2-0. The magnum team had our best players on it, but there were still a lot of tryouts there. After the early lead, the magnUM team sent in our best 7 and we won the game. Exciting, I know. Sadly enough, I used to remember the 7 guys that played those 3 points, but those brain cells are long gone.
And magnUM was born....... (Oh, if you think this is boring, just wait until you get my winter league updates starting next week! Nothing beats indoor ultimate in Minneapolis)
So time to talk about another team who couldn't hold 4th quarter leads (no, not sub zero, I am done with them until at least 2006). I am talking about magnUM. Where I last left you was the summer before the '98 year. We had 2 captains, me + Jon (elder grad student, uber-organized). I stayed in AA that summer and played a ton of frisbee, Karl + I made Big Ass Truck which at the time seemed like an accomplishment.
During the summer, there were 5 of us who came up with a plan (me, Jon, Karl, Brian Lane-last year's captain/possible coach, + Terry-older brother of best woman's player). Basically that plan was 1. Recruit, 2. Learn how to Throw, 3. Play as many tourneys as possible, 4. Find a name that would stick. I think that was an excellent plan.
Our plan for recruiting was 3-fold. First, put as many ads in as many places as possible like dorms, freshman booklets, the daily, etc. Second, throw on the diag (or mall or quad) as often as possible. I think we may have even had schedules for the beginning of the year. Third, "clinics" trying to get as many guys + girls to play as possible. The clinics started to work. We were able to get some very "athletic" freshmen out as well as just more people knowing and playing frisbee (some of us may have found girls that day too, but that is for a different blog). And during the spring season, Michigan would have its first ever b team.
Anyway, the year started out well, not only were the freshman good, we found some grad students. And by found, I mean they came here and they already knew how to play. And they were pretty good. All in all, we would get 7 newbies that season, all of which could play from the start. And by the end of the season, 4 of them were solid handlers (at least for us). We had at least 10 returners from the previous season.
Before, we started to travel to any tourneys, we wanted a new name. TUKA was not going to do it that year. We wanted something with UM in the word. Maybe not creative, but it was our goal.
It came down to magnUM or tUMult. I have NO idea how tumult ended up there, but we decided to play a game to 3 to decide the name. You played on whatever team you wanted the name to be. Well, tumult was up 2-0. The magnum team had our best players on it, but there were still a lot of tryouts there. After the early lead, the magnUM team sent in our best 7 and we won the game. Exciting, I know. Sadly enough, I used to remember the 7 guys that played those 3 points, but those brain cells are long gone.
And magnUM was born....... (Oh, if you think this is boring, just wait until you get my winter league updates starting next week! Nothing beats indoor ultimate in Minneapolis)
posted by sometallskinnykid at 6:33 PM
2 Comments:
Clearly Lloyd Carr should be reassigned to coach the Michigan rugby team. Also, Tyler Ecker should not be allowed onto the field during a last-minute drive under any circumstances.
Is it the field turf? That is nice. Our league is on nice rubberized bball courts. I do not recommend it for those with bad knees.
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