Regional Thoughts

Not winning the region is something that has been on my mind for a while. The game was really rather lopsided unlike the score suggests and we were for some reason in a huge rut. Delaware was a one dimensional team that consisted of bombs from their main handler to their main cutter. They had played a really tough game against Edinboro and we had been rather well rested: demolishing Princeton 15-2. Yet for some unknown reason to me we couldn't even touch them. The score and game was slow, boring, and frustrating. Our cutters couldn't catch and our D line couldn't break. The drops in the game edged into the teens and the unforced errors were much higher. We played shitty. We played slow. And we really didn't preform.

Reflection:

1)
I am really, really proud of the O line. Not only did they keep us alive in the Edinboro game and game us a fighting chance in the Delaware game, they also played nearly flawlessly. I'd rather not put the competition down, but would rather talk up the fact that our O line is really a brilliant, cohesive, gelled unit of guys who really don't take on too much on their hands. They played smart in every game and were truly keeping us alive in a few games when for some reason the D line couldn't score.

2)
I'm rather surprised at the D line. We played unemotional, boring, and without urgency. It was really shocking to watch Delaware put up fucked up, swilly, nonsense bullshit and see their players come down with it. There isn't much to say other then the fact that no one was fired up.

3)
I was talking about this with some one. The D line plays great when the team is fired up and screaming in their ears, but the problem lie with who is on the sideline when the D line is on. It's not that i am bringing fault on the O line for not being excited and urgent, but it's the fact that the mentality they need on the field is not conducive to the emotion the D line needs from the sideline. Chris, Josh, Vatz, Chowder are all very cool, calm individuals, but that's not what the D line needs when the disc is on the sideline, they need people screaming kill, strike, whatever to make sure the turnover is coming.

4)
I'm not really shocked about the RSD posts about us being in the bottom tier of the Nationals rankings, but honestly, i don't understand what people see when they put us in the bottom 4. I'm perfectly fine with, somewhat excited about the upsets we're going to make. Vatz, Weasel, and I were talking about it after regionals and we are going to be the shittiest draw for a 3/4 seed in our pool as we come in with an underdog mentality and a yearning to win the pool. Much like what happened at UCCs last year where pool D turned over, i have a feeling we're going to make a lot of people upset and a lot of noise. I know there won't be any lack of urgency or complacency from the sideline, or from the players on the field so i'm truly excited.

That is all. Otherwise i am just pissed the someone stole my camera.