Workout:
No workout.
Reading:
No reading.
Notes:
I went to watch the semifinals of club nationals with a bunch of nuts. Semifinal Saturday is the best day of club ultimate of the year. The reason for this is the final isn't always a great game, and the semifinals are almost always extremely close, hard-fought games. Today did not disappoint, with DGP games between Fury/Riot and Ring/Revolver.
Some surprises:
- Molly Brown going down to Brute relatively quietly. Before the game I thought this would be a very close game, maybe even in Molly Brown's favor. I hadn't liked the way the Brute Squad oline had been playing and I felt that if Molly Brown could get even a decent game from Opi and Claire that they'd run away with the game. Instead, it felt like Opi never found her groove and Brute Squad was able to put them away early with the depth of their Dline. After the fact it looks like everything went to chalk, but I think this actually was a fairly surprising result.
- Dragn' Thrust losing to Slow White. I felt like Slow White won on the back of testing Sarah Meckstroth deep. This is essentially a crazy thing to do, since she's usually the best player on the field for Dragn. But Slow White did this early and often, and did it very successfully. They aimed at the king, and they did not miss. The 3-time defending champs go down in semis.
- Ring showing up against Revolver. This game was a testament to both Ring's level of defense and to Revolver in the "aging Beau" era. Ring was consistently pressuring Revolvers O-line cutters in space. Giving Cassidy nothing, testing Grant deep, denying Beau. By the end of the game, Revolver was looking off Simon Higgins open by 10 yards deep. Modern Revolver has made a living (and multiple titles) on pinpoint deep shots from anyone, and that they weren't taking those shots was uncomfortable to witness.
No workout.
Reading:
No reading.
Notes:
I went to watch the semifinals of club nationals with a bunch of nuts. Semifinal Saturday is the best day of club ultimate of the year. The reason for this is the final isn't always a great game, and the semifinals are almost always extremely close, hard-fought games. Today did not disappoint, with DGP games between Fury/Riot and Ring/Revolver.
Some surprises:
- Molly Brown going down to Brute relatively quietly. Before the game I thought this would be a very close game, maybe even in Molly Brown's favor. I hadn't liked the way the Brute Squad oline had been playing and I felt that if Molly Brown could get even a decent game from Opi and Claire that they'd run away with the game. Instead, it felt like Opi never found her groove and Brute Squad was able to put them away early with the depth of their Dline. After the fact it looks like everything went to chalk, but I think this actually was a fairly surprising result.
- Dragn' Thrust losing to Slow White. I felt like Slow White won on the back of testing Sarah Meckstroth deep. This is essentially a crazy thing to do, since she's usually the best player on the field for Dragn. But Slow White did this early and often, and did it very successfully. They aimed at the king, and they did not miss. The 3-time defending champs go down in semis.
- Ring showing up against Revolver. This game was a testament to both Ring's level of defense and to Revolver in the "aging Beau" era. Ring was consistently pressuring Revolvers O-line cutters in space. Giving Cassidy nothing, testing Grant deep, denying Beau. By the end of the game, Revolver was looking off Simon Higgins open by 10 yards deep. Modern Revolver has made a living (and multiple titles) on pinpoint deep shots from anyone, and that they weren't taking those shots was uncomfortable to witness.
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