01-08-2017

Workout:

This was day 2 of Naperchill!

Reading:

I did not read.

Notes:

Naperchill random stuff:

- We ended up tied for 3rd.  This is the same finish that we have had each of the last 3 years.
- Heroic defensive efforts from Champe and Fergus weren't enough to get us through the Madison team.
- We either won our game by 10+ or lost by 10+, we had zero close games, going 5-2.
- We were bad at:
1. Being Tall
2. Scoring from near the Endzone
3. Defending/Attacking the over the top break space (blade/scoober/hammer space)
- We were good at:
1. Running a lot
2. Throw and go moves
3. Handler Defense
- Last year I was a more active captain and I felt like I wasted my breath saying useless stuff.  This year the plan was to let the players play.  The biggest thing that is holding us back right now is our lack of a simple, executable endzone system, so my goal was to implement something for that and let the rest figure itself out.  It didn't work, it is likely the system was too simplistic and easy to defend.
- The winning team had kurt, but frankly he played badly in our game vs them.  Not that they needed him, as they beat us by 10+.
- Adam, quoting Illinois Goose: "Mentally dominant teams win close games, but physically dominant teams don't have close games."