Central Regionals 2k7
I went to Decorah this past weekend to watch regionals. Nothing too exciting really, but it was fun to watch Minnesota alot and get to know alot of the guys. Hopefully I'll be hitting the field with them next year.
The finals wasn't that fun to watch, the Hodags just came out way too strong and pretty much dominated the game. I don't see how anybody could beat wisconsin this year, they just seem so dominant. I made a comment to Pat this weekend saying that the Hodags just look like they're so much older than every other team, it's ridiculous. They dwarf other teams.
So, good luck to Wisconsin and CUT at nationals, here's hoping you both make semis this year and bring home a third bid to the Central.
Side note....Colin from the U posted this on RSD today and I thought it was hilarious, I like him. He's a funny guy, knows what he's talking about and is fun to watch play, especially with those ridiculous backhands.
"Not wholly in direct reply to Alex Peters...
Depends on what your goal for Nationals is. To crown the best team champion? Probably doing a fine job as is. To have the most competitive tournament possible? Two bids per region isn't going to do that. To have a tournament with equal representation based on area of countries? Then maybe the NE and ME should give up a bid. Tournament with equal representation based on number of teams? Then NE and ME deserve extra bids.
Seems to me like everyone has a complaint and says it's easily solved, but nobody narrows the issue down and comes up with a solution, so I'm going to step up and do it.
This season, I think bids should have been determined based on a committee of my friends voting, based on their knowledge of this year's teams. My friends might not go to every tournament, but if teams aren't willing to travel to the big tournaments that my friends do go to, then maybe those teams just don't want it badly enough.
If the teams from my Region do well at Nationals this year, then next year I want all the bids allocated as strength bids. Size bids are bogus and there's no way to get a truly qualified, unbiased selection committee.
If I move into the Metro East next year, I want everything to be based on size bids. There's so much turnover in college ultimate that strength bids aren't accurate predictors, so by giving more bids to Regions with more teams, you maximize the chances of sending stronger teams to Nationals.
The solution to the bids to nationals issue is so obvious, I don't know what the boneheads at the UPA do with themselves to not have already figured this out. If we had referees, more people would be excited about the sport, we'd draw our UPA officials from a larger pool and thereby get smarter people to fill those roles so the UPA would actually accomplish something. And if we had two bids per Region, then we'd stimulate growth in the smaller Regions, increasing revenue to the UPA so we'd have the funds to do a wide scale implementation of refs.
We need a few less pony-tail-wearing hippies at the UPA and a few more fresh young brilliant thinkers like me. Just because I didn't spend the time to submit a proposal doesn't mean you shouldn't do exactly what I demand of you on RSD, UPA.
Personal opinions only, of course. "
The finals wasn't that fun to watch, the Hodags just came out way too strong and pretty much dominated the game. I don't see how anybody could beat wisconsin this year, they just seem so dominant. I made a comment to Pat this weekend saying that the Hodags just look like they're so much older than every other team, it's ridiculous. They dwarf other teams.
So, good luck to Wisconsin and CUT at nationals, here's hoping you both make semis this year and bring home a third bid to the Central.
Side note....Colin from the U posted this on RSD today and I thought it was hilarious, I like him. He's a funny guy, knows what he's talking about and is fun to watch play, especially with those ridiculous backhands.
"Not wholly in direct reply to Alex Peters...
Depends on what your goal for Nationals is. To crown the best team champion? Probably doing a fine job as is. To have the most competitive tournament possible? Two bids per region isn't going to do that. To have a tournament with equal representation based on area of countries? Then maybe the NE and ME should give up a bid. Tournament with equal representation based on number of teams? Then NE and ME deserve extra bids.
Seems to me like everyone has a complaint and says it's easily solved, but nobody narrows the issue down and comes up with a solution, so I'm going to step up and do it.
This season, I think bids should have been determined based on a committee of my friends voting, based on their knowledge of this year's teams. My friends might not go to every tournament, but if teams aren't willing to travel to the big tournaments that my friends do go to, then maybe those teams just don't want it badly enough.
If the teams from my Region do well at Nationals this year, then next year I want all the bids allocated as strength bids. Size bids are bogus and there's no way to get a truly qualified, unbiased selection committee.
If I move into the Metro East next year, I want everything to be based on size bids. There's so much turnover in college ultimate that strength bids aren't accurate predictors, so by giving more bids to Regions with more teams, you maximize the chances of sending stronger teams to Nationals.
The solution to the bids to nationals issue is so obvious, I don't know what the boneheads at the UPA do with themselves to not have already figured this out. If we had referees, more people would be excited about the sport, we'd draw our UPA officials from a larger pool and thereby get smarter people to fill those roles so the UPA would actually accomplish something. And if we had two bids per Region, then we'd stimulate growth in the smaller Regions, increasing revenue to the UPA so we'd have the funds to do a wide scale implementation of refs.
We need a few less pony-tail-wearing hippies at the UPA and a few more fresh young brilliant thinkers like me. Just because I didn't spend the time to submit a proposal doesn't mean you shouldn't do exactly what I demand of you on RSD, UPA.
Personal opinions only, of course. "
posted by Becky at 12:56 AM
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