tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post114649773153698390..comments2023-10-07T07:14:01.772-04:00Comments on Ultimate Strategy & Coaching: Obligatory AC Regional Write-UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146675005751135052006-05-03T12:50:00.000-04:002006-05-03T12:50:00.000-04:00I agree about the frustration of watching your tea...I agree about the frustration of watching your team get beaten by errors. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I often feel like I can/should "mine" an adjustment or piece of advice out of almost any situation. Usually even on a simple drop, there's some small fundamental that could be executed better. Or you can switch strategies to something that requires fewer and/or easier passes to score. I think this is really a function of what sort of coach you are. I think that for me to be effective, I need to always be feeding my players something.<BR/><BR/>On the triple elimination format: "interesting decisions", indeed. I have heard a few teams (most notably 2003 Florida, but others as well) complain about how this format encourages losing. It's nice to hear a team really taking responsibility for the impact of their decisions and "playing the format" rather than just complaining about it after the fact.<BR/><BR/>That said... I still think winning that game is an advantage the vast majority of the time. If you win the opener against NCSU, you play one less elimination game on the day - 2 in stead of 3. And you can just as easily open things up in the Wake Forest game in round 2 as in the NCSU game in round 1.<BR/><BR/>I guess the real benefit was that you allowed the NCSU-WFU slugfest to happen. So the fact that this worked out for you is partially a function of UVA seeming to be a step below the top 5 (or the top 6, but UNC is out of the picture thanks to underseeded Wake Forest). As always in these brackets, the key is to know how many games they can play at a high level. If your team keeps this in mind, and your opponents do not, you will have an advantage.Tarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368810359650066790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146595386445490332006-05-02T14:43:00.000-04:002006-05-02T14:43:00.000-04:00"Those are all very deserving all-region candidate..."Those are all very deserving all-region candidates. I think you have to add Lucia Derks (Wake Forest)"<BR/><BR/>I would second that and she is only a sophomore and even had a knee injury during the year. Wake is an up and coming team (along with Emory) and should continue to get even better next year under another year of coaching with Moose.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on makin the show.<BR/>JTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146571217271029142006-05-02T08:00:00.000-04:002006-05-02T08:00:00.000-04:00George:Thanks - I'll be pulling for your ladies th...George:<BR/><BR/>Thanks - I'll be pulling for your ladies this weekend. <BR/><BR/>Edelman:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the support. <BR/><BR/>Eric:<BR/><BR/>Those are all very deserving all-region candidates. I think you have to add Lucia Derks (Wake Forest),Andrea Duran (UVA), and Maggie Jackson (UGA) to the list of possibles as well. It seems strange to not have another Florida player on the list, but they really are more of the faceless army. <BR/><BR/>Keith:<BR/><BR/>1) I kind of feel like we're a year ahead of schedule - I didn't really expect that we would be a nationals team until next year. Like you said we're very young - so we're definitely thinking a lot about next year going into nationals - we are planning to get everyone a bunch of playing time. So basically we'll just have the same goal for nationals that we have for every regular season tournament - be better at the end of it than we were at the beginning. So yeah - next year Luna should be pretty strong - sadly this is my final year with the ladies as I'm heading off to Athens in the fall. Once I'm out of the way, there's really nothing to hold them back. <BR/><BR/>2)The ginormous coaching staff is a result of a bunch of random factors - and is kind of amusing. It has worked out well because each of the coaches has different strengths and I think we've done a decent job of staying out of each others way.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232789723776100948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146550270111042632006-05-02T02:11:00.000-04:002006-05-02T02:11:00.000-04:00Congrats AJ.So my questions:1) Approaching Natties...Congrats AJ.<BR/><BR/>So my questions:<BR/><BR/>1) Approaching Natties, are you taking it as a chance to prepare for next year? Youre losing two, and I hear youre gaining a Paideia girl and an Amherst girl, and with a weak region, you guys could be dangerous. What are you telling your team?<BR/><BR/>2) Did have that many coaches really help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146529297362476842006-05-01T20:21:00.000-04:002006-05-01T20:21:00.000-04:00great job this weekend...great write up.celine cer...great job this weekend...great write up.<BR/><BR/>celine certainly played well enough this weekend to lock up rookie of the year honors, coming up huge in the air and on D all weekend long. <BR/><BR/>some other thoughts on all region honors:<BR/><BR/>Lindsey Hack #23 (unc)<BR/>Katherine Wooten #1 (uga)<BR/>shanye crawford #83 (uga)<BR/>chelsea mcgehee #33 (uga)<BR/>erin brown #11 (uf)<BR/>adrienne tecza #8 (emory)<BR/>amy smith #13 (emory)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146505458888748912006-05-01T13:44:00.000-04:002006-05-01T13:44:00.000-04:00finally, a post!congrats, coach(es). it was aweso...finally, a post!<BR/><BR/>congrats, coach(es). it was awesome to watch you and luna work your magic this weekend.Edelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629390876060646867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9720759.post-1146503006009189252006-05-01T13:03:00.000-04:002006-05-01T13:03:00.000-04:00Coach,Congrats on the Nats bid. Nice work.-gCoach,<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the Nats bid. Nice work.<BR/><BR/>-ggcookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029435701308074373noreply@blogger.com