IntenseDebate - Adam Lerman

12 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - ECBU 2013 Quarters and... · 0 replies · +3 points

Note: the video of the play in question is available here (starting at 4:34): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1q0tg5TDN4&t=...

The relavent WFDF rules are:

From Definition of Possession of the disc: "A disc in the possession of a player is considered part of that player."

"17.4.1. A Defensive Throwing Foul occurs when: ...
17.4.1.2. A defensive player initiates contact with the thrower, or a part of their body was moving and contacted the thrower, prior to the release."

Looking at the frame-by-frame video, I see that the marker's hand was moving, and the marker's hand makes contact with the disc before the thrower released the throw. By the above rules, that is a foul.

That's with the benefit of frame-by-frame video. It was a very close play, and I don't think contesting the foul call showed poor spirit. I did hear some people at the tournament say that Ukraine had cheated to win the game. I felt like it was important to point out that the Ukraine player made the right call on this play.

13 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - Rostering NexGen: Why ... · 2 replies · +10 points

FYI for anonymous commenters:
Nothing on the internet is truly anonymous.

For example:
As a moderator, I can see that, in this thread, both "guest" and "ChipMcGee7" are posting from the same IP address in Wilmington, NC.

13 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - Bates Motel: A Ranking... · 5 replies · +4 points

I can't think of any reason there couldn't be three different cutoffs for the three different sets of rankings. For example, teams need 14 games to be ranked in the overall D1 rankings, 12 games to be ranked in D3, and 10 games to be ranked in their region.

14 games seems reasonable to earn a D1 bid. There are only two teams earning D1 bids this year who didn't get 14 games:
1. Whitman Open (13 games) could have easily played a sixth game at Stanford Invite to get to 14.
2. Victoria Women (10 games) who dropped out of PLU BBQ after they had the strength bid locked up.

13 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - DIII Warmup 2013: St. ... · 0 replies · 0 points

I coach Puget Sound.

1. Here's the opposite angle. To me, it looks like the marker's right knee bumps the thrower. #7 is the player who suggested the foul call. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/66166/UPSfoul.mov

2. Regardless of whether it was a foul and whether the rules allow doing so, telling a teammate to make that call is lame.

3. It seemed like the St. John's players were only making the argument that one player couldn't tell another to call a foul, not that it wasn't a foul. I had assumed that the observer upheld the foul call. From the video, it looks like the St. John's player didn't ask the observer for a ruling and just contested the call.

13 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - DIII Disjunction · 0 replies · +5 points

They are placed in D-I conferences by default, but can choose to move back to D-III.

"D-III Conference schools that have qualified for the D-I College Championships in any of the prior 4 years will be placed into a D-I Conference by default and thus, in regions where there are D-III Conferences, will not be eligible for the D-III post-season. Those schools may apply by Dec 15, 2012 to stay in a D-III Conference if that is their preference."

13 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - DIII Disjunction · 0 replies · +1 points

We had to make the choice to either:
1. Decline the D-III Championships bid and attend D-I Regionals.
2. Accept the D-III Championships bid and not play at Regionals.

In 2011, Puget Sound was ranked #4 in D-III at the end of the regular season. We earned a bid to D-III Champies at our conference tournament, but decided to attend D-I Regionals.

In 2012, Puget Sound would have been seeded 4th at NW Regionals if we had attended. We chose to attend D-III Champies instead.

We would have loved the opportunity to compete at 2011 D-III Champies and at 2012 NW Regionals, and both would have been more competitive tournaments if Puget Sound had been able to participate.

14 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - First Crack at Seeding... · 0 replies · +2 points

Post-Regionals rankings are up on Score Reporter: http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#college-wom...

Just for fun, if you only looked at USAU ranking and regional finish, you'd get something like:
1. Oregon
2. Washington
3. British Columbia
4. California
5. Humboldt State
6. Sonoma State
7. UCLA
8. Stanford
9. Michigan
10. Iowa
11. Wisconsin
12. Iowa State
13. Virginia
14. North Carolina
15. Texas
16. Ohio State
17. Tufts
18. Delaware
19. Florida
20. Ottawa

14 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - First Crack at Seeding... · 0 replies · +5 points

UBC is the only team I'm not really happy with no matter where I put them. You could make the case for putting them at #4 (#2 in RRI, #3 in USAU rankings, 2-0 vs. Cal), or you could have them as low as 12 or 13.

14 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - First Crack at Seeding... · 1 reply · +4 points

I think you have to take into account how good we thought each region was heading into the series. At the end of the regular season, the SW had 4 of the top 11 teams. UNC and Virginia were 7 and 14.

I'd say:
1. Oregon
2. Michigan
3. Washington
4. Cal
5. Iowa
6. Wisconsin
7. Iowa State
8. British Columbia
9. Humboldt State
10. Sonoma State
11. Virginia
12. North Carolina
13. UCLA
14. Texas
15. Stanford
16. Tufts
17. Ohio State
18. Delaware
19. Florida
20. Ottawa

14 years ago @ Skyd Magazine - North Central Regional... · 1 reply · +1 points

UBC, Oregon, and UW all qualified from Cascadia last year.

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