From bsauro@buda.org Thu Jul 4 03:26:03 2002 Received: from atlantic.mail.pas.earthlink.net (atlantic.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.179]) by cs.brown.edu (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g647Q3Qi005823 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 03:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dialup-63.214.105.26.dial1.boston1.level3.net ([63.214.105.26] helo=default) by atlantic.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17Q103-00038q-00; Thu, 04 Jul 2002 00:25:59 -0700 Message-ID: <010601c2232b$eca075e0$1a69d63f@default> From: "Brian Sauro" To: "Matthew Brier" Cc: "Loring Holden" Subject: White vs. Kiwi, Wednesday, July 3 Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 03:25:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0103_01C2230A.63DA6F20" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Content-Length: 8934 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6776 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0103_01C2230A.63DA6F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wednesday, July 3 White vs. Kiwi White 17, Kiwi 10?11? Loring-- do you have the score? This was the deja vu game: Again White had low numbers (I played the = whole game despite a cooler full of tasty beverages calling to me on the = sideline). Again we got off to a shaky start (Kiwi took the early = lead). Again White had two injured players on the sideline (this time = Andre & Bobbers). But once again White put on a strong run to take a = big halftime lead on another muggy scorcher of a day. Kiwi is not afraid to play a non-traditional game. They came out early = with a spread offense, isolating Scott Martin one-on-one. Despite the = iso being shut down, the three handlers back managed to dump-swing well = initially, though White stopped that fairly quickly. Kiwi had more = success running out of a stack and they were able to switch from the = spread to the stack offense confidently. The game was played on a very = short field which put a damper on White's long game. Several passes, as = well as most of the early pulls, went out the back. =20 This was not a hucking game for White due to slippery hands, the = extremely short field, and Kiwi's style of defense. Kiwi also plays an = unusual D. They often mark straight up and have the dump's defender = poach the lane. I'm not sure why they don't force one direction to make = the poacher more effective. White's handlers would throw leading passes = toward the sidelines away from the poach or throw to the dump who would = quickly get it out. 3 highlights: Scott Martin's layout grab in the end zone of a breakmark = backhand up the line from Brian Sheehan. =20 A sick collision between Deepak Ramani (Kiwi) and Aaron Seider (White) = as Aaron went airborne to bid on a disc up for grabs that Deepak was = also determined to get. Fortunately Deepak only got the wind knocked = out of him, but the noise was like something you hear in NFL Films. A Silliest by Dave Buckingham of White on a full field throw by Jeff = Fleischaker. A silliest can happen when a long pass crosses the = perimeter line and isn't coming back in bounds. If it lands out, it is = put back into play where it last crossed the line. The 10th Edition = changed the rules so that if an offensive player jumps from in bounds = and touches the disc, even if he make no attempt to "greatest" it back = in, it is put into play near where he touched it. So Cletus didn't = maintain possession but made the difference between Kiwi getting the = disc on their goal line or ours (only about 50 yards on this field) with = this extra silly-looking play. Colin (darn, two of those on this team) had some nice grabs for Kiwi and = the defensive battle between him and Loring Holden was fun to watch-- = Loring came up with a couple big d-blocks. Eric Weiss of White was = solid despite painful back spasms and Kira Lawrence bailed out several = of of our poor throws as always. Kiwi had some others who played well, = but I can't remember names. This one guy I suspect is a robot, his foot = realignment procedure after an ankle twist was something out of = Terminator. Human feet don't do that. Kiwi seems to have some options = off their spread/iso offense and they will be tough when they really get = it down. Their robotic feet will also be a big advantage, except when = it rains. Kiwi's player of the game award goes to Kali Cheung who caught numerous = goals while toeing the lines despite being matched up against White's = top women including Kira Lawrence. Player of the game Julie Stein = really stepped up for White with some very precise handling in the = second half when everyone else was getting sloppy-- always getting open = and advancing the disc with pretty throws. =20 --------- bsauro@buda.org 508-833-2787 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0103_01C2230A.63DA6F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Wednesday, July 3
White vs. Kiwi
White 17, Kiwi 10?11?  Loring-- do you have the = score?
 
This was the deja vu game:  Again White had low numbers (I = played the=20 whole game despite a cooler full of tasty beverages calling to me on the = sideline).  Again we got off to a shaky start (Kiwi took the early=20 lead).  Again White had two injured players on the sideline (this = time=20 Andre & Bobbers).  But once again White put on a strong run to = take a=20 big halftime lead on another muggy scorcher of a day.
 
Kiwi is not afraid to play a non-traditional game.  They came = out=20 early with a spread offense, isolating Scott Martin one-on-one.  = Despite=20 the iso being shut down, the three handlers back managed to = dump-swing well=20 initially, though White stopped that fairly quickly.  Kiwi had more = success=20 running out of a stack and they were able to switch from the spread to = the stack=20 offense confidently.  The game was played on a very short field = which put a=20 damper on White's long game.  Several passes, as well as most of = the early=20 pulls, went out the back. 
 
This was not a hucking game for White due to slippery hands, the = extremely=20 short field, and Kiwi's style of defense.  Kiwi also plays an = unusual=20 D.  They often mark straight up and have the dump's defender poach = the=20 lane.  I'm not sure why they don't force one direction to make the = poacher=20 more effective.  White's handlers would throw leading passes toward = the=20 sidelines away from the poach or throw to the dump who would quickly get = it=20 out.
 
3 highlights:  Scott Martin's layout grab in the end zone of a = breakmark backhand up the line from Brian Sheehan. 
 
A sick collision between Deepak Ramani (Kiwi) and Aaron Seider = (White)=20 as Aaron went airborne to bid on a disc up for grabs that Deepak = was also=20 determined to get.  Fortunately Deepak only got the wind knocked = out of=20 him, but the noise was like something you hear in NFL Films.
 
A Silliest by Dave Buckingham of White on a full field throw by = Jeff=20 Fleischaker.  A silliest can happen when a long pass crosses = the=20 perimeter line and isn't coming back in bounds.  If it lands out, = it is put=20 back into play where it last crossed the line.  The 10th Edition = changed=20 the rules so that if an offensive player jumps from in bounds and = touches the=20 disc, even if he make no attempt to "greatest" it back in, it is put = into play=20 near where he touched it.  So Cletus didn't maintain possession but = made=20 the difference between Kiwi getting the disc on their goal line or ours = (only=20 about 50 yards on this field) with this extra silly-looking play.
 
Colin (darn, two of those on this team) had some nice grabs for = Kiwi and=20 the defensive battle between him and Loring Holden was fun to watch-- = Loring=20 came up with a couple big d-blocks.  Eric Weiss of White was solid = despite=20 painful back spasms and Kira Lawrence bailed out several of of our poor=20 throws as always.  Kiwi had some others who played well,  = but I=20 can't remember names.  This one guy I suspect is a robot, his foot=20 realignment procedure after an ankle twist was something out of=20 Terminator.  Human feet don't do that.  Kiwi seems to have = some=20 options off their spread/iso offense and they will be tough when they = really get=20 it down.  Their robotic feet will also be a big advantage, except = when it=20 rains.
 
Kiwi's player of the game award goes to Kali Cheung who caught = numerous=20 goals while toeing the lines despite being matched up against White's = top women=20 including Kira Lawrence.  Player of the game Julie Stein really = stepped up=20 for White with some very precise handling in the second half when = everyone else=20 was getting sloppy-- always getting open and advancing the disc with = pretty=20 throws. 
 
 
 
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