Last Post before Sectionals 2009- "Think about your teammates"

Things I've done to prepare for this weekend:

Laundry, cut my nails 2 days in advance, drank copious amounts of water all week, ate balanced meals, trained all season with the team, played my hardest at every tournament, fought past many mental barriers in working out with the team, tossed whenever I had free time, set my clothes out for this weekend, watched many many ultimate videos, broke both feet, fought back and decided we were going to win this weekend.

Here's our Roster:

Mr. Altschuler: one of our two main D-line handlers, long, lanky handler who will break you given the chance and isn't afraid to put it deep, has the calm look of an O-line handler but a deep fire within that allows him to play shut down D on the opposing teams handlers.

Mr. Briggs: lazer sharp flicks and quick feet, his bright smile lightens up any dull day.

Mr. Burt: squirrly freshman, will run circles around you until you get dizzy, plays the tip well, i've never really seen this boy be tired.

Mr. Carnegie: honestly one of the fastest ultimate players I've seen to play the game (college AND club players- including top cutter likes Beau and Lokke), runs 20 sets of stairs like it's a warm up, will sky your best player, newly found sense of confidence with the disc, able to D any of your players from any starting point on the field, has the athletic ability to be the best ultimate player I've seen, has the raw physical ability and confidence to win any match up....most likely open anywhere on the field

Mr. Cassarella: mr. football himself, loves to beat you deep and when you least expect it comes under hard, his wide pivots will bring you off balance, having learned the game of Ultimate very quickly this year he has helped our offense greatly by opening up the field all day, has the competitive fire that is necessary for any great athlete....most likely always open deep

Mr. Drumm: big heart, loves to yell at himself, but this is a sign of how he always wants to play his best,

Mr. Eisenhood: chilly D line handler, can bust deep from a handler position at any moment, tenacious handler defense as well as great natural reading ability when his man is thrown deep to, can turn from defense to offensive mindset on a dime, makes good decisions with the disc and moves well without it too.

Mr. Zach: all around great player, threat on D or O, chilly with the disc and possibly the best disc reading ability on the team, with his big ups Finkel has led this team for the past 4 years by example (and getting the D when we need it most), a young veteran of the sport, willing to sacrifice body for the team, great breaks and hucks, sells the best "palladium" and "oak tree" cuts in the history of haze.

Mr. Fong: long reaching Kahyee is a chilly handler, has great fundamentals (a threat off both wings, but has a killer break mark flick), good reads and confident in the sky, i see a lot of potential for Fong.

Mr. Fortune: perhaps the highest vertical on the team?, not afraid of some contact, one of the fittest people on the team, always finds a way to get open.

Mr. Gilchrist: our head strategist, knows what should happen on the field all the time, has great hucks and makes smart decisions, knows the rules better than you, cooks delicious food, has systematically transformed a team with potential into a regionals/nationals contender, strong mark with a huge wingspan, great natural and mathematical line calling ability.

Mr. Larrbear: Not many people want the disc more than Larry, runs town what many would think are uncatchable puts and uses his quick legs to make the impossible possible, solid throws off both wings and good skying ability as well.

Mr. BEN KENIGSBERG: a veteran of the sport although he's only a year older than me, the Stanford machine usually produces pretty solid players and they didn't disappoint when they sent this guy, solid throws off both sides and good hucking ability, coupled with athleticism makes this guy a threat on D and O, explosive speed and layout ability have allowed Ben to come up big for us many times this year and I expect he'll make some great plays this weekend.

Mr. Perrbear: as squirely as squirtles can get Perry is a quick popper who will shred your cup, quick flicks and flat high release backhands are his specialty, usually is seen running with his hands in front of him he's usually so open on his cuts it doesn't matter he doesn't use his arms heh, will always get his flick off...somehow...even if he only throws flick fakes.

Mr. Ma: "crazy fakes", pretty good hucks, usually makes good decisions, will makes calls when he sees them, very angry player, if he doesn't like the person he is guarding he will usually make an effort to piss that guy off, loves to break your mark with IO flicks for the goal, will spike the disc every time he scores and sometimes when he doesn't, gets low, very vocal, comfortable throwing from awkward positions/stances from either wing, doesn't dump.

Mr. Noyes: a physical specimen, can put it deep from a standstill from anywhere on the field, conservative in his decisions, has a big head, fast upline cuts, not afraid of contact and not afraid to give some back, good throws, tries to be fancy with stupid no look throws.

Mr. Pandya, P: the little big Pandya, lanky, fast learner, surprisingly good IO flicks, nova thinks he can be super fast, really good at pacman.

Mr. VP: big VP, has developed into a defensive monster, has excelled on O as well (demonstrated some great cutting and catching ability), will lay out past you if you even slow up on your incut a tiny smidge, tight/aggressive mark, fiery player.

Mr. Rago: fast, jumps super high, has gotten very chilly with the disc this year, has a vertcial higher than he knows, bronze god, great cutter, great layouts and has the hip scars to prove it, 1/3 of the crunk chalice.

Mr. Schoenberg: good field awareness, always seems to come up with a huge D when we least expect it, including the occasional sensational lay out d past his man coming under, vocal, runs his ass off.

Schulz Schulz: I like to think of Schulz as Haze's workhorse, gets big on D, and skies the fuck out of bitches, hard marks and handblocks out the ass, plays most if not every point and never complains, another 1/3 of the crunk chalice, can put it deep when the time is right, has always been a good decision to throw to, faster than you, pretty good at video games.

Mr. Shi: Kevin has solid throws off both sides, as most asians do, learns quickly and takes my criticism well, a bunch of potential in a small package, i'm definitely turning him into a top player in london.

Mr. Schlong: similar to his stuy schoolmate, Richard has solid throws, confident in his throws I've seen him put it deep to high percentage deep looks and has shown in doing so he recognizes opportunities and takes it, lots of potential.

Mr. Smith: jared works out a lot and it shows on the field, he gets open easily with his athletic ability and recently has been able to get open deep for goals, has good field awareness and ability to recognize when the perfect time is to make a continue cut, solid throws and chilly with the disc, hard marks which frequently result in turns for the other team, has a funny dance he does when he gets super jazzed after a foot block.

Mr. Wang: my vote for an All Region cutter, always open on the under, great throws and hucks, plays with a swagger that can only be matched by Eli, seems to float in the air when he skies fools, strong marks which result in many point blocks, impressive lay out ability, natural ultimate player, if a swan were to play ultimate...it's name would be Lu Wang.

Mr. Beast Mode: the name says it all, the final 1/3 of the crunk chalice, tenacious defender, great offensive cutter, plays the tip, NEVER EVER gives up, will sky you, limitless source of energy for our team, new found confidence in a sick flick huck, he's a beast.

We have an awesome group of individual players here and thankfully we all play on the same team. We family. We dont play for NYU. We play for each other. I have faith in every single one of you to do what we need to win Sectionals. Wreck shit, Haze.

We out here.