Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 13:12:41 -0700 From: Alan Lighton Subject: tourney stats summary The Hohuckum stats are incomplete and not all that accurate because Dave and I weren't dooing them consistently until the last few points. So I didn't even bother summarizing those, but on a glance it appears that Sharc was throwing all the scores and Marde was catching them. Thow stats aren't available. But wee kept good stats on the Flagstaff and Johnny Bravo game. The basic interpretations rules are: Throws were graded as a completion or a throwaway. Drops were scored against the person that dropped it. A drop doesn't show up as a throw or a throwaway on the part of the thrower. Assists are throws for scores and are counted in the completion column. Scores are the person that caught it. D's are defenses that are notable, not just one thrown directly to our guy. Points Completions Played /Attempts (%) Assists Scores D's Drops Al L 7 5/5 (100%) 1 Al P 14 17/18 (94%) 3 Sharc 15 17/19 (89%) 3 1 1 Jimbo 14 4/4 (100%) 3 Danno 14 10/14 (71%) 1 1 Dale 13 3/3 (100%) 1 1 Ned 12 1/2 (50%) 1 Nils 12 3/3 (100%) 1 1 Kyle 8 1/1 (100%) 1 Marde 17 7/7 (100%) 4 1 Wayne 10 10/11 (91%) 1 1 Eric 15 15/16 (94%) 2 2 1 JimD 12 8/8 (100%) 1 1 1 Dave R 1 none Played /Attempts (%) Assists Scores D's Drops Al L 5 2/2 (100%) 1 Al P 10 5/9 (55%) 1 2 Sharc 10 7/8 (87.5%) 1 2 Jimbo 11 1/1 (100%) Danno 11 6/9 (67%) 1 Dale 10 2/3 (67%) 1 Ned 4 none Nils 10 2/4 (50%) Kyle 6 1/1 (100%) Marde 12 5/6 (83%) 1 1 Wayne 9 3/6 (100% Eric 9 2/5 (40%) JimD 8 4/4 (100%) 1 1 Dave R 4 none We played OK, not stellar, but OK. We had very few drops, which is excellent. Our nemisis is still throwaways. But we set out to get into regionals and win a game, and WE won a game at regionals!!! Next year, we'll win 2 and go to 1/4 finals. We've got the talent, we just don't have the smarts yet. Soapbox talk starts here: Getting better for us is a matter of coaching and listening. Johnny Bravo shredded us because they didn't clog and they had pre-established flow patterns. Our D wasn't stellar, but it was our lack of offense that kept it from being close. Half of their points wouln't have occurred if we hadn't turned it over to them on throwaways. They didn't kill us with layout D's, but their overall defense against our chaotic and often flow-less offense forced us to make throws that just weren't there. When we worked it patiently, we did better. That always works if there isn't a bunch of drops, and we didn't drop much. I think we can learn alot about flow from Doug, Eric, and Nils, who have played on other teams that may have had established flow/cutting patterns that we haven't learned. I'm less talking about called plays out of the stack and more about who should be cutting from where and when. All of you players that have played on multiple teams that had some of that should write it down, make copies and hand it out at practice. We should discuss them and learn them, perhaps in team meetings not even on the field. Our team is comprised of 100% college graduates with probably more than 50% of you having advanced degrees, so I KNOW we're smart enough to learn. Bottom line is that we are always going to be older than more than half the teams that we play, so were are going to win based on wit and guile, not sheer athletic abilities. We should have at least 3 or 4 flow/cutting patterns and a NAME for each of them that everyone knows. And we should practice them in flow drill that go all the way down the field, not in just two throw drills. Al Lighton