In 1990, Lou was born into ultimate behind the library on the Carleton College campus winning his first game ever, a 11-10 3rd Goodhue v. 2nd Goodhue grudge match. He played for the B Team his freshman year and then four years for CUT, reaching the semis at Nationals twice. Moving to Seattle, Lou played ten years for the Fish, winning a World's gold (97), bronze (02) a Nationals gold (04) and three silvers (96, 97, 05). As a coach, Lou led Syzygy for four years (97-00) winning gold (00) and two silvers (98, 99). Since moving to Oregon, he has coached Fugue 4 years and won a title in 2010.

Warts and All

by November 30, 2011, 6:16am 0

It’s time for Hall of Fame voting again and with it, the annual debate over Kenny Dobyns.  The question of in or out is simple: he should be in.  Kenny…

Ham, Sweet Potato Pie and Defense

by November 23, 2011, 6:18am 0

Happy Thanksgiving.  I am giving thanks for defense, one of my greatest joys in ultimate. Most teams don’t give defensive strategy much thought.  It’s man-force-forehand and maybe a zone.  It’s…

Toward a Healthy Ecosystem

by November 16, 2011, 6:43am 0

The ecology of Ultimate offenses is in a state of flux.  After years of horizontal stack monoculture, we are seeing an increase in teams running vertical stack.  All four of…

2-Man Zone O was Invented in 1954

by November 8, 2011, 9:05pm 0

In my recent write-up on Nationals, I stepped in it with this line: “A fundamental element of the Condor’s zone strategy (the originators of the 2-handler set) is to spread…

Reflections

by November 1, 2011, 10:36pm 0

I’ve stumbled back from Sarasota with a head full of thoughts and ideas and impressions.  I went as a broadcaster working on the NexGen live feed, so while I spent…

Wait!? What was that Score?

by October 26, 2011, 6:39am 0

Regionals and Nationals is the season for throwing games.  Thrown games at Regionals and Nationals?!  Not every team is trying to win.  At Regionals, some teams are content to lose…

How to Beat Revolver

by October 19, 2011, 7:03am 0

Revolver is the putative favorite to win this year in Sarasota.  As defending champs, they are sitting on a 33-1 record (with that loss well avenged) and are peaking at…

Go big!

by October 12, 2011, 5:59am 0

The crowd for the game-to-go at NW Regionals was three deep on the sidelines and wrapped the field.  The endzones (always the best place to watch) were relatively clear but…

A Tale of Two Stories

by October 5, 2011, 6:18am 0

I was in Burlington this past weekend to watch NW Regionals.  A better journalist would have followed the main action and the main story line; I followed my heart.  I…

Defender’s Mentality

by September 26, 2011, 9:53pm 0

A few years back I started playing city league soccer with a bunch of Sockeye guys.  I had played as a kid and though I loved it, I drifted away. …