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.

…and Now I’m Getting Out

by January 9, 2013, 6:39am 0

I waded into this whole mess because I was frustrated by the lack of coverage and conversation.  A huge decision for the future of ultimate was happening entirely behind closed…

Money, Money, Money

by January 2, 2013, 9:51am 0

This is part 4 in the on-going coverage of the Club restructuring situation.  Here are parts 1, 2, 3.  Financials A hidden distinction between NexGen and USA Ultimate’s Triple Crown…

Threads II

by December 26, 2012, 11:56am 0

I hope everyone had a nice couple of days off.  My family and I came down to Texas and while the locals claim it is ‘cold,’ my Oregon children were…

Updates

by December 21, 2012, 10:13am 0

First, thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on what I’ve written this week (1,2).  Hopefully what we say has some positive impact.  I am not writing a…

Threads

by December 20, 2012, 9:50am 0

If you missed yesterday’s opening arguments, you might want to start there.  Today I am hoping to lay out a bunch of the different strands involved in this whole mess,…

I Guess I’m Getting In….

by December 19, 2012, 10:32am 0

In the last two years I have tried and failed several times to write out my opinion and thoughts on the club restructuring.  Each time, I’ve given up and failed…

Spirited Away

by November 30, 2012, 11:33am 0

I recently agreed to be the chair of the Spirit of the Game committee for USAU.  One of the things I hope to do and included in the charter of…

Culture

by November 28, 2012, 4:00am 0

Last week I wrote about the the dangers and difficulties associated with structure.  This simple post ballooned into an excellent and thorough discussion of the topic.  Kyle, Andrew and Tiina’s…

Yo Dude, it Worked!

by November 20, 2012, 9:49pm 0

Structure makes me nervous.  Maybe it was all the years playing d-team where the best hope we had was a rambling, grip-it-and-rip-it offense. Maybe it was the four years in…

Measuring Possession

by November 14, 2012, 8:31am 0

‘Possession’ gets thrown around a lot without a clear understanding of what it means from an analytical standpoint.  A big part of the issue is one of vocabulary; we generally…