College programs like Florida (just lost in Finals of Men's Centex) make no sense to me. Perhaps a conversation with Jason is on the horizon, but I have two main questions.
1. How do they go through entire tournaments playing 10-12 people?
2. Why the hell do players not included in that 10-12 stick around?
Florida is known for this, and has been as long as I've known about frisbee (8 years). We encountered another team that did this: they ran 9-12 deep max against us on Saturday morning. I watched another game of theirs during our bye and the story was the same. Mind-boggling to me.
So first off, how do these players play so many points and not just drop off the deep end in terms of effectiveness? Do they condition that much harder than us?
Kyle played the most points for us this weekend, and I would consider him very well conditioned, but he played maybe half as much as the guys on Texas State and Florida.
Secondly, why the hell do players pay for flights to go to these tournaments to play single digit amounts of points over a whole weekend? How do these programs convince players to stay around and committed?
Our mentality for a long time now has been to create a culture of positivity, inclusion, and investment. We invest in our entire roster to build depth for the current year as well as skill for the future. Is this simply not needed? Could we have even better results if we just let 2 to 3 players do everything every point, and when they leave another player will just pop into being to take the torch?
Brodie -> Bobby Ley -> Billy O'Brien (I think that's his name).
Chicago is similar in that sense too. Dean, Eugene -> Josh, Pardo -> Pardo, Percy -> Wets, Jeff, Judah
The prevailing thought is that our team culture would suffer with this plan, but I'm sure the people on Florida are all good friends just like the players on NUT. So what are we gaining?
It's also very possible that these teams are the exception, and most teams that try this fail. But then I guess I want to know why Florida succeeds in this way that very few other teams even attempt.
