CalStates went down here in town this past weekend, and thus the hype machine for the summer has started. Here's my early contribution.
Condors:
They've been picking up a couple of LA guys per year for the past few years, this time they're just going bigger (also, with only two bids from the SW, the LA guys want to get back to the show). There are no '09 college players not from the SB that are still trying out for the Condors, so they're not poaching the young talent from LA. In fact, they're letting LA do the work in developing the young guys. Still, their roster is not set yet, and we'll see how big of an effect the new influx of personnel will have.
Furious George:
It was cool to see these guys at such an early tournament. It was also predictable because of Worlds. It looked like Lugsdin and Cruickshank both didn't make the trip down, and Oscar, while present, wasn't playing. Also of note, due to CUPA rules, they were trying out a bunch of non-Vancouver guys, 5 of whom were from GOAT. So remember, while Furious will be representing Canada at Worlds, GOAT placed higher at the UPA Championships last year.
Jam:
They took 3 new guys this year, and it wasn't to get younger (although they did a little of that). I don't know how much of the JL stuff is carrying over, seeing as JL ran a ho while Jam seems to primarily be a vert stack team. Their performance at CalStates was a little surprising, but I think it'll just light a fire.
Revolver:
Funny thing, of the new players they took, there is only one player who will be playing college ultimate next year, and none of the players they took were from Stanford. In fact, I'm not sure if any Stanford guys even tried out this year. They got a lot taller with their additions, picking up Seth Wiggins, David "Fetch" Janinis, Tyler Grant, Chuck Kindred, Alex "Dutchie" Ghesquire, and Patrick Sweigert. As per CalStates Seth Wiggins spent most of his time playing with Sockeye, and both Nan Gao and Nat Kinsky were out.
Sockeye:
They did their usual CalStates thing. Winning a lot of games, and getting the tryout guys a good amount of time. They moved all the tryouts onto the finals team to get a closer look. Seth didn't play for either team in the finals.
That's it for the 'Elite' teams. It's weird writing about people I know (and some I don't), but I guess I'm just trying to get some information out there. Does the public really have a right to know? I'll have to struggle finding the answer to that one.
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Thanks for the report.
Who are the 3 new jam players?
Revolver did pick up a Stanford player: James Herbert, who was not present.
And chapman did done blowed up.
Sorry Danny, I should have said current Stanford players.
And how about this one, Chapman will be unstoppable by the end of the season. And bar none one of the best by the end of next season. All he needs to do is throw throw throw.
Not sure if it means anything, but Seth is still on the Sockeye roster after they added their new pickups.
Seth is playing with Sockeye at Worlds. Supposedly Kurt Gibson is joining them after Worlds and Chase is leaving (either after Worlds or possible after the series).
No current Stanford players tried out for Revolver - of the people who could conceivably make the team, none are healthy or in the area over the summer. We've got a couple going for Brass Monkey, though.
Jam picked up Choon from Cal, I don't know who else.
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