GL Regionals Postponed

Matt.Pasienski

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May 1, 2010, 12:58:03 PM5/1/10

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Illinois vs Michigan in the Semis next Saturday. Other
scores up soon I bet.

http://scores.upa.org/scores/#college-open/tournament/6594

What happened to Notre Dame? Bad year for the papacy, but an
extra weekend takes the sting out of that long road to the
backdoor game to go.

Also, http://twitter.com/IlliniUlti

Don't take that mismanagement stuff too seriously. Gravy is
one of the best coordinators there is; he's got this
planned out from top to bottom.
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Slade

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May 1, 2010, 1:46:03 PM5/1/10

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Woah, very surprising that Notre Dame would drop the ball
like that. Any injuries going into the weekend, or did they
just come out slow?

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Matt.Pasienski

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May 1, 2010, 5:11:15 PM5/1/10

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I would like to speculate about the decision Gravy and the
TD made. I was coordinator last year with him, when he ran
things smoothly and did a significant amount of planning for
contingencies like this.

Wednesday, there were predictions for rain, but it was
scattered showers. There is a significant downside to
cancelling early. Illinois, for instance, has finals next
weekend, as I'm sure a few other schools do, teams get
really upset about Regionals during finals. By the time its
Friday, and you suspect the fields will be inundated, it is
too late to cancel. Most teams are already in route, and
there still is a possibility of playing.

The UPA is getting really strict about destroying fields, so
once a couple games were played and the fields became
damaged, there really isn't a choice.

Getting 16 or 32 teams together for an ultimate tournament
that leads to nationals is extremely difficult. The TD made
a hard call, but the people running these things have
thought this out months in advance. Don't get mad at
responsible, selfless people (who in this case are also sick
players) who are stuck in a position to make a hard call
that is going to piss people off whatever you do.

Jared Payne

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May 1, 2010, 5:16:32 PM5/1/10

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Today was not a fun situation. It turns out I was lied to Friday
morning by the field director. Just 40 minutes into round one today
the "field specialist" or whatever his title is decided that we needed
to shut down ASAP. I could only convince him to let us play one
additional round beyond the one that was currently happening. Had I
known that an inch of water and no rain for hours would get the fields
shut down, the tourney certainly would have been postponed before the
weekend.

Max

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May 1, 2010, 6:48:04 PM5/1/10

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I for one think this year's regionals has been an
improvement from last years. Last years was held in a town
overrun with the swine flu which I became infected by (...in
September at CHC).

But seriously, from how I understand it the owner/operators
of the fields told the RC on Friday and again on Saturday at
7am that the fields could be used and then changed their
minds at 10am Saturday. If the RC had postponed the tourney
prematurely he probably would have been charged for the use
of the fields twice. Blame lies with owner/operators, not
with the RC.

#41

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May 1, 2010, 10:24:22 PM5/1/10

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Any updates on the format for next weekend? Indiana and MSU both have
graduation and may need to juggle that with the tournament. A standard
5 round, single day would be perfectly sufficient to finish out games
for at least the men's portion of the tournament. I also heard that
some teams have finals ON saturdays (this sounds awful, I really
apologize)? and may also have trouble working out making next weekend.
Additionally with Indiana's graduation, the Summer House Inn, where
many teams stayed friday night, and who graciously comped everyone for
saturday's rooms, said that rooms next weekend would cost upwards of
$300, competing with families in town for graduation. Since that may
be an issue, would a different, more centralized location without that
conflict be a possibility, such as South Bend or Chicago? Also, would
pushing the tournament back two weekends be a possibility, thus
eliminating graduation balancing?

Pat

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May 1, 2010, 10:46:01 PM5/1/10

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Chicago. Do it for the kids.

Jenna Adsit

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May 2, 2010, 1:59:14 PM5/2/10

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As for a two week delay, it would not "eliminate graduation
balancing." At the very least, notre dame has graduation that weekend,
and I wouldn't be surprised if others do as well. Obviously, this time
of year, it's impossible to make everyone happy, but just to clarify,
it would not eliminate the problem.

Jared Payne

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May 2, 2010, 4:23:31 PM5/2/10

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The Women's RC and I are open to another location next weekend to host
Regionals. If intersted, at minimum we initially need the following
info:

Fields: #, cost, weather plan
TD and volunteer base
Hotel costs and/or free housing available
Athletic trainer availability/cost

jaredtpayne at gmail dot com

djcollom

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May 3, 2010, 1:22:03 PM5/3/10

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ND did have some injuries going into the northwestern game.
I only watched the last 7 or 8 points of the game, but it
seemed like ND was just making some silly mistakes -
dropping easy catches and missing open looks. I think a week
to get healthier will help them come out better next
weekend.