University of Illinois Menace

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 3

*big girl sigh*There were times this week when I felt like the Mike Leach of high school ultimate.I would love to think that I’m a tough coach with a heart of gold, but sometimes I’m pretty sure the guys just think I’m a douchebag.On Monday, I ran our …

Miles Davis and the Cool

In college ultimate, there’s no such thing as Senior Nights, no framed jerseys, no numbers in the rafters, no microphones or speeches at half court. There’s no such thing as post-game pressers, trophy cases in hallways, or pictures and plaques on a loc…

Art is Hard

Originally wrote this in October. The difficulty in writing and not posting is that it’s difficult to remember exactly how you felt when you wrote the original post. I apologize if things seem disjointed.————————————————…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 2

Tryouts are in the books and we have a roster of 19 guys, no seniors. We’re building something over here… But I’m getting ahead of myself. I wrote a little bit last week about the practice conditions we have to deal with — inclement weather, lack of…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 1

As I mentioned, I’ve started to help out with a Chicago high school ultimate team. Since most of my posts aren’t even ultimate-related and are mostly about how sad my life is (which, *foghorn*, but I’ll still post some of those so you can laugh with/at…