Cincinnati Rollergirls vs. Indianapolis
With a the opposing team located only a relatively short distance away the fans traveled and traveled heavy to this game. They had a huge cheering section. I'm not talking about people cheering, I'm talking cheerleader cheers, it was crazy and insane.
But I didn't see this coming, Naptown rolled into the gardens and had their way with the Black Sheep and Silent Lambs. Both matches were tough physical games and even the refs didn't escape getting beat up, Captain Gorgeous had an ugly fall and another ref got taken out by a rollergirl.
Talk about getting beat up, how about an elbow to the face that took someone right off their feet, not sure if it was Hanna Ochocinco or not but she took a good spill too.
But how awesome was that crowd when people had so many reasons not to show up? The nicest Sat night this year, Reds at home, Flying Pig activities and people still showed up in droves.
How many sports do the athletes great you at the door?
There were a bunch of names I didn't recognize, they must be calling girls up from the minors.
Hot Slice and Godzillary, if they played before I just wasn't paying enough attention.
unfortunately this is what the Warning Belles' jammers looked like all night, out front and all alone.
A new strategy, breaks up the jam before it even starts, if you thought the tip toe start was slow, this was probably just as bad. And worse, it didn't work. It must be the equivalent to pulling the goalie or an onside kick.
Like I said this was an intense game, I'm be getting past the rose colored glasses fanboy stage and have been paying more attention to the game.
Maiden America leading yet another Tornado Siren jam.
i see some restraining orders in Nastee's future.
These guys had never been to a game before and this is how they show up.
How nuts are they going to be by the end of the season?
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Basically the kneeling start counters the tip toe slow start you're referring to. It does indeed work, by forcing the jammers' start whistle to be blown right after the pack's whistle.
ReplyDeletePer the rules, the jammers are signaled to start once the last member of the pack crosses the line, or until there is no pack. Intentionally destroying an existing pack (or declining to reform one) is a penalty.
When one entire team of blockers is already kneeling at the start whistle, there is no pack.
You can't get a penalty for destroying a pack which never existed.
The up side for fans (unless it was their team that wanted to delay the jammers' start) is that things start moving almost immediately. Once the whistles are blown, the kneeling skaters must get up to immediately reform the pack.
Both this and the strategy it's designed to counter are about clock management (at the end of the game), as well as when there are blockers and/or a jammer in the penalty box.
It does indeed work. They just weren't trying to do what you'd thought they were doing.
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm still learning so I appreciate the clarification. Since Cincinnati was losing, I thought maybe it was a desperation move.
Yes, thanks -- that's the kind of intricacy that the basic rules don't cover. Very interesting, nice to learn a little strategy.
ReplyDelete--Naptown fan who came to Cincy for the bout, thanks for having us over! Hope to see you in Indy for the playoffs (Oct. 7-9) --
OK, I see a road trip with cowbells and vuvuzelas this fall.
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