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Michael Kiyoi: After the first few rounds I was convincing myself that I didn't like this team. I thought he reached early for a thrower (Krug) when there were still a bunch of top tier athletes on the board. However, as the draft went on, I think Sultan did a nice job of filling out his team with a good mix of younger guys and veterans, athletes and throwers and a bunch of guys that havebeen bigcontributors to winning teams in the past (Dugan, Kyle Smith, Skip and Teddy all have medals from Sarasota).

Adam Halverson:This guy dominated the first few rounds getting some huge athletes early, and somewhat lucking into the most unstoppable player (Beau)out there at the moment based on the World Games. While I think he got the slightly shorter end of the Hassel/B. Wiggins for Gibson/Danny Clark in terms of overall talent, I do think the trade helped this team. I also really like theround 13Jeff Grobe pick, essentially getting an athlete on par withmany of the early rounders.

Jacob Goldstein: Great first two picks. Fortch would probably go in the first round if he hadn't retired this year, and Bart is clearly one of the most dominant players in the game right now. I think he got a great mid round steal with Tank, who can play all over the field. Overall, I think the second half of his draft is weaker than some of the others, and he opted towards role players. In one tournament, with very few subs, and all the best athletes in the game, I don't think this team would go all the way.

Mike Nash: This team has a ton of speed. I'm sure Rebholtz will enjoy throwing to these guys (if you can get him to stop playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2 long enough to cleat up). Its clear that Nash came in with the strategy of trying to get the top athletes in teh first half of the draft, then fill out his team with some throwers, and I think that in this case it worked. The big question left is whether or not this team is too young.

Jonathan Neeley: He definitely got some good talent in the middle/endrounds. I'm sure that just a couple years ago Jimmy Chu and Aaron Bell would have gone higher in this draft, so I like both of those guys as late sleepers. He might have reached a bit early for a handler (Chicken) and a guy who's been retired for a few years (Rogacki). I also personally think that Matsuno will have a bit of a hard time playing with a non-Japanese team.

Cultimate: This team looks great on paper, and I think they did a good job of sticking to a strategy of getting a 1-2 punch with chemistry. The assumption that Danny Clark andKurt Gibson will be sompletely healthly makesthem bothgreat steals in this draft. And Dan Hodges and Adam Desjardins might be two of the most talented guys in the bottom few rounds.

The Huddle: Great 1-2 punch with Seth Wiggins and MC. Those guys can match up with any two on any other team. The rest of their draft looks to me like they were trying to get dangerous, well rounded players instead of the scary 1 dimensional guys. I like the bottom of their draft, as they picked Bestock (rock solid O handler who's won gold a few times), and Hensley (speeder who likes guarding handlers can definitely create problems on a turnover).

Steven Trainor: This is probably going to be the hardest team to judge as the bottom half of the roster is mostly made international guys that I'm not too familiar with. I think they might have reached for Cruikshank, who (I believe), like Rogacki is a few years retired and definitely past his prime.

Taylor Pope: Much like real life Carolina teams these guys are big and fast. The problem I have here is that two many of these guys do the same thing and some of them may be a bit past their prime. I like the Pat Hard pick, as I think his years of playing mixed have dropped him off the radar, but at the same time, I think he could have gotten Pat 2-3 rounds later. These guys might be the team you'd least to play, but I don't see them beating many of these other teams.

Ryan Thompson: Again, a great top two, as Mike Grant spent last summer dominating WUGC in Vancouver, and Gabe just spent a few days dominating at the World Games. I think he reached a bit for Kolthammer, who was a nice role player on Ironside, but not one of their top options. But he did a nice job at the back of the draftwith Steets and Simpson (a bit under the radar for the last 2-3 years), and found two very solid handlers in Rouisse and Jasper "big game" Hoitsma.

Quarterfinals
Cultimate over Steven Trainor
The Huddle over Jacob Goldstein
Michael Kiyoi over Ryan Thompson
Adam Halverson over Mike Nash

Semifinals
Cultimate over Adam Halverson
The Huddle over Michael Kiyoi

Finals
Cultimate over The Huddle

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