They can play with unbridled confidence because of their star power and general dominance. However, the best women's teams should aspire to turn the disc fewer times like the best open division teams are achieving. To consistently make the right huck/holster decisions at a team level like Rhino did, they will need to look downfield for more than half a second.
A team as strong and well-coached as Fury is capable of tighter play; Their opponents simply aren't forcing them to get serious yet.
I think I agree with you on a few points but not all. Here's my take:
— Fully agree that just having a lot of really good players is a big part of what makes Fury so successful.
— I don't think we can say Fury's opponents aren't forcing them to get serious...after all, Fury didn't win Nationals in '23 or '22. Given those losses, I assume they're trying their hardest to win, and using the strategies that they think will be most effective. They're not just out there playing with their food.
— Yes it feels like they're playing "loose", but they won all their games, so, by definition, they turned the disc over less than any of their opponents. So they're arguably the "tightest" team in the women's division.
— But that doesn't prove they have the best *offense* in the division, it could be that their defense is just next-level, and all of this is really just a "huck and play D" strategy at the highest level. (And of course, turning it over on a huck is much better than turning it over on a reset pass, as their opponents did in some of the clips above)
— I don't think you're totally wrong that good decisions take time, but I also think there's something to be said for playing at a faster decision-making speed than the defense can keep up with. I might have another post about that soon, but I've touched on it before in this article:
— I think the team chemistry also means that ".5 seconds isn't .5 seconds", so to speak....They've been practicing this for multiple years and know where their teammates will be and know they can trust them.
— But yeah, overall I agree with you — my intuition is also that they were probably a little too aggressive, and the right opponent could've taken advantage of that.
They can play with unbridled confidence because of their star power and general dominance. However, the best women's teams should aspire to turn the disc fewer times like the best open division teams are achieving. To consistently make the right huck/holster decisions at a team level like Rhino did, they will need to look downfield for more than half a second.
A team as strong and well-coached as Fury is capable of tighter play; Their opponents simply aren't forcing them to get serious yet.
I think I agree with you on a few points but not all. Here's my take:
— Fully agree that just having a lot of really good players is a big part of what makes Fury so successful.
— I don't think we can say Fury's opponents aren't forcing them to get serious...after all, Fury didn't win Nationals in '23 or '22. Given those losses, I assume they're trying their hardest to win, and using the strategies that they think will be most effective. They're not just out there playing with their food.
— Yes it feels like they're playing "loose", but they won all their games, so, by definition, they turned the disc over less than any of their opponents. So they're arguably the "tightest" team in the women's division.
— But that doesn't prove they have the best *offense* in the division, it could be that their defense is just next-level, and all of this is really just a "huck and play D" strategy at the highest level. (And of course, turning it over on a huck is much better than turning it over on a reset pass, as their opponents did in some of the clips above)
— I don't think you're totally wrong that good decisions take time, but I also think there's something to be said for playing at a faster decision-making speed than the defense can keep up with. I might have another post about that soon, but I've touched on it before in this article:
https://someflow.substack.com/p/think-about-what-your-opponent-is
— I think the team chemistry also means that ".5 seconds isn't .5 seconds", so to speak....They've been practicing this for multiple years and know where their teammates will be and know they can trust them.
— But yeah, overall I agree with you — my intuition is also that they were probably a little too aggressive, and the right opponent could've taken advantage of that.