Quad Quips: Week Eight
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MLQ athletes have a lot to say and now we’re giving them space to broadcast those opinions weekly. “Quad Quips” is a series consisting of player thoughts and feelings from around MLQ. Each week a randomly-selected batch of athletes are sent a number of questions and prompts for which to respond. The majority are open-ended though multiple choice surveys are sometimes included.
Survey Results
This week's Series of the Week is the Kansas City Stampede vs. San Antonio Soldados. Isabella Ramirez (SA, #2) and Lauren Smith (KC, #4) sit in the top four for goals scored on each of their teams. Which is going to come away from this series with the better statistical performance?
Lauren Smith (KC, #4) - 64.3% of respondents
Isabella Ramirez (SA, #2) - 35.7% of respondents
Nivash Jayaram (KC) and Christian Cortez (SA) each have two official catches for their teams. Which one of these seekers will have the most catches this weekend?
Nivash Jayaram (KC) - 42.9% of respondents
Christian Cortez (SA) - 21.4% of respondents
Neither - 35.7% of respondents
Open-Ended: Who is the player to watch this weekend and why?
“Izzy Ramirez - first year of playing this sport and she's COOKING 👩🍳” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“Every single player in NextGen. Support your practice squad!!!” Liz Stone, Washington Admirals
“Nivash Jayaram, if he can get those catches again that’ll put KC in a really good position.” Austin Cruz, Charlotte Aviators
“Nivs for sure, just to see how many times I dunk on him.” David Avila, San Antonio Soldados
“Daniel Williams or Miguel Esparza...speedy bois.” Tony Bonadio, Charlotte Aviators
“Matt Troy is about to put on a clinic in being a big man in quadball.” Tad Walters, Chicago Prowl
"This weekend is the 1s v 2s but the best 1 already won. I'm really excited for KC v SA–Daniel's gonna shut everyone up again. Over in the North, Nojus Ausra is gonna put up enough stats to make a second player of the week appearance. Real ones know Joe Colantuono on Olympians is gonna make everyone wonder why he's not on main roster. " Christian Barnes, New York Titans
“Justin Dewick, heard he got sh*t talked on quad quips last week. Watch his greatness.” Nivash Jayaram, Kansas City Stampede
Open-Ended: What player matchup deserves all eyes this weekend?
“Mehio vs. DME. Creighton teammates now facing off on the field for divisional rivals.” Liam Zach, Chicago Prowl
‘Mehio vs. Digmann, strong powerhouse vs strong finesse! Can’t wait to see the immediate fireworks!” David Avila, San Antonio Soldados
"North: OB and Digmann. Both have shown their ability as players, but now importantly how they maximize the potential of their teammates on field. I'm interested in seeing not just the stats of their own performance, but how they control the momentum around them when they're playing.
East: 2 of the 3 beaters from this past season's Rutgers core face off against each other on opposite sides of the pitch. Unconstrained in a series that's really practice for champs, they'll really be looking to prove who is #1
South: looking for Daniel Williams to cook Chanun Ong because people keep talking about speed but the only thing Chanun's fast at is getting his own missed beats. " Christian Barnes, New York Titans
Whip out the magic 8 ball and give us your predictions for the rest of the MLQ season.
“Boston sweeps East Next Gen, Detroit sweeps Cleveland next week, and the East returns to form at MLQ Championship getting four teams into the quarterfinals." John Keyser, Charlotte Aviators
“Titans get upset in the quarters. A play-in team makes it to the semis. SGA, PGA, USA, Soldados in 2.” Austin Cruz, Charlotte Aviators
“While no clear hierarchy is fun to watch, the East division now raises serious doubts on how competitive they can be at MLQ Championship. No East team makes the semis unless New York pulls a play-in team.” Jackson Herdade, Kansas City Stampede
“SA heads to the finals for the first time in franchise history ( and wins it all 🏆🏆)” David Avila, San Antonio Soldados
“Year....50? Of Chicago coming in tired to championship–if they make it to New York, we break the post pandemic tie with a second game that's fun to watch (does anyone even remember finals last year?)” Christian Barnes, New York Titans
Taunting is Legal
Editor’s Note to Jackson Herdade: Editor doesn’t need your respect, kid.
“Sorry Toronto, there’s always next year for Champs. Seems like you all are in the trash for a reason.” Kevin Oh, Cleveland Riff
“@Boston: yall really let the UVA kids run you over? LMAO. Really used all your brainpower on tryna take a game off the Titans huh?
@Jackson Herdade you talk a big game for a guy that lost to Blue Jay freshmen all USQ season.” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“@Washington - thank you for completing the East division circle of suck, CLT<BOS<WAS<CLT etc…” Tony Bonadio, Charlotte Aviators
“OB, you're gonna need a lot of Fireball to help you forget about what Prowl did to y'all 2. Did y'all know, a cooked butterfly tastes like barbecue chicken? 🍗🍗 Maybe after another blowout Minneapolis will finally give up on actually trying to win the North Division.” Tad Walters, Chicago Prowl
“Tony Bonadio: square up” Christian Barnes, New York Titans
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