Quad Quips: Week Three
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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.
With the retirement of Max Havlin and Lulu Xu, which Boston pair will pick up the slack?
Cleo Brooks & Ryan Callaghan - 46.7%
Fiona Wisehart & Tom DeMouth - 40%
Alex Wicken & Ufuk Guner - 13.3%
CHI will be missing Nathan Digmann, Darian Murcek-Ellis (now KC), and Justin Cole (now NYC), arguably three of their top scorers from last season. Who will step up and lead the Prowl?
George Blackwell - 33.3%
Ben Peachey - 26.7%
Kevin Fantozzi - 20%
Liam Zach III - 13.3%
Ally Peachey - 6.7%
Which combination of chaser goals + beater stops will be the highest this weekend?
Matt Troy & Matt Brown (CHI) - 46.7%
Nathan Jun + Joey Beh (WAS) - 20%
Ethan Dillon & Cleo Brooks (BOS) - 20%
Emma Vasquez & Cody Narveson (MPLS) - 13.3%
Taunting is Legal
“I hear Bryan Mulcahy works for TSA, which might explain why he doesn’t really carry much offensive weaponry.” - Lance Bae, Boston Forge
“The Admirals’ biggest fan being Sean Strickland is somehow the most and least surprising thing to happen this season.” - Matan Schwartz, Boston Forge
“The only thing Tad is cooking up at the head of Prowl this year is an embarrassing series loss to the Monarchs on home turf.” - Ben Schlueter, Minneapolis Monarchs
“@MQC are y’all actually going to be playing this weekend, or are you too busy glazing randoms from your league?” - Joey Beh, Washington Admirals
“If Boston had to rely on Ryan J. Callaghan in 1776, we’d all be speaking British English by now.” - Ariana Zhang, Chicago Prowl
“Zachary Donofrio can’t make tackles on account of being a stick man” - Molly French, Boston Forge
“We’re treating the Forge like a hibachi, because we’re gonna cook ‘em while everyone watches” - Brandon Borges, Washington Admirals
“Washington is going to have their hands full trying to beat us in Boston with the whole country of Scotland on our side.” - Janie Hillman, Boston Forge
Joe Goulet led MPLS against CHI last year with 6 goals. Will he do it again or was he just reliant on the distribution abilities of his then teammate Ryan Mehio (now KC)?
“Captain America stays winning.” - Ben Schlueter, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Might still lead in scoring, but is definitely gonna lead in turnovers.” - Liam Zach III, Chicago Prowl
“That dude hops like a kangaroo. As long as the quadball is within his area code, you could oop it to him” - Brandon Borges, Washington Admirals
“Reliant on Mehio, obviously. Great seeker, slightly above average chaser.” - Jackson Herdade, Kansas City Stampede
“Joe Goulet is more than capable of finding goals in other ways. As long as Max Meier passes the ball.” - Jordi Sancho, Washington Admirals
“Joe is just DeAndre Jordan waiting for someone to throw the lob.” - Andrew Parchim, Chicago Prowl
“No chaser in Chicago is tall enough. Joey dunks on all of them. 9.5 goals is my line.” - Mike Devine, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Poor Joe’s gonna have no help this year. Better betting line would be his turnovers.” - Ojas Turekar, Chicago Prowl
First couple of weeks of MLQ have come to a close. What are your thoughts on the franchises now? Have they lived up to their preseason rankings? Deserve to be higher? Performed worse?
“That’s old news. France is gonna win the World Cup though.” - Joey Beh, Washington Admirals
“Not a KC believer quite yet, but I encourage them to convert me.” - Lance Bae, Boston Forge
“Houston should be higher. Once their beaters remembered it’s easier to play defense with one dodgeball rather than none, they looked ok.” - Brandon Borges, Washington Admirals
“Tad Walters is Mitch Johnson to Kennedy’s Greg Popovich, for better or for worse” - Liam Zach III, Chicago Prowl
“2026 MLQ champions will be coming out of the Central Division this year.” - Ben Schlueter, Minneapolis Monarchs
“Most surprised by Aviators. It would have been a different story if Jon Jackson was there.” - Jordi Sancho, Washington Admirals
“I think if New York and Washington keep playing like they did when they played each other, Boston is going 6-0.” - Matan Schwartz, Boston Forge
Water Cooler: Sip some tea and give your final thoughts.
“KC has some DAWGS!” - Mike Devine, Minneapolis Monarchs
“KC has to figure out how to involve Reyes for any chance to beat us come champs” - Liam Zach III, Chicago Prowl
“I’m excited to watch KC vs SA to see if the pre-season hype can really be backed up. They were fun last weekend, but Houston isn’t a real challenge.” Jordi Sancho, Washington Admirals
“People aren’t ready for what Boston’s seeker core is gonna get done this season.” - Matan Schwartz, Boston Forge
“Chicago vs Minneapolis feeds families this weekend.” - Mike Devine, Minneapolis Monarchs
“3 cheers for King Henry. Hip-Hip! Hooray!” - Andrew Parchim, Chicago Prowl
“I wanted to be nice a couple of weeks ago for Quips, but nothing of mine was selected, so now I choose to be mean and cruel.” - Brandon Borges, Washington Admirals
Editor’s Note: Maybe you just needed to step up your game?
