CORNELL STOLE AND RELABELED AT LEAST 20 DISCS FROM FLORIDA AND RUTGERS AT LOBSTER POT

This post is coming from a UF player for context

We started the day with 25 discs in our bag. They all were labeled with our captain’s name, our coach’s name, or “UF A”. By the time we finished our 2nd game vs Cornell we had 2. Of course it’s expected that some players will take a disc or two at tournaments but with barely any left we were extremely lost.

We started looking around the sideline for them because obviously they can’t just disappear. We mentioned this to a Cornell player, who then held up a disc bag to show how they had only 3, and said theirs had all been taken too

We continued looking and then found one of the Cornell players holding one of our discs and writing “Cornell Buds” on it. We asked him if he had taken more discs, to which he answered that he had not, that he would add “Florida,” and that we could have it as a memento

Very quickly after that we found a 2nd Cornell disc bag containing 10+ of our stolen discs, all with the names SCRATCHED OUT and “Cornell Buds” with a number 1-20 written on them.

We took the discs back and rushed to our 3rd game against Rutgers, complaining about what had just happened, and were then told that Rutgers had also witnessed Cornell players taking their discs but didn’t know how many and so didn’t speak up about it.

Also still at this point we were (and are) missing several more discs. The numbers 1-20 were incomplete and random

After reporting it to the Upper Men’s director he very graciously gifted us 15 discs for the ones we could not find. Allegedly it was 2 freshman on Cornell who did this in high school and always got away with it, and allegedly nobody else knew. Their coach 100% did not know any players were doing this throughout the game or after so no shade to him.

But still, wtf. Taking so many discs, lying about it to our face, and crossing out our names is absolutely crazy. Never seen anything like this before

Photo attached showing some of the discs we found

This offseason, I’m working on becoming more consistent with my cutting. Cutting has always been challenging for me, especially as a Deaf player. I tend to cut with feel, sensing when space might open up and reacting to what I see.

Some days, everything clicks. I know where to go, I find open space, using my speed, and it doesn’t matter who’s covering me. Other days, I hesitate a lot, get confused, and end up running into closed spaces instead of waiting for openings.

I’m planning to work more on mechanics (angles, timing, setup cuts) and maybe watch more film. Film helps, but it doesn’t always translate to on-field vision.

For anyone who’s dealt with similar challenges, even if not Deaf, do you have tips for building better cutting habits? Drills, cues, mixing instinct with structure, or anything that helped you get past this plateau?

Thanks in advance.

Freezgo gagne

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