Philly Spinners Combine Recap

I figured this would be a good time to use the blog and give a quick recap of the Philly Spinners combine on Saturday Jan. 28^th. I know there is a lot of interest about what is going on so here is some of the info people might be interested in.

The first combine was invite only and there were 30 people there. Here is the list because you wont get this information anywhere else.

SOUTHPAW

1. Ben Johnson
2. Frecka
3. Leon Chou
4. Miggs Hirannet
5. Dan Furfari
6. Dave Brandolph
7. Matt Glazer
8. Greg Owens
9. Dave Baer
10. Michael Panna
11. Stephen Thor
12. Trey Katzenbach
13. Jake Rainwater
14. Kyle Salasko
15. Patrick Lindsey
16. Jake Herman
17. Ian McClellan

TRUCK

18. Dan Kantor
19. Bobby Gibson
20. Sean Keegan
21. Jonathan Neely
22. Jeff Wodatch

The Rest

23. Christian Millichap – Hypnotoad
24. Evan Feeney – Blueprint
25. Grin – Amp
26. Ben Pellig – Amp
27. Harrison Treegoob – Amp
28. Mike Baer – Bearproof
29. Brent Shipe –Bearproof
30. Matt Jaffe – Bearproof

Sorry if I got anyone’s name wrong. So after filling out a couple forms, HC Jeff Snader gave us a talk basically outlining what his goals for the team were and why we should play. The message I got is to try and make ultimate main stream and more respectable as a sport. As for money, travel and jerseys are paid for. Players will not get paid or have a salary or anything like that.

We started with some conditioning drills and the piston drill to kind of test the heart and determination of the players there. Coach was testing the mentality and how hard players worked in these drills, his test you could say. Classic Snader. There were no tests for 40 times or vertical and I agreed with the point that that stuff doesn’t mean shit. Coach knew that all the players at the combine could play. Would have been a waste of time to test all that stuff.

There was a 1 on 1 hunger drill which was basically a disc being thrown downfield and see who makes the play. This was a lot of fun. We ended up doing survivor which meant that if you were on offense and didn’t catch the disc you were out of the drill. I busted my ass on an in cut and was eliminated third. Jeff Wodatch ended up winning the drill.

About 2 hours in, he sat us down and we asked questions about the league from money to if there would be spinners cheerleaders. What I gathered is that a lot of stuff is still being figured out by the AUDL. I could write a lot more here but I don’t really feel like going into the details.

After that we broke into 6 teams and had 2 scrimmages. Then we finished by combining into two teams and played 12 minute/4 quarters, PADA winter league rules.

We ended around midnight. I had a great time. Playing with some of the best players in the area was awesome, especially guys that I have never played with. Some of the appeal of playing for the Spinners is playing with guys from Truckstop and other teams. I love playing with people that I have only played against or just new players in general. I wished that more people from Truck were there but I understand why there weren’t more.

Anyway I hope that gives people some insight about the Combine. The next Spinners combine is I believe Feb. 25^th and anyone can show up for that one.

Philly Spinners – Get Dizzy! Ah I can see it now.

Also I would like to add that Brian Caniff was there taking a ton of pics so I am sure those will surface at some point. And there were two guys filming everything but I am sorry that I cant remember their names. So expect there to be footage online at some point. I would like to give thanks to these guys as well as Billy Maroon and Doc who are asst. coaches for the Spinners