Glenbrooks 2016

As always, take whatever's useful and ignore the rest.

Here's prelims.

And here's finals.

Minneapple 2016

As always, I'm a glass-half-empty kind of coach, always hoping for the best--ask my debaters--and I can't turn that off.  

Use what makes sense to you and completely ignore and forget anything that just seems cranky and random. 

Here's Chamber A.

And here's Semifinals A.

With great power comes great opportunities for empty gestures

Catholic Nationals Chamber C 2016

It's mostly a roast.

As always, use whatever's useful and ignore the rest.  


Regarding the Usual Obsession:

Guys, I can't call for evidence unless you challenge someone on it.

That would look like this:  "You claim that [Source X] on [Date Y] said that [totally convenient argument].  Can I see that card during break and can you make that available for the judges to see, too, if they'd like?"

And that requires listening.  Your pals in the other debate events wouldn't let this stuff fly.

It's time for the circuit to get its head out of the sand

Denial ain't just that the thing you made up (from "The New York Times in 2015") about there not being any rivers in Egypt.

Harvard Quarterfinals A 2016

I came away with two frustrations which account for my role as apparently an extreme outlier in ranking the round:

1. I wish y'all had debated the second bill as it was written rather than as if it were a big budget infrastructure bill.
2. I wish I could ask for evidence I suspect is being either willfully or accidentally misinterpreted.  Get on it NSDA.  

Anyway, here's the link.

Harvard 2016 Chamber P Prelims Notes

Here's the link to the googledoc.

Please make use of whatever part of this feedback makes sense to you and ignore the rest.