Chill- didn’t mean to start anything… I was going off a comment an earlier poster made…
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I was very impressed with how he called the game and infused excitement and insights with his commentary. The cherry on top was how he was able to throw in a reference to Rudyard Kipling’s “If.” Wow! That takes skill and intellect. We are lucky to have him calling the game.
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And my wife said nobody would notice…. 
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I ran the numbers on the ages of the players. 88% of the players are 2008 or 2009 birthyears. 15% are Q1 2008, 31% have Q1 birthdays in any year. The quarterly splits for 2008 are pretty even but 2009 skews towards the older kids, no surprise there.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Q1 Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Q2 Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Q3 Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Q4 Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Grand Total |
| ARG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| AUS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| BRA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| CAN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| CHN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| COL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| CRO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| ESP | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| GRE | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| HKG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| HUN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| ITA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| MNE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| NZL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| POR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| RSA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| SGP | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| SRB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| TUR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| USA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 43 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 53 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 172 | 85 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 292 |
| Percent | 15% | 11% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 31% | 18% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 15% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 22% | 11% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 59% | 29% | 8% | 3% | 0% | 100% |
I also pulled the stats for Team USA.
| Player | DOB | Total Minutes | Average Minutes | Goals | Shots | Shooting % | Assists | Steals | Penalty Goals | Majors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON,T. | Q2-2008 | 108.4 | 18.1 | 13 | 18 | 72% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| AXLINE,K. | Q4-2008 | 18.1 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BLACK,D. | Q4-2008 | 141.5 | 23.6 | 8 | 22 | 36% | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| COLMAN,C. | Q2-2008 | 83.2 | 13.9 | 3 | 11 | 27% | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| KANEKO,K. | Q2-2008 | 155.2 | 25.9 | 19 | 37 | 51% | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| RANSFORD,J. | Q2-2008 | 16.0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RUANO,L. | Q2-2008 | 106.6 | 17.8 | 2 | 10 | 20% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| SHAW,J. | Q3-2009 | 135.5 | 22.6 | 5 | 17 | 29% | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| SHIN,A. | Q3-2010 | 146.4 | 24.4 | 9 | 19 | 47% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| SUAREZ-ABRAHAM,R. | Q3-2008 | 174.7 | 29.1 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| TAYLOR,G. | Q2-2010 | 41.9 | 7.0 | 5 | 9 | 56% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TAYLOR,J. | Q4-2008 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 15 | 26 | 58% | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| TUCKER,T. | Q2-2008 | 59.2 | 9.9 | 4 | 7 | 57% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| WILLIAMSON,W. | Q2-2008 | 48.1 | 8.0 | 3 | 10 | 30% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 1,331.7 | 15.9 | 87 | 189 | 46% | 50 | 34 | 11 | 74 |
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Good stuff, Gibson. Thanks.
I think Aiden Shin deserves a shout out. Youngest player on the team. Mostly 1-2 years younger. He averaged (not counting our starting goalie) the second most minutes, 4th most goals, and tied for second in assists.
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So 13/14 are born in even birth years, wild.
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Yep, we already established that if you are born in a odd year, you should quit water polo and hate your parents for messing you up so royally.
Keep up the good fight.
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Ahahahaha that funny and which month is the best??
Seems like any quarter but one. Although Q2 produced best talent this year, 8/14.