Re: Best Players

Jason Mueller <*jcmpn7_at_mujason.yahoo.invalid*> · Wed, 07 May 2003 01:11:12 -0000

Dave,

First, the sectionals were chaotic, but I was not rude and I did 
answer questions to the best of my ability.  As for your bashing the 
team, first, we had the lead on Okla A at the half in the Truman 
State title game; second, CBI was just a bad tourney for us, as we 
even lost to Oklahoma Baptist (whom we beat 555-90 earlier in the 
year) and if you look at the CBI stats, my teammates were buzzer 
rocks, as I think our #2 player averaged about 7 PPG.  Also, those 
buzzer rocks were not my regular teammates and were at their first 
intercollegiate tournament, as none of my regular teammates played in 
the campus tournament.  I also encouraged my teammates by telling 
them that they would become better with time.  With my regular 
teammates, I think we would have made the playoffs.  I may be an 
arrogant jackass (probably because I'm an only child from a farm with 
little personal interaction and a lot of self-confidence), but I am 
not a rude person.  Also, Dave, I doubt we at Mizzou will be coming 
to Route 66 because we're going to have a high school tournament that 
weekend (opening weekend in Missouri high school competition).  I may 
be the most hated person in quiz bowl, but I intend to keep on 
playing and establish a legitimate reputation.  My apologies if I 
sound a little angry, but Jeopardy! was pre-empted today due to 
breaking coverage of severe storms in the area.  KOMU had better show 
that episode of the Tournament of Champions sometime or I will be 
very steamed.

Jason Mueller

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, theblasmo <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Sheesh. Sorry to beat this into the ground a bit more, friends, but 
> Mr. Mueller is sorely mistaken. 
> 
> > Also, judging from the ICT stats, I have a claim for best player 
> > between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
> > 
> Regardless of the fact that Andrew McKenzie -- from Oklahoma -- is 
> one of the better players we've ever had, and we beat you by almost 
> 400 points at CBI Regionals. Just because you won a tourney with 
> high school questions, it doesn't mean you're fantastic. And once 
we 
> got our "A" team finalized (not until January), you couldn't beat 
> us. See the Truman State Invitational for more on that end, as well 
> (a great tourney, with some fantastic questions, BTW). Seems like 
> many of the best players from this region didn't go to the ICT, 
> anyway, so your comment is not only mistaken, but damned 
foolish.The 
> big question is whether or not the "best player" award includes 
> other things, such as how the player works with his teammates, and 
> how they work tournaments. Here's my much-belated comments on 
> Missouri's Sectional.
> Keyword: Non-organization. Everything was late, the prices were 
> outrageous, there weren't enough decent moderators, especially in 
> Div II, which is where I hung out for most of the day. According to 
> all of my teammates and others I've discussed this with, Mr. 
Mueller 
> was unwilling to answer questions, and behaved extremely rudely 
when 
> bothered. No stats, period. If you're going after a National 
> Qualifying tournament, or National Championship, make blasted sure 
> you can run it properly. Jason's hubris actually frightens me, 
since 
> he's obviously unaware of it. As for how he works with his 
> teammates, I was standing outside the room when he actually said -- 
> after we beat him at CBI -- "What do you expect with a bunch of 
> buzzer rocks? (paraphrased, but very close)" I can assure you that 
> what makes a great player isn't just how many points you score, and 
> without any competition for buzzing in on your own squad, congrats, 
> Jason, you're doing fine. I can't think of a player that's most 
> despised in this region than you, Jason, and if we could possibly 
> get away with not ever having you play at one of our tournaments 
> again, we'd be more than happy, not because you "scare" us with 
your 
> power, but because you're a big enough schmuck that you offend most 
> people around you. As for Jason's remarks being sarcastic humor, 
> sorry, you haven't met him, and the people who do know him can't 
> stand him. Sorry for the elongation of this string, but it was 
> needed.
> David Murphy