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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Monday, October 10 2011 @ 09:34 am ACDT
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Division 1 Champions Denver Bulldogs - Calgary Kangaroos 0.5 (5) def by Denver Bulldogs 3.2 (20)

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Division 3 Champions - Arizona Hawks - Arizona Hawks 5.2 (32) def Atlanta Kookaburras 3.1 (19)

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Women's Division Champions - Denver Bulldogs - NY Magpies/Mont 0.1 (1) v. Denver 3.7 (25)

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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: flyinghigh
on Tuesday, October 11 2011 @ 12:17 am ACDT

how do they keep doing it....do they have the strongest mtro league,best juniors,most aussies????seems every yr there always there

Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Tuesday, October 11 2011 @ 09:40 pm ACDT

Do Denver have a Metro league? Do they have a junior Competition?

If so, how many teams and players, senior and junior??

Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: Christopher P. Adams, Ph.D.
on Wednesday, October 12 2011 @ 01:08 am ACDT

They have no juniors program, no metro program and play almost no club games during the year.

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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: RevoOldBoy
on Wednesday, October 12 2011 @ 12:15 pm ACDT

Chris,

They dont have a pure metro program but they do have a version they have created called Aussie Ball. It's co-ed with no tackling. But it brings all levels of players out. Some go on to the Bulldogs others just play Aussie Ball.

Many detractors have always pointed to a large number of very good Aussies on the squad. But I would point to the fact that over the 8 championships we have won, only two players, both Americans, have been on all 8 squads.

Our Americans have been as good as any in the game. The two I referenced above both were named to the All World squads in different IC's. Plus the Dogs have put in 10-12 other Rev's over the years.

Plus off the top of my head, 4 of the Paul Roos medals the club has won (Best & Fairest for the entire tournament) were Americans

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Authored by: RevoOldBoy
on Wednesday, October 12 2011 @ 12:18 pm ACDT

And I cant speak to what other clubs do but the Dogs train 3 times a week, with typically ~20 players from ANZAC day to the NAT's with an extreme focus on fitness. When I talk to others I dont get the same sense of team commitment.

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Wednesday, October 12 2011 @ 01:53 pm ACDT

How about Denver's altitude? It's the "Mile-High City" so that must help with fitness. If they also work harder at it than other clubs, then come the end of a tournament with many games that must surely be a factor. So:

high quality Aussies on the field playing well themselves
high quality Aussies on and off the field raising the bar for the Americans
high quality Americans (which might just be good luck, but also with a lot of coaching support)
superior fitness due to training and altitude

Still, you'd expect another club, if it had a large player base to draw on, would eventually move ahead. But does such a club exist? Does an US city have a metro league drawing on more than 100 players yet?

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Authored by: Christopher P. Adams, Ph.D.
on Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 12:31 am ACDT

Agreed. Denver have shown a very strong committment to winning the USAFL Division 1 National Championship. In regards to the Revos, the best team in the USAFL contributed 3 players, the same as BWE, San Diego, Philly, and GG, and way behind MN.

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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: tommygun41
on Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 02:33 am ACDT

That is a misleading statement Chris. To be on the Revolution you have to put up your hand and commit to the money it takes to play. To say that the Rev's take the best players available is incorrect. The Rev's take the best players that can pay for it.. If we ever had the very best players on the Rev's we might actually win the IC. But thats not the way it is. So to say that the best team in the country could only manage 3 players is misleading. If money was out of the equation there would be a lot more talent to pull from.

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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: Christopher P. Adams, Ph.D.
on Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 02:49 am ACDT

True. But money affects players from all clubs. It certainly affected who put their hand up at the Eagles, and I'm sure it did at Philly, GG, SD, etc. It probably affected MN more than the other clubs.

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Authored by: tommygun41
on Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 03:33 am ACDT

But thats the point. Because you raise your hand and go thru the process, pay the money and make the squad does not mean you are the best American in the country. It means your the best American that went thru the process, paid the money and made the squad.

Not taking anything away from any Rev, just stating that we have never taken the best 24 Americans to play in the IC.

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Authored by: flyinghigh
on Friday, October 14 2011 @ 07:06 pm ACDT

hey tommygun..out of the 24 spots on the revos list...how many of those spots would have been filled by the best americans..and with 3 yrs untill the next 1..can the USAFL save and pay for the best to come back..I would love to see a full strenght revo side

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Denver Bulldogs 2011 USAFL Champions

Authored by: tommygun41
on Saturday, October 15 2011 @ 02:31 am ACDT

Hard to say. The tryout process is very taxing in both cost and time. It is very difficult to committ to all the mandatory tryouts. Speaking for Denver we only had 3 tryout. We have some outstanding Americans. I see 5 that should have tried out and did not. 3 of those players in my opinion would have been starters for the Revolution. So if you have 5 from Denver not even trying out (we actually would have probably 8 or more but in my opion 5 with a real shot) what other clubs have the same issues. If you multiply that across the board for all teams my GUESS is there are at least 60+ good Americans not even trying out.

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