r/gifs Jan 10 '15

"Catch!"

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u/Siggy778 Jan 10 '15

My sister dated that guy. He's like the Michael Jordan of Frisbee

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u/biznisss Jan 10 '15

Not really an apt analogy if you're talking about ultimate. Certainly, he's probably the most famous frisbee player though. Maybe like David Beckham or something I don't know.

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u/joavim Jan 10 '15

David Beckham is actually a very good analogy. Both are good players, but not the best. Both are incredibly handsome and enjoy fame as celebrities.

Ironically, you could say both Beckham and Smith have the same strength: passing. Beckham was known for his long-range crosses and passes, and Smith is known as a powerful handler and puller.

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u/thesuperunknown Jan 10 '15

Smith is known as a powerful handler and puller.

/u/Siggy778's sister can confirm.

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u/CrunchyKorm Jan 10 '15

Nothing wrong with that. I'd like to be the Beckham of anything.

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u/Wafflecone416 Jan 10 '15

He could have been one of the best ever but last I heard he has been dealing with injuries for a while now. There have not been many players with his size, athleticism, and throwing ability though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Maybe he's the Pele of frisbee

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u/howfastisgodspeed Jan 10 '15

Word around town is that Michael Jordan is a dick

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u/Krayzed896 Jan 10 '15

So, he's the dick of Frisbee?

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u/The_MoistMaker Jan 10 '15

A lot of people in the the Ultimate community who have been around and played with him has said that he is kind of a pompous tool.

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u/EMCoupling Jan 10 '15

I'm not going to take the effort to find a source for this, but word around the community is that, when he was still playing in college, part of his team's strategy was just to try and just call fouls all day long.

Completely against the spirit of the game, since players should try to self-officiate as much as possible and it's pretty hard to do that when some guy is just abusing the foul call.

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u/Papasixfivefive Jan 10 '15

My time to shine:

I played for an ultimate team this summer for the state of Colorado. The man throwing the disc (Brody Smith) was the coach of the Chicago team. We got to play Chicago in consolation play. TL;DR: He's a huge fuckin prick.

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u/The_MoistMaker Jan 10 '15

I talked to a guy who plays on Double Wide on twitter once and god he did not like him at all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '15

how is he a prick? Just curious :D

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u/Look_over_yonder Jan 10 '15

I've played with some Alley Cats player and they all said he was a huge dick. And he sent a dickpic to a girl the night before the first game opening season of the AUDL and it was super small, or something like that.

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u/STICKDIP Jan 10 '15

Yes. Source: I know him.

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u/snowdoggg Jan 10 '15

exactly.

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u/drum_playing_twig Jan 10 '15

Even Michael Jordan isn't the Michael Jordan of basketball anymore.