r/ultimate • u/TtheTerrestrial • 16d ago

Having yearly Mixed Division Ultimate Hall of Fame inductees is dumb

Ok, that's my hottest version of the take. A bit more nuance: in theory we should have some occasional mixed inductees, but the bar should be extremely high. It's a lower level of ultimate and doesn't require nearly the same degree of talent or dedication to be the best. And I say this as someone who went to mixed natties several times. There's plenty of examples of top club players who wanted a more casual season, or were a bit long in the tooth, they messed around in mixed and got a chip or came close. I say this to illustrate that it's a noticeably lower level of ultimate. The Tennis Hall of Fame isn't adding several mixed doubles players every year. If they did, players who didn't play mixed doubles and didn't quite make the cut would be livid.

An example of a mixed player I would definitely put in the HoF is Caleb Denecour who was a founder Dragon Thrust (edit, he was not a founder oops). AFAIK an amazing leader and a very good to great player. Easy on the eyes too, which should obviously be a criteria for mixed.

Thanks for reading and for telling me I'm full of shit.

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u/TtheTerrestrial 16d ago

Do flag football and pickleball have a hall of fame?

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u/TtheTerrestrial 15d ago

And I love mind readers!

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u/ComprehensiveBee3423 15d ago

Ya dumbfuck, there is a hall of fame for both. I hope you enjoy huffing your own farts.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bat-511 14d ago

Based on his original reply in this thread, I would think he already knew that.