No players have been given contracts yet, but there are definitely some on Coffin’s shortlist. Contract and signing day is expected to be very, very soon. Once the roster starts to form we can expect to really see what Breezeheads are going to be getting out of their team. While essentially no players in the DC area have played AUDL ultimate before the tryouts, Coffin is not worried about getting his players familiar with the AUDL experience before opening day.
“We’re not the only first year team in the east, so while I think it will give Rochester a leg up it will not be big,” Coffin said. The Rochester Dragons moved from Buffalo and are the only team out of the AUDL East to have played in the league last year.
When asked about what kind of team he wants to build Coffin said that he does not want to commit to anything right now.
“We will see how it all pans out, we have got a full hand of things to try. Whatever we come up with will be tailored to our players,” Coffin said.
The one thing Coffin is very sure of is that key to winning in the AUDL is going to be speed. The field is larger than college and club and leaves so much space for cutters to use. One challenge he foresees the team having is going to be getting stops on defense and producing a high performance offense.
“We are on a great track so far towards our goal of building a championship team. It will take winning some games, that is pretty key but everything just has to come together... The team needs to gel and players need to be in top notch condition with solid skills and of course healthy,” said Coffin.
Another battle Coffin and the Breeze are fighting right now is the battle for the heart of DC Ultimate fans with the MLU’s DC Current. Both teams are drawing out highly experienced players but Keven Moldenhauer’s record and relations with Truck Stop seems to be stealing the spotlight.
“We’ve never been here before, it’s new territory having two professional ultimate teams both in their first year in the same place,” Coffin said. Both the Breeze and Current have opening games on April 20th. It is Cloud Coverage’s prediction that the team that produces the best mix of fan game day experience and overall wins will take over as the ‘official’ professional ultimate team of DC.
Without seeing the full Breeze roster in a full practice it is hard to tell what kind of performance we will get out of Coffin as the head coach. He has a lot of experience with ultimate on many levels and a knack for gauging players’ performance patterns, two things that will grow to possibly define how he will play his team.
The Breeze has not formally announced any information regarding assistant coaches yet.
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