Lincoln Garrett

We are back after a little COVID-19 and moving the entire TOC online delay. Trying something new, posting smaller posts more often. The Weebly comment system is pretty whatever. Catch the thread related to this post by adding me on Facebook if you would like to join the conversation. If

1. Will Online Debate Kill In-Person Debate? This is one take I forgot to address in my last post. The argument is that proving online debate works means no university would fund debate travel. First, I am not an expert in the subject because I don’t deal with department

This is a guest post from Kristen Lowe. She debated at Emory and now coaches at Dartmouth.

Ah yes – talking through a highly stressful, public health issue that imperils end of the year tournaments, just what this blog was created for. Let’s hash it out. First, I love the NDT. It is my favorite tournament of the year. I assuredly would not be a debate lifer

You give some heartfelt advice about a convenient service in exchange for no money and everyone ribs on you. I guess I only get to talk about debate. The message was clear: Dance, debate takes monkey, dance! 1. Cards from the blog First the Harvard roast, then outlasting http://policydb8.

Alright losers here we are again at the end of another semester and it is time for me to tell you why all your arguments are bad. Going to do it loudly and in public and get people all riled up.

1. The field is wide open? So far three different teams have won majors (Wake EF, Cal FG and Kansas BD). Not only that but there have been six different teams in finals (Cal NR, NU JW and Emory GS being the other three). Six different teams in the finals

Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend. I wanted to use this post to talk about running tournaments while things are fresh in my mind. I would love to know what other people think. 1. Division of Time A debate needs to take about 3 hours from when the

We are back! We really have gotten ourselves into a pickle with this one. At Kentucky we have new coaches and new debaters which really made GSU fly by for me as we learned to work together and had a lot of folks experiencing their first debate tournament ever. But

Top 5 coaches of the decade Who had great teams? In what numbers? Across how much of the decade? These are pretty obvious questions to ask when trying to come up with a list. Another big thing I considered was how many coaches could duplicate their successes with similar budgets