From Alfred Darnell
I will always remember James as the cool dude in the shades, as the lad
with the quickest smile, and as the wry critic standing on the sideline
with his arms folded and hip slightly cocked with a playful glint in his
eye as the play unfold. Then once on the pitch, his boundless energy
and incredible spirit were unsurpassed...that up beat energy was so
remarkable. That he "gave up" on life is so contrary to every
recollection...and it saddens me deeply, for James, his family, his
friends, and all the people who won't know him as Strange Blue knew him.
My deepest sympathies to his family and his friends.
Al
From Roger Thomson
Best wishes to James' family and all SB players old and new who have been
affected by this tragedy. I can hardly believe that anyone belonging to the
happy family that is Ultimate can have felt so bad that they felt obliged to
take such a course of action.
Regards,
Roger
From Miles Hember
Some things make so little sense that thinking about them just produces a
suffocating sense of confusion and disorientation. This is one of those.
What good asking questions when you know there are no good answers?
SB won't be able to play with our usual gladness for quite a while, I fear.
I think John Schoch put it very well; we'll have to try to maintain the
spirit that James showed, and that will be how we remember him.
I don't know what else to say.
Miles