Hanson,+Donnie

Name: __Donnie Hanson__ School: __Silver Lake__ Currently a (check all that apply) ____ Head HS Coach __X__ Asst. HS Coach____ College Coach _____ College Debater____ Debate Fan who regularly judges HS debate What paradigm best describes your approach to debate? __X__ Policy Maker _____ Stock Issues __X__ Tabula Rasa_____ Games Player _____ Hypothesis Tester _____ Other (Explain) How I feel about delivery (slow vs. fast)? Speed is fine. I prefer tags to be differentiated from the body of the card somehow. Talking a little slower during topicality/theory blocks would also be appreciated.
 * 1) of years debated in HS:  __4__ What School: __Silver Lake__ # of years debated in College: __~1.5__ What College/University: __Emporia State__
 * 1) of rounds on this year’s HS Topic: __~15__

Topicality

If you’re going for topicality, I think there ought to be a significant portion of the 2NR devoted to it. I would say I default to reasonability only because teams usually don’t do a good job explaining their interpretation and why I should prefer it in later speeches. Neg should probably explain specific ground they’ve lost and how the aff has skewed the debate.

Critical Affs/Framework

I think the aff ought to be somehow related to the topic, and have some sort of advocacy/statement that they defend. Arguments like “there’s a topical version of your aff” are persuading to me, so the aff should explain why their argument is unique and why switch-side doesn’t solve. Counterplans/Disads

They’re good. I’m not a big fan of international actor/consultation counterplans, so the aff ought to present reasons why they’re illegitimate. Specific links should be read at some point.

Critiques

Don’t rely on my familiarity with an argument in order for you to win. I like “solves the aff” arguments to be made, whether it be through the alternative or “root cause” arguments. Specific links should be made clear using either cards or arguments made by the aff.

Paperless

Tell me when you’re done prepping and doing evidence transfers. I’m not going to count this transfer time as prep time.