03-15-2024, 11:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-19-2024, 09:54 AM by wetwilleh. Edited 1 time in total.)
As we all know this evening is the highly anticipated ISFL draft, where a great class of DSFL rookies will find out where they will begin their illustrious careers. I am super excited to be a part of such a great and talented class, knowing full well that this is a deep class with several users who will one day become the face of the league.
During the past couple weeks, my fellow rookies and I have been reached out to and scouted by the fourteen ISFL teams for them to figure out who they wanted to add to their locker rooms. I cannot speak for my fellow rookies, but here is my report card for each team and their scouting team representative:
*Note: These grades are specifically for the scouting process from the team and not representative of my opinion for playing for this organization.
Colorado Yeti, Sarasota Sailfish and Orange County Otters - F
Gotta start with these three teams as they did not reach out to me. At all. No message, no questions, nothing. I am unaware if I was a do not draft prospect for these guys or if I just so happened to not be on the scouting report in the war rooms, but either way no assignment was turned in so I unfortunately have to fail ‘em and to be honest I am shocked that none of these teams did reach out to me.
I actually had a former player go to the Colorado Yeti and position switch for them to corner back so to not hear from them was a bit shocking. Sarasota was probably where my best GM friend Frostbite created so once again not being included was surprising. And the Otters is really only confusing to me as the only mock draft I have seen myself picked in was to the Otters so I guess that made me consider a future in the orange.
If any of these teams end up drafting me this evening, I would be beyond confused to the strategy used here.
Chicago Butchers - D
The Butchers earn the lowest grade for a team that did reach out to me and that is only because they were the last team to reach out to me. The conversation with their scout was informative and the questions were easy to answer and flowing. I also was not aware of who was speaking to me, and it was their current GM oof, which I believe left a sour taste in their mouth. If I am selected here, I would be surprised at the selection overall.
San Jose Sabercats - D+
The Saberkitties were a team I was super excited to be drafted by and scouted by. Several other teams asked me if I wanted to be drafted specifically by San Jose, so imagine my surprise when I was not scouted by them for the longest time, and when I was scouted it was revealed that I was completely forgotten on the scouting report. In the eyes of San Jose, I did not exist. The audacity of a team to forget a prospect is F worthy in the scouting process, but man did I have a great conversation with San Jose, who also helped explain the position swapping that I am probably going to have to go through, and would not be surprised to see myself selected by San Jose this evening.
If selected here, I would not be shocked and actually believe this is one of my top three landing spots.
Austin Copperheads - C-
See now it gets a bit harder at this point as all the others so far had easy reasons to earn the grade that they received. Austin scout had a good conversation, and I got to recollect on one of my old good friends in the league from my first creation. Overall, Austin was just a regular conversation. I will say I feel as though Austin overall overvalued my draft position, as I think I am a late third or early fourth round prospect at best.
If Austin selected me, I would definitely be a bit shocked at the selection as the conversation did not seem like a special we have to draft this guy moment. But I would be able to chill with Idlewyld again and that would be fun full circle moment.
Honolulu Hahalua C
My conversation with Honolulu was nothing insanely special but nothing awful either. A very professional interaction and even gave me an invite into their open locker room. Even spoke how one of my creates beforehand was from Hawaii so it was another nice trip down memory lane. All in all it was a simple scouting process followed by a very nice invite.
If Honolulu drafted me I would only be shocked based on the quality of the conversations I had with other teams before the draft, but think it would be a great selection for Brandon Johnson.
Berlin FireSalamanders C+
My conversation with Berlin was really good and we got to discuss the flaming geckos (which actually is also my patronus which is a huge plus). The conversation was super professional and answering questions, and this is the only conversation that was actually ended with neither myself or the scouter just ghosting (there was an actual good luck in the draft message!)
If selected by the Fire Salamanders I would not be surprised as the team seemed super interested in our conversation that we had.
New York Silverbacks B-
New York and I had a great conversation not only on branding but also all the Gorilla puns that were created for their amazing color rush field. New York also made use of my previous media where I answered all the questions and even thanked me for it for making their scouting a bit easier. They also asked me more personal questions instead of the cookie cutter questions that usually come with the scouting process.
New York is without a doubt in my opinion one of the top three locations that are looking to draft me this draft.
Cape Town Crash B
This team 100% surprised me with their scouting. I thought I had burned all bridges with the Cape Town Crush with my previous antics as their GM, but it seems as though they forgave me enough to reach out. And the way they reached out was super professional and gave a more personal feeling when reaching out.
This being said I still do not think Cape Town will draft me and I do not blame them. I am very happy to see success of a team I had a hand in holding back and understand if they are wary to trust me in that situation again.
NOLA B+
NOLA has always been one of my favorite branding and my conversation with their scouting department was a great conversation, even discussing the possibility of a NOLA rebrand (I am all in favor of it for sure). The team is known to have a Tijuana connection so that was also discussed, but overall the conversation seemed more personal then anything else.
NOLA is a top location for my player to be drafted in my opinion. Would not be shocked to be selected here.
Baltimore Hawks A-
The Hawks are tied with the Outlaws as the first two teams to reach out to me and the conversation was incredible, albeit a bit short. The Hawks were the team that actually gave me the idea to create a media document to be able to get all the information in one area. The only reason I have the outlaws higher is all on my end, as I lowkey ghosted the conversation and it was a short conversation overall. However what was discussed definitely helped to create a starting point for all other conversations.
That being said I would be surprised to be a Hawk as I lowkey ghosted their scout and the conversation was just too short.
Arizona Outlaws A
The Outlaws and I had a perfect conversation, mixed with personal questions as well as some broad scouting questions. We talked all the basic questions covered in my last media, but also some personal questions such as how I was doing in the real world and what movies we were all watching. The Outlaws just won an Ultimus and were still tied for the first team to reach out to me and I would place them top five in where I believe I will be drafted. This conversation was the perfect example of how to scout, however one final team really stood out.
Yellowknife Wraiths A+
The Wraiths embraced their Yellowknife theme in scouting and it was phenomenal. Having the questions tailored theme to the branding definitely had the organization standing out from all the others, but they also sent me a scout that I had originally drafted his first create, so it was a real full circle moment. The conversation was incredible and welcoming and made me really excited to be a part of a draft class.
I do believe that the Wraiths are a top three destination for my character overall, as the conversation I had with their scout was far and away the best compared to everyone else.
Overall I believe that the following format is the likeliness of me being drafted to a location based solely on the scouting departments (note this does not matter if they have an established running back on the team as I will most likely be position switching):
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9.
10.
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14.
Thank you to everyone who did reach out to me during this process and cannot wait for this to age horribly in a couple hours during the ISFL draft!
During the past couple weeks, my fellow rookies and I have been reached out to and scouted by the fourteen ISFL teams for them to figure out who they wanted to add to their locker rooms. I cannot speak for my fellow rookies, but here is my report card for each team and their scouting team representative:
*Note: These grades are specifically for the scouting process from the team and not representative of my opinion for playing for this organization.
Colorado Yeti, Sarasota Sailfish and Orange County Otters - F
Gotta start with these three teams as they did not reach out to me. At all. No message, no questions, nothing. I am unaware if I was a do not draft prospect for these guys or if I just so happened to not be on the scouting report in the war rooms, but either way no assignment was turned in so I unfortunately have to fail ‘em and to be honest I am shocked that none of these teams did reach out to me.
I actually had a former player go to the Colorado Yeti and position switch for them to corner back so to not hear from them was a bit shocking. Sarasota was probably where my best GM friend Frostbite created so once again not being included was surprising. And the Otters is really only confusing to me as the only mock draft I have seen myself picked in was to the Otters so I guess that made me consider a future in the orange.
If any of these teams end up drafting me this evening, I would be beyond confused to the strategy used here.
Chicago Butchers - D
The Butchers earn the lowest grade for a team that did reach out to me and that is only because they were the last team to reach out to me. The conversation with their scout was informative and the questions were easy to answer and flowing. I also was not aware of who was speaking to me, and it was their current GM oof, which I believe left a sour taste in their mouth. If I am selected here, I would be surprised at the selection overall.
San Jose Sabercats - D+
The Saberkitties were a team I was super excited to be drafted by and scouted by. Several other teams asked me if I wanted to be drafted specifically by San Jose, so imagine my surprise when I was not scouted by them for the longest time, and when I was scouted it was revealed that I was completely forgotten on the scouting report. In the eyes of San Jose, I did not exist. The audacity of a team to forget a prospect is F worthy in the scouting process, but man did I have a great conversation with San Jose, who also helped explain the position swapping that I am probably going to have to go through, and would not be surprised to see myself selected by San Jose this evening.
If selected here, I would not be shocked and actually believe this is one of my top three landing spots.
Austin Copperheads - C-
See now it gets a bit harder at this point as all the others so far had easy reasons to earn the grade that they received. Austin scout had a good conversation, and I got to recollect on one of my old good friends in the league from my first creation. Overall, Austin was just a regular conversation. I will say I feel as though Austin overall overvalued my draft position, as I think I am a late third or early fourth round prospect at best.
If Austin selected me, I would definitely be a bit shocked at the selection as the conversation did not seem like a special we have to draft this guy moment. But I would be able to chill with Idlewyld again and that would be fun full circle moment.
Honolulu Hahalua C
My conversation with Honolulu was nothing insanely special but nothing awful either. A very professional interaction and even gave me an invite into their open locker room. Even spoke how one of my creates beforehand was from Hawaii so it was another nice trip down memory lane. All in all it was a simple scouting process followed by a very nice invite.
If Honolulu drafted me I would only be shocked based on the quality of the conversations I had with other teams before the draft, but think it would be a great selection for Brandon Johnson.
Berlin FireSalamanders C+
My conversation with Berlin was really good and we got to discuss the flaming geckos (which actually is also my patronus which is a huge plus). The conversation was super professional and answering questions, and this is the only conversation that was actually ended with neither myself or the scouter just ghosting (there was an actual good luck in the draft message!)
If selected by the Fire Salamanders I would not be surprised as the team seemed super interested in our conversation that we had.
New York Silverbacks B-
New York and I had a great conversation not only on branding but also all the Gorilla puns that were created for their amazing color rush field. New York also made use of my previous media where I answered all the questions and even thanked me for it for making their scouting a bit easier. They also asked me more personal questions instead of the cookie cutter questions that usually come with the scouting process.
New York is without a doubt in my opinion one of the top three locations that are looking to draft me this draft.
Cape Town Crash B
This team 100% surprised me with their scouting. I thought I had burned all bridges with the Cape Town Crush with my previous antics as their GM, but it seems as though they forgave me enough to reach out. And the way they reached out was super professional and gave a more personal feeling when reaching out.
This being said I still do not think Cape Town will draft me and I do not blame them. I am very happy to see success of a team I had a hand in holding back and understand if they are wary to trust me in that situation again.
NOLA B+
NOLA has always been one of my favorite branding and my conversation with their scouting department was a great conversation, even discussing the possibility of a NOLA rebrand (I am all in favor of it for sure). The team is known to have a Tijuana connection so that was also discussed, but overall the conversation seemed more personal then anything else.
NOLA is a top location for my player to be drafted in my opinion. Would not be shocked to be selected here.
Baltimore Hawks A-
The Hawks are tied with the Outlaws as the first two teams to reach out to me and the conversation was incredible, albeit a bit short. The Hawks were the team that actually gave me the idea to create a media document to be able to get all the information in one area. The only reason I have the outlaws higher is all on my end, as I lowkey ghosted the conversation and it was a short conversation overall. However what was discussed definitely helped to create a starting point for all other conversations.
That being said I would be surprised to be a Hawk as I lowkey ghosted their scout and the conversation was just too short.
Arizona Outlaws A
The Outlaws and I had a perfect conversation, mixed with personal questions as well as some broad scouting questions. We talked all the basic questions covered in my last media, but also some personal questions such as how I was doing in the real world and what movies we were all watching. The Outlaws just won an Ultimus and were still tied for the first team to reach out to me and I would place them top five in where I believe I will be drafted. This conversation was the perfect example of how to scout, however one final team really stood out.
Yellowknife Wraiths A+
The Wraiths embraced their Yellowknife theme in scouting and it was phenomenal. Having the questions tailored theme to the branding definitely had the organization standing out from all the others, but they also sent me a scout that I had originally drafted his first create, so it was a real full circle moment. The conversation was incredible and welcoming and made me really excited to be a part of a draft class.
I do believe that the Wraiths are a top three destination for my character overall, as the conversation I had with their scout was far and away the best compared to everyone else.
Overall I believe that the following format is the likeliness of me being drafted to a location based solely on the scouting departments (note this does not matter if they have an established running back on the team as I will most likely be position switching):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Thank you to everyone who did reach out to me during this process and cannot wait for this to age horribly in a couple hours during the ISFL draft!