10-03-2019, 02:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2019, 02:49 PM by Huskies311.)
5) Stupid Tiebreaker!
The Hawks lost home field advantage on a tie breaker. What was that tiebreaker you ask? Conference record? Boring! The tie breaker should have been a fight to the death, full on gladiator style. We could market it everywhere for the good of the league. GM vs GM, Corvo fist to fist with Cooter, Leaf throwing his cola all over his teammates... What better way to spend a Saturday night then to watch this? And I mean honestly, why should we stop there? Just make the whole playoffs a fight to the death. No need for silly child’s games like throwing a ball or kicking it through the net. The NSFL is a man’s game. If you aren’t willing to put your life on the line you shouldn’t be in this pretend league.
Finally, you might point out that home field advantage isn’t worth someone’s life since the Hawks won on the road anyway (as did the Otters but we’ll just ignore that one). And you’d be completely right. I just want to fight someone gladiatorially like some sort of weird Black Mirror episode. It’d be way better than just looking at a screen showing who beat who in the conference.
8) Draft Focus
It’s no secret that the Baltimore Hawks have had very little draft capital in a long time. In fact, I don’t believe we’ve had a first rounder since s14. That includes this upcoming draft. However, we do have 3 3rd rounders which in a draft this big, all 3 can definitely be actives. I’m biased but I was a 4th rounder back in s15 so it’s definitely possible. The only position group on our team without any actives is defensive line, so look for us to try and go there early. Another position that can be useful for us is linebacker. We currently only have iseedoug and I, and Doug is in the back end of regression. Having a linebacker with me for the future would be extremely useful.
The Hawks also need a backup running back behind workhorse Dorfus Jimbo. Jimbo showed early last season that he could be a #1 guy, but having a solid backup is instrumental to keeping the legs fresh. It’s also possible that we go Tight End, as Verso is also in regression. Honestly, most of this draft is looking towards the season after this and beyond since it’s hard to get a someone to play right away once you’re moving toward the middle to later part of the draft.
Next Year
Next year is definitely the Hawks chance to win another our franchises second Ultimus. Coming off of my first Ultimus game, which unfortunately ended in a loss, hasn’t stopped our locker room from being optimistic. As long as we remain active, and maybe hit on a draft pick or two, we should be in contention for the title. I mean we have the new MVP Corvo Havran just slinging it all over the place, s15 best running back Dorfus Jimbo, the best receiver in the league Errol Maddox, a still solid tight end... and that’s only on offense. Our defense remains active and most importantly pretty young. Our safety duo is the best in the league. I’m trying to anchor the defense from the middle of the field. Our CBs are getting older but will still be elite this year.
If you look at our conference, Yellowknife is better on paper. But Chicago is tanking, Colorado is improved but still needs a season, and Philadelphia is rebuilding as well. That bodes well for Baltimore to make the playoffs, and once you’re there, anything can happen. If you look at the other conference, there is definitely some teams that can compete. But we’ll worry about that if we get there.
The Hawks lost home field advantage on a tie breaker. What was that tiebreaker you ask? Conference record? Boring! The tie breaker should have been a fight to the death, full on gladiator style. We could market it everywhere for the good of the league. GM vs GM, Corvo fist to fist with Cooter, Leaf throwing his cola all over his teammates... What better way to spend a Saturday night then to watch this? And I mean honestly, why should we stop there? Just make the whole playoffs a fight to the death. No need for silly child’s games like throwing a ball or kicking it through the net. The NSFL is a man’s game. If you aren’t willing to put your life on the line you shouldn’t be in this pretend league.
Finally, you might point out that home field advantage isn’t worth someone’s life since the Hawks won on the road anyway (as did the Otters but we’ll just ignore that one). And you’d be completely right. I just want to fight someone gladiatorially like some sort of weird Black Mirror episode. It’d be way better than just looking at a screen showing who beat who in the conference.
8) Draft Focus
It’s no secret that the Baltimore Hawks have had very little draft capital in a long time. In fact, I don’t believe we’ve had a first rounder since s14. That includes this upcoming draft. However, we do have 3 3rd rounders which in a draft this big, all 3 can definitely be actives. I’m biased but I was a 4th rounder back in s15 so it’s definitely possible. The only position group on our team without any actives is defensive line, so look for us to try and go there early. Another position that can be useful for us is linebacker. We currently only have iseedoug and I, and Doug is in the back end of regression. Having a linebacker with me for the future would be extremely useful.
The Hawks also need a backup running back behind workhorse Dorfus Jimbo. Jimbo showed early last season that he could be a #1 guy, but having a solid backup is instrumental to keeping the legs fresh. It’s also possible that we go Tight End, as Verso is also in regression. Honestly, most of this draft is looking towards the season after this and beyond since it’s hard to get a someone to play right away once you’re moving toward the middle to later part of the draft.
Next Year
Next year is definitely the Hawks chance to win another our franchises second Ultimus. Coming off of my first Ultimus game, which unfortunately ended in a loss, hasn’t stopped our locker room from being optimistic. As long as we remain active, and maybe hit on a draft pick or two, we should be in contention for the title. I mean we have the new MVP Corvo Havran just slinging it all over the place, s15 best running back Dorfus Jimbo, the best receiver in the league Errol Maddox, a still solid tight end... and that’s only on offense. Our defense remains active and most importantly pretty young. Our safety duo is the best in the league. I’m trying to anchor the defense from the middle of the field. Our CBs are getting older but will still be elite this year.
If you look at our conference, Yellowknife is better on paper. But Chicago is tanking, Colorado is improved but still needs a season, and Philadelphia is rebuilding as well. That bodes well for Baltimore to make the playoffs, and once you’re there, anything can happen. If you look at the other conference, there is definitely some teams that can compete. But we’ll worry about that if we get there.