SHL CW for one task
7) Next year
Written: If your team has been eliminated, why will the next year, or the year after that, be the year that your team is going to win the Ultimus or Ultimini.
It wasn't a particularly pretty season for the Sabercats. Joliet Christ had retired, and despite the bold effort made by one of the large lads to take over his QB spot, he has not been able to fully transfer his athletic capabilities into the needs of the position. Combined with the aging or departure of a large part of our previously championship winning core, this pretty much ensured that S19 would be one of transition for the team, and indeed it was. My own player (Freezer Riposte) as well as Trey Staley can play several more seasons, while the rest of our key players currently are a few years away from their peaks still. If us two vets can hold the fort down on defense while the offense grows up together and our young safeties continue to progress as well, this could be a very dangerous team once again by S21 after another couple of influxes of talent through the draft. We do have some pending free agents or otherwise folks that have talked about leaving, which would of course damage our chances. On the flip side, if those folks stick around and we're able to bring in a few choice free agents of our own, the outlook could look brighter much sooner.
8) Draft Focus
Written: What areas of your team has the biggest holes that you are hoping get filled in the upcoming S19 draft? What round are you hoping it’s filled?
Well I see now that some of my previous comments about when we can contend are already dated - Toriki has left us in free agency which certainly hurt our young core on offense that I was hoping to build around. On the flip side though, we've already brought in Ennis to join myself on the D-Line and solidify the defense in general, plus Action Jackson out at WR offsets the loss of Toriki quite well. Anyways, all that is to say that our needs have changed going into the draft. I'm generally pretty happy with our defense at this point - we could probably use a linebacker or defensive end so fewer folks need to play out of position, but otherwise we have a strong group of largely younger players and us geezers that do not need immediate replacement. One fairly big issue is the lack of true cornerbacks. That could be a position worth addressing with our first round pick. On the offensive side of the ball, our biggest hole at this point in time would certainly be the one left by Toriki. Fast Boija and Chris Orosz are capable enough as backups, but are probably not who we really want to count on as starters at this point in time, or at least not for very long. Then again, it's not actually that demanding of a position TPE wise, so maybe not a necessary target in the first round. Hopefully we can snag one in the second or third rounds at least to give us some hope for the future of the position.
7) Next year
Written: If your team has been eliminated, why will the next year, or the year after that, be the year that your team is going to win the Ultimus or Ultimini.
It wasn't a particularly pretty season for the Sabercats. Joliet Christ had retired, and despite the bold effort made by one of the large lads to take over his QB spot, he has not been able to fully transfer his athletic capabilities into the needs of the position. Combined with the aging or departure of a large part of our previously championship winning core, this pretty much ensured that S19 would be one of transition for the team, and indeed it was. My own player (Freezer Riposte) as well as Trey Staley can play several more seasons, while the rest of our key players currently are a few years away from their peaks still. If us two vets can hold the fort down on defense while the offense grows up together and our young safeties continue to progress as well, this could be a very dangerous team once again by S21 after another couple of influxes of talent through the draft. We do have some pending free agents or otherwise folks that have talked about leaving, which would of course damage our chances. On the flip side, if those folks stick around and we're able to bring in a few choice free agents of our own, the outlook could look brighter much sooner.
8) Draft Focus
Written: What areas of your team has the biggest holes that you are hoping get filled in the upcoming S19 draft? What round are you hoping it’s filled?
Well I see now that some of my previous comments about when we can contend are already dated - Toriki has left us in free agency which certainly hurt our young core on offense that I was hoping to build around. On the flip side though, we've already brought in Ennis to join myself on the D-Line and solidify the defense in general, plus Action Jackson out at WR offsets the loss of Toriki quite well. Anyways, all that is to say that our needs have changed going into the draft. I'm generally pretty happy with our defense at this point - we could probably use a linebacker or defensive end so fewer folks need to play out of position, but otherwise we have a strong group of largely younger players and us geezers that do not need immediate replacement. One fairly big issue is the lack of true cornerbacks. That could be a position worth addressing with our first round pick. On the offensive side of the ball, our biggest hole at this point in time would certainly be the one left by Toriki. Fast Boija and Chris Orosz are capable enough as backups, but are probably not who we really want to count on as starters at this point in time, or at least not for very long. Then again, it's not actually that demanding of a position TPE wise, so maybe not a necessary target in the first round. Hopefully we can snag one in the second or third rounds at least to give us some hope for the future of the position.