Task 3) Create a team Mount Rushmore
Yellowknife has an incredibly rich team history, with a ton of players to choose from for this theoretical Mt. Rushmore. Starting with one that's incredibly obvious, Dermot Lavelle. The greatest corner in this history of the league, Dermot was an absolute monster at his position and held down the cornerback position for 12 long seasons up north. Currently, Lavelle holds two seperate records in the ISFL that are unlikely to be broken. He has the most interceptions in the league with 57, and he also had the highest TPE peak in the league. He also is tied for 9th on most interceptions in a single season with 8, surpassed only by his teammate Grithead, Chase Jensen, Isaiah Rashad, Andre Bly and Arbin Asipi. Simply put, Lavelle was one of the best to ever do it at his position, and with his 12 year career on the Wraiths while also being an inductee into the ISFL HoF and the Wraiths HoF, he's the first person I'm putting on Yellowknife's Mt. Rushmore.
Second person to put up there is another easy one, and that's current Wraiths quarterback Cooter Bigsby. Especially after his retirement this season, I feel like Cooter needs to be up here. He ranks top 3 all time in both passing touchdowns and yards, along with snagging two MVP awards, Quarterback of the Year in Season 22 as well as being invited to 6 Pro Bowls. I don't think it's crazy to say that drafting Bigsby completely changed the course of Yellowknife as a franchise. Despite the fact that Yellowknife was never able to win an Ultimus with him under center, a fact I'm still sad about, he flipped the team on it's head and gave them the gunslinging quarterback they never had with Akselsen. He was a great quarterback, but Bigsby is better, no questions asked. Beyond what Bigsby did as a player, timeconsumer is the greatest simmer in the league, bar none, and has kept Yellowknife competitive through many roster changes. One of the greatest weapons available to Yellowknife at this time was to say to free agents, "Timeconsumer will help you become the best player you can be." The little tricks and changes that he knows to put into the sim to squeeze every single drop of performance out of the roster was just breathtaking. He's for sure the second player I'd be looking at for a Yellowknife Mt. Rushmore.
The third player is someone who I feel like everyone that's watched Yellowknife these past couple of seasons would pick. And that player is Danny Grithead, a Safety that joined Yellowknife in Free Agency after the 2030 season. While he undoubtedly had better championship success with Orange County, his best seasons came with Yellowknife, no one can really argue that. In six seasons with the team, he won MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Back of the Year and four Pro Bowls. In contrast, he went to the Pro Bowl 5 times for Orange County while winning Defensive Back of the Year, and that was it. Not to say those were bad years, quite the contrary, but his full potential really got unlocked in Yellowknife. Some may say that because of his success in Orange County, he doesn't deserve to be on the list. His best years may have been with the Wraiths, but he won more with the Otters. And that's a fair argument. But I can't think of anyone else that deserves this spot except maybe Boss Tweed? But Grithead is one of the defensive greats, and his best individual seasons were with the Wraiths. So he'll go up as well.
The fourth spot is definitely a contended area. I want another offensive player to balance out the mountain and make it two and two on both sides of the ball. I'd say there are two choices here, and they're both strong contenders. Nate Swift, and Mathias Hanyadi. Swift is the obvious choice. Easily the best receiver in Yellowknife history, Swift has been an absolute rock on the offense and has held down the WR1 spot for a very, very long time. He's getting up there in age nowadays, but he's still a potent offensive weapon and has been key in several different victories for the Wraiths. Hanyadi has some personal bias in his nomination, but several different Yellowknife players and shadyshoelace have said that Hanyadi is the best running back in franchise history already. So I'm not pulling things completely out of my ass here, there is some backing. The awards Hanyadi has won in only 5 seasons with the team has been simply remarkable, and his numbers are way higher than any running back in the history of the franchise. I can't really decide between these two, so it'd be something I'd have to go into much greater depth about if I wanted to make an educated decision.
So those are my picks for Yellowknife's Mt. Rushmore. Dermot Lavelle, Cooter Bigsby, Danny Grithead and one of Nate Swift or Mathias Hanyadi.
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Yellowknife has an incredibly rich team history, with a ton of players to choose from for this theoretical Mt. Rushmore. Starting with one that's incredibly obvious, Dermot Lavelle. The greatest corner in this history of the league, Dermot was an absolute monster at his position and held down the cornerback position for 12 long seasons up north. Currently, Lavelle holds two seperate records in the ISFL that are unlikely to be broken. He has the most interceptions in the league with 57, and he also had the highest TPE peak in the league. He also is tied for 9th on most interceptions in a single season with 8, surpassed only by his teammate Grithead, Chase Jensen, Isaiah Rashad, Andre Bly and Arbin Asipi. Simply put, Lavelle was one of the best to ever do it at his position, and with his 12 year career on the Wraiths while also being an inductee into the ISFL HoF and the Wraiths HoF, he's the first person I'm putting on Yellowknife's Mt. Rushmore.
Second person to put up there is another easy one, and that's current Wraiths quarterback Cooter Bigsby. Especially after his retirement this season, I feel like Cooter needs to be up here. He ranks top 3 all time in both passing touchdowns and yards, along with snagging two MVP awards, Quarterback of the Year in Season 22 as well as being invited to 6 Pro Bowls. I don't think it's crazy to say that drafting Bigsby completely changed the course of Yellowknife as a franchise. Despite the fact that Yellowknife was never able to win an Ultimus with him under center, a fact I'm still sad about, he flipped the team on it's head and gave them the gunslinging quarterback they never had with Akselsen. He was a great quarterback, but Bigsby is better, no questions asked. Beyond what Bigsby did as a player, timeconsumer is the greatest simmer in the league, bar none, and has kept Yellowknife competitive through many roster changes. One of the greatest weapons available to Yellowknife at this time was to say to free agents, "Timeconsumer will help you become the best player you can be." The little tricks and changes that he knows to put into the sim to squeeze every single drop of performance out of the roster was just breathtaking. He's for sure the second player I'd be looking at for a Yellowknife Mt. Rushmore.
The third player is someone who I feel like everyone that's watched Yellowknife these past couple of seasons would pick. And that player is Danny Grithead, a Safety that joined Yellowknife in Free Agency after the 2030 season. While he undoubtedly had better championship success with Orange County, his best seasons came with Yellowknife, no one can really argue that. In six seasons with the team, he won MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Back of the Year and four Pro Bowls. In contrast, he went to the Pro Bowl 5 times for Orange County while winning Defensive Back of the Year, and that was it. Not to say those were bad years, quite the contrary, but his full potential really got unlocked in Yellowknife. Some may say that because of his success in Orange County, he doesn't deserve to be on the list. His best years may have been with the Wraiths, but he won more with the Otters. And that's a fair argument. But I can't think of anyone else that deserves this spot except maybe Boss Tweed? But Grithead is one of the defensive greats, and his best individual seasons were with the Wraiths. So he'll go up as well.
The fourth spot is definitely a contended area. I want another offensive player to balance out the mountain and make it two and two on both sides of the ball. I'd say there are two choices here, and they're both strong contenders. Nate Swift, and Mathias Hanyadi. Swift is the obvious choice. Easily the best receiver in Yellowknife history, Swift has been an absolute rock on the offense and has held down the WR1 spot for a very, very long time. He's getting up there in age nowadays, but he's still a potent offensive weapon and has been key in several different victories for the Wraiths. Hanyadi has some personal bias in his nomination, but several different Yellowknife players and shadyshoelace have said that Hanyadi is the best running back in franchise history already. So I'm not pulling things completely out of my ass here, there is some backing. The awards Hanyadi has won in only 5 seasons with the team has been simply remarkable, and his numbers are way higher than any running back in the history of the franchise. I can't really decide between these two, so it'd be something I'd have to go into much greater depth about if I wanted to make an educated decision.
So those are my picks for Yellowknife's Mt. Rushmore. Dermot Lavelle, Cooter Bigsby, Danny Grithead and one of Nate Swift or Mathias Hanyadi.
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