Task 4
I want to take a retrospective to the Colorado Yeti's season 21- season 22 offseason. While that offseason was a big turning point for not only the Yeti, but the whole league, with an unprecedented 284 people mega draft class ready to be drafted and two new expansion teams ready to roll out, it was especially big of a turning point for the Yeti as their offseason changes and strateges culminated in the team winning the ultimus bowl trophy in season 22 for the first time in the team's long history.
Going into the season 22 NSFL draft, the expansion draft was the biggest unknown against the Yeti's draft strategy. Every team could potentially lose up to three players outside of their initial seven men protection slots, and it was most important to adjust the team's strategy in massive and resourceful season 22 draft according to their losses in the expansion draft. The day of expansion draft came, and it turned out that the Yeti had suffered some big losses. They lost Steco Ocewilder, one of their starting defensive ends, and their number one wide receiver Laszlo Forty- Two to the Sarasota Sailfish. Honolulu Hahalua, the other expansion team, took reliable veteran receiver James Bishop later in the draft, but Bishop was returned to Yeti right after the draft for a price of 9th round pick as he wanted to be a franchise star and retire a Yeti. So ultimately, the Yeti headed into the draft adding a Defensive end and a wide receiver to their list of needs.
In the draft, the Yeti mostly focused on quality more than quantity. While this draft was deep in almost every positions and many teams used it as an opportunity to restock their roster in a flash, in other words it meant contender level teams like the Yeti can use this draft to get the specific players they really want, in expense of some draft capital.
With their first pick in the draft, eighth overall pick in the first round, the Yeti selected Mo Magic, a defensive tackle. The Yeti needed a defensive tackle, as Bubba Thumper was the only one in their roster, and Mo Magic was certainly one of the best in the position. However, this pick was more of a user pick than a player. Tvc was very high on Yeti's draft board from what I heard, and he was- and still is- regarded as a future GM material. And the fact that he was a great locker room presence was another added bonus.
Next, the Yeti traded up six spots in the second round via a trade with the Sailfish, giving them a sixth and seventh roubd pick along with 20th iverall pick for the 14th overall pick. And with that pick, they selected cornerback Thubba Bumper. While Bumper was not the most flashy cornerback prospect in the draft class, his user, bauer, had deep ties with the Yeti organization, and was known as a great locker room presence. Yeti, with their roster largely established, didn't hesitate to get the player/ user they wanted and snagged him before other team took him.
And in the third round, the Yeti selected my player, William Lim. While I mostly received lower prospect grade than Eddie Jeeta because of my inferior possession receiver build while having similar activity and locker room presence, the Yeti knew for a fact that I was open to an archetype switch and change my build into something more optimal and fitting the team's scheme. And as they also liked my activity in discord, they immediately selected me with the 32nd overall pick when the Copperheads selected Jeeta with the pick right before.
In the fourth round, Yeti traded down, trading their pick to the Outlaws in exchange for a fifth and a seventh round pick. And with that fifth roubd pick, 51st overall, the Yeti selected defensive end Ismael Sanchez. Sanchez was a reinforcement in a position of need, as the Yeti needed a defensive end to fill in Ocewilder's old spot. On top of that, Sanchez's user, Ismael, was known to be one of the best locker room guys in the Yeti prosect zone. Yeti waited on him because the need for a defensive end league wise has lessened since a lot of them were taken in earlier rounds to needy teams.
In the seventh round, the Yeti had two picks. The first of the two, 76th overall pick, was used to select runningback Richard Gilbert. Gilbert was a good earnerx and only slid to seventh round because of insane talent level of this draft class and runningback value dropping due to less needs. So he was almost a still at that point, especially he was a solid locker room presence too.
The other seventh round pick was used on wide receiver Leeroy Jenkins. The Yeti traded back into seventh round via a trade which they sent their third round pick for next season to the Copperheads. Jenkins, who was still a good earner despite not being the top tier receiver prospect, was too good of a player and user for the Yeti to pass, and they didn't hesitated in grabbing a good player and locker room guy.
After that, Yeti's draft was relatively quiet, except for them acquiring inactive receiver Jake Dropson from the Liberty for a 10th round pick.
After the draft, the Yeti called up Magic, Lim and Sanchez to the big leagues while sending the others back down to DSFL. All three players who were called up, plus Dropson, had sognificant contribution to Yeti's strong regular season campaign and miraculous playoff run that season. And now in the back end of season 23x where all those players except Jenkins are up and playing in Yeti uniform, there's even more impact by the class, both player wise and user wise. Lim became number 1 receiver, Gilbert ran a strong rushing attack alongside owens, Magic and Sanchez anchored half of the scary defensive line, and Bumper became a great nickelback. User wise, 4 of the season 22 class draftees are in the war room- tvc, bauer, ismael and me- and others are still generating positive energy and activity while contributing to the Yeti culture heavily. All in all, this season 22 offseason and the season 22 draft class truly was a turning point for the Yeti.
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I want to take a retrospective to the Colorado Yeti's season 21- season 22 offseason. While that offseason was a big turning point for not only the Yeti, but the whole league, with an unprecedented 284 people mega draft class ready to be drafted and two new expansion teams ready to roll out, it was especially big of a turning point for the Yeti as their offseason changes and strateges culminated in the team winning the ultimus bowl trophy in season 22 for the first time in the team's long history.
Going into the season 22 NSFL draft, the expansion draft was the biggest unknown against the Yeti's draft strategy. Every team could potentially lose up to three players outside of their initial seven men protection slots, and it was most important to adjust the team's strategy in massive and resourceful season 22 draft according to their losses in the expansion draft. The day of expansion draft came, and it turned out that the Yeti had suffered some big losses. They lost Steco Ocewilder, one of their starting defensive ends, and their number one wide receiver Laszlo Forty- Two to the Sarasota Sailfish. Honolulu Hahalua, the other expansion team, took reliable veteran receiver James Bishop later in the draft, but Bishop was returned to Yeti right after the draft for a price of 9th round pick as he wanted to be a franchise star and retire a Yeti. So ultimately, the Yeti headed into the draft adding a Defensive end and a wide receiver to their list of needs.
In the draft, the Yeti mostly focused on quality more than quantity. While this draft was deep in almost every positions and many teams used it as an opportunity to restock their roster in a flash, in other words it meant contender level teams like the Yeti can use this draft to get the specific players they really want, in expense of some draft capital.
With their first pick in the draft, eighth overall pick in the first round, the Yeti selected Mo Magic, a defensive tackle. The Yeti needed a defensive tackle, as Bubba Thumper was the only one in their roster, and Mo Magic was certainly one of the best in the position. However, this pick was more of a user pick than a player. Tvc was very high on Yeti's draft board from what I heard, and he was- and still is- regarded as a future GM material. And the fact that he was a great locker room presence was another added bonus.
Next, the Yeti traded up six spots in the second round via a trade with the Sailfish, giving them a sixth and seventh roubd pick along with 20th iverall pick for the 14th overall pick. And with that pick, they selected cornerback Thubba Bumper. While Bumper was not the most flashy cornerback prospect in the draft class, his user, bauer, had deep ties with the Yeti organization, and was known as a great locker room presence. Yeti, with their roster largely established, didn't hesitate to get the player/ user they wanted and snagged him before other team took him.
And in the third round, the Yeti selected my player, William Lim. While I mostly received lower prospect grade than Eddie Jeeta because of my inferior possession receiver build while having similar activity and locker room presence, the Yeti knew for a fact that I was open to an archetype switch and change my build into something more optimal and fitting the team's scheme. And as they also liked my activity in discord, they immediately selected me with the 32nd overall pick when the Copperheads selected Jeeta with the pick right before.
In the fourth round, Yeti traded down, trading their pick to the Outlaws in exchange for a fifth and a seventh round pick. And with that fifth roubd pick, 51st overall, the Yeti selected defensive end Ismael Sanchez. Sanchez was a reinforcement in a position of need, as the Yeti needed a defensive end to fill in Ocewilder's old spot. On top of that, Sanchez's user, Ismael, was known to be one of the best locker room guys in the Yeti prosect zone. Yeti waited on him because the need for a defensive end league wise has lessened since a lot of them were taken in earlier rounds to needy teams.
In the seventh round, the Yeti had two picks. The first of the two, 76th overall pick, was used to select runningback Richard Gilbert. Gilbert was a good earnerx and only slid to seventh round because of insane talent level of this draft class and runningback value dropping due to less needs. So he was almost a still at that point, especially he was a solid locker room presence too.
The other seventh round pick was used on wide receiver Leeroy Jenkins. The Yeti traded back into seventh round via a trade which they sent their third round pick for next season to the Copperheads. Jenkins, who was still a good earner despite not being the top tier receiver prospect, was too good of a player and user for the Yeti to pass, and they didn't hesitated in grabbing a good player and locker room guy.
After that, Yeti's draft was relatively quiet, except for them acquiring inactive receiver Jake Dropson from the Liberty for a 10th round pick.
After the draft, the Yeti called up Magic, Lim and Sanchez to the big leagues while sending the others back down to DSFL. All three players who were called up, plus Dropson, had sognificant contribution to Yeti's strong regular season campaign and miraculous playoff run that season. And now in the back end of season 23x where all those players except Jenkins are up and playing in Yeti uniform, there's even more impact by the class, both player wise and user wise. Lim became number 1 receiver, Gilbert ran a strong rushing attack alongside owens, Magic and Sanchez anchored half of the scary defensive line, and Bumper became a great nickelback. User wise, 4 of the season 22 class draftees are in the war room- tvc, bauer, ismael and me- and others are still generating positive energy and activity while contributing to the Yeti culture heavily. All in all, this season 22 offseason and the season 22 draft class truly was a turning point for the Yeti.
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