Favorite moment has to be being drafted in expansion by the Honolulu Hahaluas. Are you kidding? Being drafted off the champion New Orleans Second Line who feasted at the, then NSFL, banquet table to go to the newly created Hahaluas who were like beggars scrambling for scraps off that same table? Yep. Why, you ask.
When I was playing in my second year or so on the Second Line, I was starting to lose interest. New Orleans was a great place with great GMs and teammates, but I just wasn’t as in to it. Maybe it was because I felt like the unneeded piece in an otherwise powerhouse machine. The GMs were really good to me and encouraged me to continue with whatever activity level I felt comfortable with, but I think they were also glad to have a player they could expose that wasn’t and integral part of their winning machine.
So, off I went to Honolulu. Having actually developed into a fairly decent receiver in NO after staring in the DSFL as a running back, in spite of my stretched interest levels, I came to the Hahaluas as one of the best pieces to build around. Now I had an important role and could really contribute to the success of a new franchise.
This energized me and I began looking for every TPE opportunity and have continued that to this day to the best of my ability. I even made my own sig – partly because I wanted to learn some of the basic graphics skills, but also to earn money for equipment to reach even higher levels of skill. I think it actually came out pretty good and that just got me all the more bought in.
Since then, it has been a joy to continue growing as a player and watching the very quick rise of the Honolulu franchise. We only spent one or two seasons as a lower tier team and are always in the hunt for a .500 or better season and a trip to the playoffs. One of these seasons it is all going to come together and we’ll make the promised land. I do hope it is soon though as I just entered my first year of regression this season.
That is not as exciting a prospect as now I have to fight just to not lose more ground than necessary and it’s tough to know that you are going to get worse each year rather than get better and better.
Still, it has been a fun ride and I’ll ride the regression train as long as I am relevant to my team the Hahaluas. After that, I will hang up my cleats and ride off into the bright Hawaiian sun – thankful to the ISFL, the Luchadores, the Second Line and my beloved Hahaluas for the opportunity to have played the game. Happy 25th ISFL!
When I was playing in my second year or so on the Second Line, I was starting to lose interest. New Orleans was a great place with great GMs and teammates, but I just wasn’t as in to it. Maybe it was because I felt like the unneeded piece in an otherwise powerhouse machine. The GMs were really good to me and encouraged me to continue with whatever activity level I felt comfortable with, but I think they were also glad to have a player they could expose that wasn’t and integral part of their winning machine.
So, off I went to Honolulu. Having actually developed into a fairly decent receiver in NO after staring in the DSFL as a running back, in spite of my stretched interest levels, I came to the Hahaluas as one of the best pieces to build around. Now I had an important role and could really contribute to the success of a new franchise.
This energized me and I began looking for every TPE opportunity and have continued that to this day to the best of my ability. I even made my own sig – partly because I wanted to learn some of the basic graphics skills, but also to earn money for equipment to reach even higher levels of skill. I think it actually came out pretty good and that just got me all the more bought in.
Since then, it has been a joy to continue growing as a player and watching the very quick rise of the Honolulu franchise. We only spent one or two seasons as a lower tier team and are always in the hunt for a .500 or better season and a trip to the playoffs. One of these seasons it is all going to come together and we’ll make the promised land. I do hope it is soon though as I just entered my first year of regression this season.
That is not as exciting a prospect as now I have to fight just to not lose more ground than necessary and it’s tough to know that you are going to get worse each year rather than get better and better.
Still, it has been a fun ride and I’ll ride the regression train as long as I am relevant to my team the Hahaluas. After that, I will hang up my cleats and ride off into the bright Hawaiian sun – thankful to the ISFL, the Luchadores, the Second Line and my beloved Hahaluas for the opportunity to have played the game. Happy 25th ISFL!
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