13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.
So in all honesty, with people's lives going back to "normal", we are going to see a decline in user activity. The last few draft classes have not seemed to have large number of first-gen creates so that leads one to believe that contraction may be necessary. However that is a boring answer to such a fun question. So No they shouldn't but we are going to pretend they should. Now onto expansion teams. We need to consider location. Not just one location but two. If we look at the current teams, we have one team in Europe and one team in Canada. Being the INTERNATION Simulation Football league there are a few options that come to mind. Both Montreal and Toronto are good North American locations for a team. I think Toronto would be better as if one designed a team in Montreal, one would most likely need to do something brand-wise that pays tribute to the francophones while also being digestible to an English audience. Do you have to? No. This is for a fake league with no real bearing, but I think we need to make it make sense. So I vote Toronto out of those two. The brand? Well, part of me would just rip off the Tigercats of hamilton. Probably a steel, black, yellow color combo. Next we can pitch another European team, but we could also pitch a team somewhere else. It doesn't have to be in Europe, and I really can only think of good ideas for like a few countries in Europe anyway. That said, I would vote for Australia or New Zealand. I think New Zealand could evoke some great designs but Australia can also. As for what their branding could be? Thats a harder question. Brand decisions require a lot of work. For New Zealand Id look more into Maori culture and their history. Something similar to HON and how they did their branding. New Zealand Im picturing something akin to Portland's colors but replacing the black with a navy blue. Australia you could do a few things, but part of me wants to get a teal, orange, white team in the league. No kangaroos tho. The Australian Roos does sound good though.
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14. Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
Portland has experienced what many would consider a low point. Its a fresh team with a lot of key positions locked up by rookies. Current management is out the door also. Even their quarterback, star of the future, Boone McCoy is only in his first year. For Portland, the baseline was low. The epic highs of the season were the few wins followed by cratering back to the baseline. On McCoy's part, he started out as most rookies, going along the middle of the pack. He was jokingly deemed a clutch player as he seemed unable to make a play until the third down of any given drive. However, he soon showed intermittent sparkles of brilliance. Soon he was completing a pass on the second down and, hell, even a few first downs too. Soon the seven-week losing streak that started this season would come to an end. It was a long and hard climb but for three glorious weeks, Portland won three straight. This caused McCoy to lead the league in passing yards for a short time, a fact of which he gloated to Buckshank, the Norfolk Seawolves' rookie quarterback. Like was said, Portland's rising would crater. Their win streak crumbled to Bondi Beach in week 10, Portland would only string together one more win to Dallas before the season would end. As far as what can be improved? Well Portland, as most DSFL teams, just need everyone to both earn and not get called up. With the DSFL players having such a short average career in the league, it is really just luck. If Portland keeps a majority of their players for a few seasons then they'll bounce back. With a new GM coming in, this is the perfect time for a down year like they have had. So just keep earning, and keep doing your best.
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So in all honesty, with people's lives going back to "normal", we are going to see a decline in user activity. The last few draft classes have not seemed to have large number of first-gen creates so that leads one to believe that contraction may be necessary. However that is a boring answer to such a fun question. So No they shouldn't but we are going to pretend they should. Now onto expansion teams. We need to consider location. Not just one location but two. If we look at the current teams, we have one team in Europe and one team in Canada. Being the INTERNATION Simulation Football league there are a few options that come to mind. Both Montreal and Toronto are good North American locations for a team. I think Toronto would be better as if one designed a team in Montreal, one would most likely need to do something brand-wise that pays tribute to the francophones while also being digestible to an English audience. Do you have to? No. This is for a fake league with no real bearing, but I think we need to make it make sense. So I vote Toronto out of those two. The brand? Well, part of me would just rip off the Tigercats of hamilton. Probably a steel, black, yellow color combo. Next we can pitch another European team, but we could also pitch a team somewhere else. It doesn't have to be in Europe, and I really can only think of good ideas for like a few countries in Europe anyway. That said, I would vote for Australia or New Zealand. I think New Zealand could evoke some great designs but Australia can also. As for what their branding could be? Thats a harder question. Brand decisions require a lot of work. For New Zealand Id look more into Maori culture and their history. Something similar to HON and how they did their branding. New Zealand Im picturing something akin to Portland's colors but replacing the black with a navy blue. Australia you could do a few things, but part of me wants to get a teal, orange, white team in the league. No kangaroos tho. The Australian Roos does sound good though.
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14. Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
Portland has experienced what many would consider a low point. Its a fresh team with a lot of key positions locked up by rookies. Current management is out the door also. Even their quarterback, star of the future, Boone McCoy is only in his first year. For Portland, the baseline was low. The epic highs of the season were the few wins followed by cratering back to the baseline. On McCoy's part, he started out as most rookies, going along the middle of the pack. He was jokingly deemed a clutch player as he seemed unable to make a play until the third down of any given drive. However, he soon showed intermittent sparkles of brilliance. Soon he was completing a pass on the second down and, hell, even a few first downs too. Soon the seven-week losing streak that started this season would come to an end. It was a long and hard climb but for three glorious weeks, Portland won three straight. This caused McCoy to lead the league in passing yards for a short time, a fact of which he gloated to Buckshank, the Norfolk Seawolves' rookie quarterback. Like was said, Portland's rising would crater. Their win streak crumbled to Bondi Beach in week 10, Portland would only string together one more win to Dallas before the season would end. As far as what can be improved? Well Portland, as most DSFL teams, just need everyone to both earn and not get called up. With the DSFL players having such a short average career in the league, it is really just luck. If Portland keeps a majority of their players for a few seasons then they'll bounce back. With a new GM coming in, this is the perfect time for a down year like they have had. So just keep earning, and keep doing your best.
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