05-04-2024, 10:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-19-2024, 06:36 PM by .Laser. Edited 2 times in total.)
SHL Affiliate 2.5/10
Task 16 - 7.5/10
Last season was an absolute whirlwind for Draven Chanos. Originally declaring for the draft as a running back, he chose to swap his position to linebacker only one week through the season after being drafted very late, in the final round of the Developmental Simulation Football League. With the overflow of players and users at running back, he felt it was the best for his chances at being drafted early if he chose to play linebacker instead. This was a decision made under advisement by his DSFL GMs as well as a look at the overall state of the league and a realization that running back was simply not in enough need, not when there were so many good users at the position as well. Linebacker, however, was a position needed league-wide with several teams in a position to have Draven play an instrumental role nearly immediately. Therefore, after 6 rushes for 29 yards in 3 games, Draven joined the defense, and accumulated 104 tackles with 7 for loss, a forced fumble, 4 sacks, and one pass defense. While certainly not show-stopping statistics, these 104 tackles show that Chanos was a Tackling machine, averaging nearly 10 tackles per game - which in this sim, is bonkers. Following the season, he was scouted by 13 of the 14 ISFL teams, and thought he had a good shot to be drafted by 4 of them. However, once the first pick happened and the first team to possibly take him was on the clock, there was silence. For pick 2, pick 3, pick 4, pick 5, pick 6, pick 7, pick 8, pick 9, pick 10, pick 11, pick 12, pick 13. Silence for the linebacker who had been told by multiple teams he was likely to go top 8. Finally, the Arizona Outlaws were on the clock. Draven had a good conversation here and thought this may be his spot. Instead, a trade. New York was on the clock, and as Draven thought there was no chance he was taken, he busied himself with other things while he waited for a phone call. Then, New York called and selected him at the last pick of the first! Draven was ecstatic to be valued enough to be traded up for, ecstatic to be in a place where his management was all in, and ecstatic to be getting a dotts first rounder card. (398)
Task 33 10/10
First of all I want to say thay this is not an attack on the franchise in the slightest, merely an analysis based in the fact that they are one of the teams who as far as I know has not had a face-lift recently. And for the Task, I'm going to pick the Colorado Yeti. The Yeti are a storied franchise in the ISFL, from bad days to good days and everywhere in between. However, they haven't had a rebrand or face-lift in a very long time. Their main logo is the letter C with yellow in the middle, which is eerily reminiscent of several NHL logos. The ideal face-lift for Colorado would be to redo the logo, potentially to include more mountains on a dark orange, almost red backdrop, with white caps and a mean-looking outline of a Yeti in yellow. I'm all for keeping the current colors, I don't think there's anything wrong with those, but perhaps a more distinctive logo would do the franchise good. (164)
Task 16 - 7.5/10
Last season was an absolute whirlwind for Draven Chanos. Originally declaring for the draft as a running back, he chose to swap his position to linebacker only one week through the season after being drafted very late, in the final round of the Developmental Simulation Football League. With the overflow of players and users at running back, he felt it was the best for his chances at being drafted early if he chose to play linebacker instead. This was a decision made under advisement by his DSFL GMs as well as a look at the overall state of the league and a realization that running back was simply not in enough need, not when there were so many good users at the position as well. Linebacker, however, was a position needed league-wide with several teams in a position to have Draven play an instrumental role nearly immediately. Therefore, after 6 rushes for 29 yards in 3 games, Draven joined the defense, and accumulated 104 tackles with 7 for loss, a forced fumble, 4 sacks, and one pass defense. While certainly not show-stopping statistics, these 104 tackles show that Chanos was a Tackling machine, averaging nearly 10 tackles per game - which in this sim, is bonkers. Following the season, he was scouted by 13 of the 14 ISFL teams, and thought he had a good shot to be drafted by 4 of them. However, once the first pick happened and the first team to possibly take him was on the clock, there was silence. For pick 2, pick 3, pick 4, pick 5, pick 6, pick 7, pick 8, pick 9, pick 10, pick 11, pick 12, pick 13. Silence for the linebacker who had been told by multiple teams he was likely to go top 8. Finally, the Arizona Outlaws were on the clock. Draven had a good conversation here and thought this may be his spot. Instead, a trade. New York was on the clock, and as Draven thought there was no chance he was taken, he busied himself with other things while he waited for a phone call. Then, New York called and selected him at the last pick of the first! Draven was ecstatic to be valued enough to be traded up for, ecstatic to be in a place where his management was all in, and ecstatic to be getting a dotts first rounder card. (398)
Task 33 10/10
First of all I want to say thay this is not an attack on the franchise in the slightest, merely an analysis based in the fact that they are one of the teams who as far as I know has not had a face-lift recently. And for the Task, I'm going to pick the Colorado Yeti. The Yeti are a storied franchise in the ISFL, from bad days to good days and everywhere in between. However, they haven't had a rebrand or face-lift in a very long time. Their main logo is the letter C with yellow in the middle, which is eerily reminiscent of several NHL logos. The ideal face-lift for Colorado would be to redo the logo, potentially to include more mountains on a dark orange, almost red backdrop, with white caps and a mean-looking outline of a Yeti in yellow. I'm all for keeping the current colors, I don't think there's anything wrong with those, but perhaps a more distinctive logo would do the franchise good. (164)