10. Through a random lottery drawing, you have been named the league's new commissioner for a day. Congrats! What improvements would you make to the league if you had the power to do whatever you wanted?
This time around, if I was named the commissioner for a day, I wouldn't be putting in ANY new improvements. No no, instead, see, I'm going to mandate that every current player is eligible to be drafted and ALL TEAMS, both ISFL and DSFL, will redraft their entire teams. Unsure if I'd want it to be for just a season for a permanent change, but just imagine how wild it'd be, right? You've got team lifers who would have to figure it out on a brand new team in a brand new situation, teams suddenly having completely new identities in how they scheme and who their stars are, and a whole lot of other chaos.
Now absolutely worth mentioning first and foremost, 99% of the people in the league would hate this and that's completely cool and understandable, because it sucks having to get used to a new environment out of nowhere or have something you've been working on completely demolished out of nowhere. BUT, I'm commissioner for a day so I'm not worried about that, I WANT BLOOD. Though I think it does add a layer to this, as I can absolutely see people leaving the league for a bit or forever due to something like this happening which means teams would have to plan around stuff like that even more than before. Meanwhile, some teams would now be able to draft all of their friends so you'll get situations that are such a deep echo chamber it'll blow some minds. There's a lot of emotion and personality that needs to be considered, which for an experiment, I think is really interesting.
Overall, I just think the craziness of what comes from it, as well as all the drama and adaptation everyone would have to make, it'd be an actual content farm. Should it actually happen? Absolutely not. But hypothetically? Man would I love to see what comes out of this.
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16. 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?
ONLY ONE PLAYER WE FOCUSING ON FOR THIS ONE, AND THAT'S THE WILLIE SWAGGERT OF THE BERLIN FIRE SALAMANDERS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY LET THIS MAN WIN OROTY??? HE SPENT ALL SEASON SAYING HE WOULD, BRAGGING AT EVERY CORNER, AND ALL THEY DID IS FUEL HIS FIRE!
Seriously though, for a player who hadn't even eclipsed 700 TPE yet, Swaggert went above and beyond all expectations and made himself a key part of the offense right away. It's incredible, and something I can't believe actually happened. First of all on the rushing side of things, Swaggert managed 605 yards on the ground and 4 touchdowns, averaging 3.9 yards per carry. He also managed to go without a SINGLE turnover this season, providing an insane amount of stability and reliability to ensure that the offense was constantly moving and keeping up the momentum.
The real meat of what made him impressive this season though, was his receiving stats, which even I can't believe he pulled off! Catching the ball a total of 112 times in the season, Swaggert managed to gain the Fire Salamanders 1,361 yards, absolutely TORCHING opposing corners and safeties. 18 of his catches went for over 20 yards while 5 of them went for over 40, showing that he was a constant big play machine in the passing game and really found a way to put his speed to good use! In addition, he scored 7 touchdowns, meaning he brought a total of 66 points through the ground and air on his way to being THE best offensive rookie in the league!
Focusing on next season, Swaggert is only improving, including working on his ability to block in the passing game. If people thought this season from him was impressive, THEY BETTER BE WATCHING THIS UPCOMING SEASON, BECAUSE IT WILL LITERALLY ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE. FOR REAL. SWAGGERT FOR MVP, YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT.
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This time around, if I was named the commissioner for a day, I wouldn't be putting in ANY new improvements. No no, instead, see, I'm going to mandate that every current player is eligible to be drafted and ALL TEAMS, both ISFL and DSFL, will redraft their entire teams. Unsure if I'd want it to be for just a season for a permanent change, but just imagine how wild it'd be, right? You've got team lifers who would have to figure it out on a brand new team in a brand new situation, teams suddenly having completely new identities in how they scheme and who their stars are, and a whole lot of other chaos.
Now absolutely worth mentioning first and foremost, 99% of the people in the league would hate this and that's completely cool and understandable, because it sucks having to get used to a new environment out of nowhere or have something you've been working on completely demolished out of nowhere. BUT, I'm commissioner for a day so I'm not worried about that, I WANT BLOOD. Though I think it does add a layer to this, as I can absolutely see people leaving the league for a bit or forever due to something like this happening which means teams would have to plan around stuff like that even more than before. Meanwhile, some teams would now be able to draft all of their friends so you'll get situations that are such a deep echo chamber it'll blow some minds. There's a lot of emotion and personality that needs to be considered, which for an experiment, I think is really interesting.
Overall, I just think the craziness of what comes from it, as well as all the drama and adaptation everyone would have to make, it'd be an actual content farm. Should it actually happen? Absolutely not. But hypothetically? Man would I love to see what comes out of this.
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16. 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?
ONLY ONE PLAYER WE FOCUSING ON FOR THIS ONE, AND THAT'S THE WILLIE SWAGGERT OF THE BERLIN FIRE SALAMANDERS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY LET THIS MAN WIN OROTY??? HE SPENT ALL SEASON SAYING HE WOULD, BRAGGING AT EVERY CORNER, AND ALL THEY DID IS FUEL HIS FIRE!
Seriously though, for a player who hadn't even eclipsed 700 TPE yet, Swaggert went above and beyond all expectations and made himself a key part of the offense right away. It's incredible, and something I can't believe actually happened. First of all on the rushing side of things, Swaggert managed 605 yards on the ground and 4 touchdowns, averaging 3.9 yards per carry. He also managed to go without a SINGLE turnover this season, providing an insane amount of stability and reliability to ensure that the offense was constantly moving and keeping up the momentum.
The real meat of what made him impressive this season though, was his receiving stats, which even I can't believe he pulled off! Catching the ball a total of 112 times in the season, Swaggert managed to gain the Fire Salamanders 1,361 yards, absolutely TORCHING opposing corners and safeties. 18 of his catches went for over 20 yards while 5 of them went for over 40, showing that he was a constant big play machine in the passing game and really found a way to put his speed to good use! In addition, he scored 7 touchdowns, meaning he brought a total of 66 points through the ground and air on his way to being THE best offensive rookie in the league!
Focusing on next season, Swaggert is only improving, including working on his ability to block in the passing game. If people thought this season from him was impressive, THEY BETTER BE WATCHING THIS UPCOMING SEASON, BECAUSE IT WILL LITERALLY ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE. FOR REAL. SWAGGERT FOR MVP, YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT.
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