08-13-2022, 05:12 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2022, 05:28 AM by yonggarius. Edited 2 times in total.)
10. ISFL is in no shortage of unique players. There are numerous players with creative names and backgrounds. Simon the Frog is another one of those players. As his name indicates, he is a frog. Well, a human-frog hybrid to be exact. His skin is green, he is more flexible than others and he soemtimes has a craving for insects. Simon came to be in this unique shape owing to a freak accident in his youth involving a mad scientist in Korea. After that he was sent to the states for high school -and more- education, and was enrolled into the football program. Because of his froggy conditions, Simon was a natural cornerback. As a player with small but flexible build, he became known as a "sticky" player through high school at Highland Park, Dallas and his college career with the Oregon Ducks. That reputation and his good performance in college resulted in Simon being drafted to the Bondi Beach Buccaneers with the 9th pick in the DSFL draft. Simon managed to grab the first cornerbacks spot on the Buccaneers' depth chart the first practice he had with the team. This was through both merit and luck. Regsrdless of how he got it, Simon held on to his spot for the whole time he was with the DSFL team, and he did well in his job. As a DSFL cornerback Simon was never a flashy player who contended for CBOTY awards or records, but was a team player who made essential plays for the squad when needed. The Yellowknife Wraiths rated Simon -especually his value as a team player- highly, and as a result drafted him with the second overall pick of the S34 ISFL draft. After joining his big league squad after an additional season with the Buccaneers, Simon is currently still trying to be a good asset to the team as the second cornerback in the roster. (318)
13. When you say "expansion", I say "no". Yes, the situation is that clear-cut. First off, DSFL expansion is completely out of picture. That league is far more closer to contraction than it is closer to expansion. To be entirely honest, if larger classes -classes with more than 100 members- regularly came in after S25, we might've be seeing a 10 team DSFL at current day. But alas things didn't work that way. The abolition of social distancing had people leave internet spaces for real life experiences, and thus our league suffered. Multiple classes of less than 50 prospects came by, and the DSFL was dangerously close to contraction in multiple occasions. Fortunatley large classes which came in when we were most needy -especially the last r/nfl class- alleviated that concern for the time being, the DSFL is always likely to delve into a similar situation after a couple weak draft classes.
Things are not that different in the ISFL. Under status quo, many rookies find it easy to find an open starting spot as long as they're not in crowded position groups such as WR or RB. And even in thise cases there's room for first year rookies if a team plans their move carefully. This means that the player depth of ISFL is not that deep. ISFL also suffered from the weak draft classes in the past. And while it seems like they were less affected than DSFL, their wounds last longer. I feel like a lot of ISFL teams barely manage to feel their needs in any given draft. Expansion should only be considered when teams are drafting for depth, and rookies are basically unable to get a starting spot in the ISFL. The situation of the league now doesn't match that description, and it's closer to the polar opposite in some cases. So we should refrain from expanding for the time being, and conserve the overall strength and player depth of the league. That way we can expand in a healthy way when the time comes. (340)
13. When you say "expansion", I say "no". Yes, the situation is that clear-cut. First off, DSFL expansion is completely out of picture. That league is far more closer to contraction than it is closer to expansion. To be entirely honest, if larger classes -classes with more than 100 members- regularly came in after S25, we might've be seeing a 10 team DSFL at current day. But alas things didn't work that way. The abolition of social distancing had people leave internet spaces for real life experiences, and thus our league suffered. Multiple classes of less than 50 prospects came by, and the DSFL was dangerously close to contraction in multiple occasions. Fortunatley large classes which came in when we were most needy -especially the last r/nfl class- alleviated that concern for the time being, the DSFL is always likely to delve into a similar situation after a couple weak draft classes.
Things are not that different in the ISFL. Under status quo, many rookies find it easy to find an open starting spot as long as they're not in crowded position groups such as WR or RB. And even in thise cases there's room for first year rookies if a team plans their move carefully. This means that the player depth of ISFL is not that deep. ISFL also suffered from the weak draft classes in the past. And while it seems like they were less affected than DSFL, their wounds last longer. I feel like a lot of ISFL teams barely manage to feel their needs in any given draft. Expansion should only be considered when teams are drafting for depth, and rookies are basically unable to get a starting spot in the ISFL. The situation of the league now doesn't match that description, and it's closer to the polar opposite in some cases. So we should refrain from expanding for the time being, and conserve the overall strength and player depth of the league. That way we can expand in a healthy way when the time comes. (340)