The Butchers were probably the most sought after stock going into the season, considering I saw many pegged them to make or at least challenge for the playoffs in the season prediction thread, and they had the lowest stock price after years of futility. However, they are one of two teams that I'm singling out for the "why bother investing" award at this quarter mark of the season. Somehow their stock has risen only 16k, less than 2.5%, from its low low price to begin the season. As you might have expected, this has been because the entire team has somehow managed to stink up the entire stock market and the league, much less compete for the playoffs. A couple other teams have been surprise stinkers this year, although it appears the Otters are more unlucky than bad, and the Outlaws are bad, but not enough bad to disguise just how AWFUL the Butchers have been to begin the season. The only reason the Butchers have had a win so far at all is because they got lucky enough to play the team in the league that appears to have forgotten how to tie their shoelaces, much less play football, in the Liberty.
However, it is possible that the Butchers are on a bit of an upswing right now. Their first two games were massive blowout losses against the mighty Yeti and the Hawks, but then they almost beat last years champions in the Yellowknife Wraiths (albeit a very gutted championship squad) and their win against the Liberty was comfortable, although again, it was the Liberty. Their next quarter needs to be better, and yet they could still go 0-4 considering they're facing the surprise success story of the Sailfish, a resurgent Second Line, and the decent Sabercats before rounding off with the Otters who could also be in the midst of a turnaround at that point. However, the Butchers if they are to make the playoffs almost certainly need to go at least 2-2 over that next 4, if not better.
Also, just as a side note, I noticed one other team barely moved in the stock market and I thought it was really funny. If you bought one stock in the Hawks, it would have increased in value by a total of...1802. Which to give an idea, is less than 1/5th of 1% of the total stock price.
However, it is possible that the Butchers are on a bit of an upswing right now. Their first two games were massive blowout losses against the mighty Yeti and the Hawks, but then they almost beat last years champions in the Yellowknife Wraiths (albeit a very gutted championship squad) and their win against the Liberty was comfortable, although again, it was the Liberty. Their next quarter needs to be better, and yet they could still go 0-4 considering they're facing the surprise success story of the Sailfish, a resurgent Second Line, and the decent Sabercats before rounding off with the Otters who could also be in the midst of a turnaround at that point. However, the Butchers if they are to make the playoffs almost certainly need to go at least 2-2 over that next 4, if not better.
Also, just as a side note, I noticed one other team barely moved in the stock market and I thought it was really funny. If you bought one stock in the Hawks, it would have increased in value by a total of...1802. Which to give an idea, is less than 1/5th of 1% of the total stock price.