(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

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[JuOSu]

Well my current player Medicinal Toblerone was drafted in the first round to the New Orleans Second Line. It was really cool to get drafted to my favorite team again and that they were able to get me towards the end of the first round. In fact it was my third player (out of three) who was picked in the first round of the draft again. I wonder how many players or people can say that about themselves. It is actually kind of a cool accomplishment. Before this, my first player Julian O'Sullivan was drafted maybe like 6th overall or something and then my second player Stan Francisco I think was drafted like 4th overall. This player therefore was last among the people I had, but I think other teams didn't really want to pick me because they knew my connection with the New Orleans Second Line is so tight and close knitted that maybe it was a risk to them that I would leave or not be happy, which is probably accurate if I am honest. I am really happy that I got to come back here even though I was quite nervous until I knew for sure that I was going to come back. I am very happy about my draft experience!

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[jackkmart]

As Kacper is my first player in the ISFL and the first of my two general simulation league players to get drafted, this ISFL draft this past week was my first draft experience(as I joined Minnesota as an undrafted free agent later in the season). I really was clueless as to which team might pick me and was fairly certain I'd be going pretty late in the draft. However, I am currently living in Europe so the draft took place at about 2 am in the morning meaning I was falling asleep while Kacper was falling further and further down the draft. Regardless, I was selected in the 4th round as the 52nd overall pick to the Baltimore Hawks. They had some kind words to say during the draft which motivated me to make some graphics and work to get ahead on TPE for the next couple of days. I then joined the Baltimore locker room sometime in the middle of the night in America and began talking to the few who were still online (mostly other EU players). I was welcomed with open arms and the Baltimore players were super kind and helped me to improve some graphics and are very helpful in staying motivated to keep playing and getting better. One day I hope I can run a pick-six for the Hawks, who knows when that will be, but it will happen!

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[overdoo]

Miller is only just starting to play in his 3rd season and 1st season with the Hawks. Memories of the draft night are still fresh in his mind, and if they weren't, he would still sure as hell remember. Going into the S27 ISFL Draft, there was a ton of speculation that Miller was going 8th overall to the Yellowknife Wraiths. There were some who went as far as to say 5th overall, but Miller didn't see either of those happening.

Actually, he thought he would fall past there. There is worry about his development at this level, and he was never the most talented in the class. Although a good pick for the Pythons at 4th overall, Miller was no longer the best of his class after the first season in the DSFL. So when he went 2nd overall to the Hawks, it was surprising. Anticlimactic, actually, in a weird way. 

There were two teams that did not scout Miller. One was the San Jose Sabercats. The other? The Baltimore Hawks. No contact at all. For a while, it seemed off, and some of the motivation was lost.

Now, it is a brand new team. Brand new management group, and one that has done well for other teams of the league. The rookies of the past couple of drafts are playing their rookie seasons, and look to be a threat in the future.

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[treant]

James Wilkinson joined the ISFL during the S27 Draft and because he is the only player that I have had so far in the league this is the only draft experience that I have had! 

I had worked hard before the draft so I was very excited to see which team it would be that would pick me! The team that I had talked to the most before the day was the New York Silverbacks who were a young team but had a great season and also had a position available for me to play as a Tight End on their roster. 

This meant that they were the team that I was hoping was going to pick me in the draft the most and after I had waited for a little while to hear my name get called the Silverbacks selected me with the 12th overall pick. 

I was so excited that I was going to be playing for the team that I was the most interested in joining and I was very excited to begin my first season with the team. The only draft experience that I’ve had in the league so far was very fun and I can’t wait for the next one!

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"Draft day was strange," Raphael Delacour reflects. "I'd had contact from a few teams, but I never got the feeling I was a priority for anyone, so I sort of resigned myself to going fairly late in the draft. Which was kind of cool because I could talk to Pops about that."

Delacour's father was drafted in the eleventh round of the inaugural ISFL draft, long before fans really recognised the name.

"Playing for Harvard at college level probably didn't help me out on this one, because we never played in the postseason, which is where most of the attention comes in for most guys, so I think a lot of teams just weren't really aware of what I could offer. Couple that with a pretty average, well bad, season for the Seawolves, and it wasn't at all surprising that I didn't hear from many teams in the build up to the draft."

Not even a relatively impressive showing at the combine could change that.

"I think the combine... it's cool. But by the time it comes around, most teams have already decided their first few picks, and the combine only really serves the guys who would maybe have slipped under the radar entirely, and gets them into conversations for mid-round picks. I don't think my situation was that dire, so I didn't really expect much to change after the combine."

When the day came, and his name was called, Raphael was stunned.

"I hadn't had any contact with Chicago before the draft so it was a big shock for them to take me at the top of the second round. Especially with their depth at receiver, but I trusted it. I had to, right? Pops was sat at my table and he knew a few of the guys on the coaching staff. He reassured me they were good guys, and any nervousness I had just... disappeared. But for a few seconds, there was a really overwhelming feeling of 'this is it, its happening' and I really didn't know what was coming next, so it was a bit of a stressful moment because I hadn't expected to be selected yet. Nobody tells you about how nervewracking draft day can be."

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