(S46) PT #2 - The Butterfly Effect

[JBLAZE_THE_BOSS]

All it takes is one moment, one interaction, one decision, to change everything. My career is no different. There was a point when I was younger, right before I finalized my decision to go to Holy Cross, where I figured my best chance at being successful was at wide receiver. Up until that point, I was a pretty solid quarterback. Pop Warner, I was bigger than a lot of the other kids, so naturally they put me at QB. I pretty much stayed there all through high school. I set plenty of records at my school during my career, but I had to take the time to discuss with my parents and figure out what would be best. While I had the height, my weight just couldn't get there. I was too thin to be a quarterback at a high level. They would've broken me in half. So, instead, I made it my mission to be the best WR I could. My knowledge as a QB was invaluable when I made the switch, and the results speak for themselves.

[thewhovian]

Doctor Who initially struggled with the decision to play as a defensive end. Having always been just as invested in their track and field career, it felt natural to use their speed on the football field as well. Who thought they would originally play cornerback or safety, but when Who looked around at tryouts they saw that there was a need at defensive end. Putting the team first, he tried out for the less flashy defensive position, and the rest as they say, was history. But what if Who had put their talents, and interests first? Been more self-serving? I think you would have seen a fierce, top Corner on the field. But would the decision to be more selfish from the beginning lead to a more player-first, less team-first player? A Doctor Who doing anything to get ahead? A villain story in the making?

Who knows (ha!)?  Luckily we don't have to live in a world with a selfish Doctor Who.

[sburbine]

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[Dindog]

You know when I really think about it, I think the turning point moment in my football career and life would definitely probably have to be when I chose to play wide receiver. I almost dedicate all my time and energy to be a defensive back but everything changed when I changed my mind. I’ve never had great hands being a pizza and all. A fast food pizza at that. Which means I’m greasier than normal pizza which also means I have slipper hands than most other pizzas which means I can’t catch the ball very well. So I dedicated all my time on getting better at catching and using my sticky gooey cheese to really trap the ball when it comes my way. That’s the biggest turning point for me. If I didn’t choose to play wide receiver who knows where I would have ended up playing or not playing football. Maybe I would’ve just been a boring old plain pizza

[DigDoug11]

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[homercrates]

Dangerson missed the deadline to sign up to be eligible for the season 43 DSFL draft.  He was close in reality and made it, however in this alternate world he merely forgot.  Instead of getting drafted by Portland Pythons in the 6th round, Dangerson finds his path to the professionals closed.  Dangerson has to find a job to make ends meet and becomes a car salesman.  Not very much a people person,  large and intimidating Dangerson isn’t the best at this job.  Dangerson can sell a few cars, enough to keep his job but certainly not excel as he does when chasing down a quarterback.  Dangerson's biggest car salesman highlight is when a DSFL and ISFL star Thor Braslggfvvia comes in to buy a new car for his Swedish Home.  Thor bee lined for Dangerson because it is not often you see a car salesman with the same build and physique as an ISFL player.  Dangerson was thrilled to talk to the quarterback Thor, they talked a little bit about football and how Dangerson had missed the deadline to sign up for the prospect bowls. Thor the legendary quarterback walks off the lot with three new purchases and Dangerson had a story he would tell for the next decade.  A story of how he was able to wrestle Thor down and sell him a couple cars.  No sacks, no picks, the only pic Dangerson got was one of him and Thor posing in front of the new car purchases. This would go on and be the highlight of Dangerson's career.  Never would he realize how close he had come to actually sacking that Thor multiple times as well as other ISFL legends.

[mer]

Toller Retriever was bred to be a guide dog, but failed the tests horribly. He transitioned into training as a service animal, but couldn't handle the job requirements there either. His siblings all enjoyed their jobs in the service industry, and he really wanted to be like them - had he not found football that one day in the high school fields, he may have tried harder to tamp down his excitement and energy and gotten lazy and sleepy instead. It's also likely that he could have seen another sport - frisbee or basketball or baseball, and fallen in love with that sport instead and trained as an athlete in that field. But, it remains that he saw those kids playing football that day when he was failing as a service animal, and he loved sprinting across the field. A baseball or a frisbee might have been easier to catch, but Toller likes a challenge.

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[shadyshoelace]

Lenard McRobinson has had a great DSFL career that is blossoming into an ISFL career after a midseason call-up, but things could have been so slightly different had the S44 draft gone differently. While the Honolulu Hahalua had previously planned to make a final championship push with quarterback Nova Montagne, and only after an uncharacteristically tough start decided to trade Nova and move into a rebuild, they've now decided to begin the McRobinson era in Hawaii. However, had the draft fallen differently and Thor Borjgkdleldkskr had been drafted by Honolulu while Lenard had fallen to the Cape Town Crash, he would have about eight games under his pro belt right now. As one of the first dedicated running QBs in league history, he'd have started to accumulate stats at a faster pace. However, the Honolulu Hahalua sum to be an optimal place for a young QB to grow and develop without a ton of pressure, so Lenard has no complaints about the situation he ended up in.

[abh89]

Every player makes decisions for themselves and every team makes decisions that impact their players on a regular basis. These decisions happen so frequently and sometimes we don’t even realize the long term implications of some of those decisions. Sometimes it works out for the best, sometimes it doesn’t. For Harley Andrews, one decision that really shaped the trajectory of his career was the decision to switch from defensive end over to the cornerback position. Prior to the switch, you could argue that Andrews was on pace for a Hall of Fame career as a defensive end. The level of success he enjoyed on the D-line didn’t quite transfer to cornerback though. Andrews struggled to make a real impact on the stat sheets and was never really viewed as a top tier cornerback even in his prime. I can’t say I would change anything though as the move allowed the Sailfish to showcase their two young defensive ends earlier than they would have if Andrews occupied a spot on the D-line.

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[Gordon Bombay]

FROM FRENCH

Le moment qui aurait pu causer un fractionnement de la ligne du temps de la destiné de Léopold Roy est lorsqu’il a décidé de remplacer OJ au poste de directeur générale pour les Royals de Londres. Ce fut suite à la suspension de OJ. Cela s’est produit avant le repêchage ce qui a fait en sorte que Léo a automatiquement repêché par Londres. N’avoir pas décidé d’occuper le poste, Léo aurait probablement été repêché plus tot et par une autre équipe que Londres. Ce lui aurait fait de la peine et c’est une ligne du temps maudite. Léo croit qu’il ne serait plus actif dans le monde du football pro s’il n’avait pas été choisis par Londres. Il serait surement un scientifique de donnés sportives qui aiderait les directeurs généraux dans leur tâches quotidiennes. C’est son deuxième choix de carrière et c’est le domaine dans lequel il a fait ses études. Il aime la ligne du temps présente plus que tout.