Well folks, it's been real but real life has gotten busier for me over the last couple months and I don't have the time necessary to devote to Liberty. As such, effective immediately, I am resigning as Liberty Co-GM. I will continue to handle GFX weekly submissions for now, and Fox North will continue to catch passes for Liberty as long as they'll have him. I expect I'll be replaced at some point as Liberty's WR1 simply because I can't keep up with the TPE tasks lately, but hopefully I can still contribute for another couple seasons.
I've been in the league since mid-S1 or so; it's been a long haul to the current state of affairs. Overall, I am happy to say I think the head office has us headed in the right direction. Transparency in simming is crucial, and once we're there the only real fault I have with the league is the terrible sim we're running everything on. Now, if we were all putting in Tecmo Bowl players...but I digress. The DSFL, Offensive Line bot changes, making sure everyone in the HO is committed - all wonderful changes. If I were joining the league today, I'd be very happy with how it's running. Keep up the good work HO, I think you're the right people for the job.
As for the Philadelphia Liberty, I had a wonderful time really building the backbone of it in S2 and S3 working as @adam2552's Co-GM. Being a simulation noob at the time, I appreciated him taking a chance on me, and I think our drafting skills were put to good use to take an expansion team and make some wonderful selections to get Liberty to where it is today. It may not seem like much, but look where Legion is now and know the difference was Adam and Fox at the helm. @`To12143` has been an excellent replacement this season to take over, and I feel confident with him at the helm and whoever he selects as my replacement.
With that, I'd be happy to reveal any of our deepest, darkest secrets, or the complete lack thereof. Silver Fox, Former Liberty Co-GM, AMA!
I'd definitely like to see an Ultimus for us before Fox North retires - but hopefully we keep to our roots of treating our players well and maintaining a great discord.
Clifford Rove was promised he'd get to be Special Teams coach when he wins us an Ultimus, and not one second before!
Hahaha, no. I do appreciate the Legion existing though, because it makes Liberty look that much better by comparison.
My biggest impact was definitely drafting - most of the day to day stuff, and pretty much all the trades and FA pickups were Adam. I built us a snazzy google doc for S2 and S3 that we used to generate consensus for our picks, went through every user to identify activity and personality fit, and that definitely gave us a pretty big edge. Breakdowns by position, tiers, everything - fantasy football came in handy. Adam pulled off a couple nice during-draft trades that got us even more of our top tier guys based off those lists as well. I'm not a fan of trading our active players away, but during the Matt James saga I was damned near ecstatic to send his cancerous self over to the Wraiths. Didn't end up benefiting either team in the end, but at the time, satisfaction.
My favorite thing? Personally, it was fun to watch Fox North shove a CB along for way too many yards, though I blame the sim not really giving an accurate portrayal of what was happening at the time. One game, Paul DiMirio ran across the whole field to block a guy who was about to catch me, letting me get another 30 yards or so...that was great. Favorite thing, though, was Sweetwater's podcasts. Really love his outlook and clear enthusiasm for the game - also liked when he and Kevin Cushing announced the games.
It's not looking like it'll be in-house like I would have preferred, as many of our folks are already DSFL GMs and are busy with that. Maybe an FA?
I'd love it if we could attract Sweetwater, but I know his heart is with the kitties. As long as they don't fuck up my beloved Liberty, I guess I don't really care.
GRADED
I've been in the league since mid-S1 or so; it's been a long haul to the current state of affairs. Overall, I am happy to say I think the head office has us headed in the right direction. Transparency in simming is crucial, and once we're there the only real fault I have with the league is the terrible sim we're running everything on. Now, if we were all putting in Tecmo Bowl players...but I digress. The DSFL, Offensive Line bot changes, making sure everyone in the HO is committed - all wonderful changes. If I were joining the league today, I'd be very happy with how it's running. Keep up the good work HO, I think you're the right people for the job.
As for the Philadelphia Liberty, I had a wonderful time really building the backbone of it in S2 and S3 working as @adam2552's Co-GM. Being a simulation noob at the time, I appreciated him taking a chance on me, and I think our drafting skills were put to good use to take an expansion team and make some wonderful selections to get Liberty to where it is today. It may not seem like much, but look where Legion is now and know the difference was Adam and Fox at the helm. @`To12143` has been an excellent replacement this season to take over, and I feel confident with him at the helm and whoever he selects as my replacement.
With that, I'd be happy to reveal any of our deepest, darkest secrets, or the complete lack thereof. Silver Fox, Former Liberty Co-GM, AMA!
(12-11-2017, 02:31 PM)Yurt6 Wrote:What do you see for the future of the franchise?
Are the rumors true, is Clifford Rove demanding a trade unless he is named Special Teams coach?
Have you ever considered being a GM for our sister expansion franchise, the terminally ill Legion?
I'd definitely like to see an Ultimus for us before Fox North retires - but hopefully we keep to our roots of treating our players well and maintaining a great discord.
Clifford Rove was promised he'd get to be Special Teams coach when he wins us an Ultimus, and not one second before!
Hahaha, no. I do appreciate the Legion existing though, because it makes Liberty look that much better by comparison.
(12-11-2017, 02:34 PM)bovovovo Wrote:I am interested in these so-called deep dark Liberty secrets, could you expand?Haha...the only "secret" I can think of is, during the S3 draft, we were down to drafting a WR. Smallwood and Kroetch were both on the table, and I made a convincing case for Smallwood to Adam, who wanted Kroetch. He said to put the pick in, but by that time in the draft I was so tired I got the names confused and ended up drafting Kroetch for us anyway. Worked out ok though.
What do you think was your biggest impact on the Liberty? Are there any particular moves you are particularly proud of?
My biggest impact was definitely drafting - most of the day to day stuff, and pretty much all the trades and FA pickups were Adam. I built us a snazzy google doc for S2 and S3 that we used to generate consensus for our picks, went through every user to identify activity and personality fit, and that definitely gave us a pretty big edge. Breakdowns by position, tiers, everything - fantasy football came in handy. Adam pulled off a couple nice during-draft trades that got us even more of our top tier guys based off those lists as well. I'm not a fan of trading our active players away, but during the Matt James saga I was damned near ecstatic to send his cancerous self over to the Wraiths. Didn't end up benefiting either team in the end, but at the time, satisfaction.
(12-11-2017, 02:36 PM)7hawk77 Wrote:I think you and the liberty have done a great job. The expansion teams started off with a disadvantage out of the gate, and really you've done great so I wanted to commend you for that.Thanks! We put a lot of time in. I'm not quitting the NSFL outright, though I will be minimally active. I plan to keep grading gfx and doing training and activity checks, and with luck maybe some TPE tasks now and again. I doubt I'll create a new guy once retirement age rolls around though, unless the NSFL has switched to a sim worth watching.
I was curious if you we're going to be quitting from the NSFL indefinitely or plan on returning at some point when life gets less busy.
Also I was also curious of what was your favorite thing that happened while you've been in the league. (Can be something as simple as a game winning TD or something longer like making playoffs).
My favorite thing? Personally, it was fun to watch Fox North shove a CB along for way too many yards, though I blame the sim not really giving an accurate portrayal of what was happening at the time. One game, Paul DiMirio ran across the whole field to block a guy who was about to catch me, letting me get another 30 yards or so...that was great. Favorite thing, though, was Sweetwater's podcasts. Really love his outlook and clear enthusiasm for the game - also liked when he and Kevin Cushing announced the games.
(12-11-2017, 02:38 PM)DeathOnReddit Wrote:What do you think of the great Arbin Asipi?No real comment, but if you've ever sacked our QB before he could make a long pass to Fox North I'm not happy about it.
Do you know who will take over as co-gm?
Do you have any recommendations for co gm?
It's not looking like it'll be in-house like I would have preferred, as many of our folks are already DSFL GMs and are busy with that. Maybe an FA?
I'd love it if we could attract Sweetwater, but I know his heart is with the kitties. As long as they don't fuck up my beloved Liberty, I guess I don't really care.
GRADED
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