(S28) PT1 - Draft Day

[bluesfan55]

shl pt: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3006750

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I love draft PTs, and the draft in general! The most recent draft I've been involved in was actually just last offseason where my player was drafted first overall to the Honolulu Hahalua. This draft process was probably my most favorite ever. It was a small draft class, so I was able to have the undivided attention of almost everyone who scouted me. It seemed like everyone knew I was going to be the first overall draft pick except for me, so I had thought a lot about potential destinations. I viewed Honolulu as somewhat unlikely given their defense had let up over 31 points per game in the prior season, so I began to look elsewhere in the first round. I expected Philadelphia to show interest in me since my previous player was on the Liberty, and through draft conversations I learned that they did intend to draft me with their first pick. Conversations with Baltimore revealed the same. But before these two, I was very interested in the rest of the draft. I had very extensive conversations with Berlin, who talked about me fitting into the team's future, and I believe that I would have been the pick at 4 OA. I had a nice conversation with Colorado, though I don't believe it was special enough for the Yeti to have selected me as the "best available user" prospect. I have very little recollection of scouting conversations with SJS or OCO, but my talks with the Wraiths were fun and I did get the impression, similar to Berlin, that they intended to draft me. A subsequent conversation with a GM revealed I was their top overall prospect.

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[bowl0]

Rean Schwarzer was selected in the fourth round of the DSFL draft for season 28. As this is my first experience in any sort of simulation league I had a fun time interacting with all of the different scouts that had contacted me throughout the process of the draft. 

Considering this was my first experience in any simulation league and I had joined in the offseason, I hadn't been around long enough to really even have a preference on where I wanted to go until I had gotten pretty close to the draft where I ended up hoping I was going to Tijuana due to the great conversations I had with a few of their members (Kotasa and CalvinGolladay) who were extremely helpful as well as getting myself much more comfortable being around in the league. While I have switched positions since I got drafted due to being drafted as more of a user and not specifically a RB, considering I had mentioned I would be willing to swap if needed due to not having really gotten my feet under me yet in the league. 

I'm looking to continue the Tijuana legacy of making elite CB's and I'm definitely looking forward to experiencing the ISFL draft when it comes around to me.

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[.simo]

PBE PT

[Amulos]

The offseason is over and players are getting geared up and ready to make the team that drafted them proud. Write about your player's last draft experience - when did you get picked? Did you go to a team you were hoping for or expected to go to? If you don't remember your last draft because your player is older than Moses, pick a draft to write about and explain why it stands out to you - what impact did the draft have on you or your team?

I got picked 15th overall to the Philadelphia Liberty and I couldn't be happier about it, other than my boy Titansfan getting picked to the same team before me. Real bust if you ask me to waste a pick on him that early, late round flyer at best in my opinion. I had a few ideas of where I might land (Baltimore and New Orleans were to other places I thought might take me), but the Philadelphia Liberty were my number one location. I had a lot of good talks with the GMs and players there and had already developed some relationships, it felt like a great fit. I definitely would have loved to play for any team in the league, really I think the biggest thing I enjoyed about the draft specifically is that they showed that they really wanted me there, and that is the best part of the drafts in my opinion. Meeting new teams and getting to know new players, competing on the biggest stage while also making new friends makes the draft process really fun. Now all the Liberty need to do is steal my brother from New Orleans and you've got yourself a perennial championship team year in and year out!

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[AJay887]

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[Attopax]

My last draft was the Season 24 ISFL Draft where i was picked second overall to the Honolulu Hahalua. Honestly, I had no idea where I was going in the draft. Mock Drafts had me going to several teams including Austin, San Jose, and Sarasota if memory serves me correctly. I didn't have many strong feelings on where I "wanted" to go because I knew I planned to stay wherever I landed because free agency did not really interest me. I had thought that Yellowknife was a cool team with cool branding, and the scouting interview made me interested in them. Colorado's interview did the same for me; their interview and how it made me feel is something I still think about. Philadelphia was a team I was lowkey pining for just because it is my hometown team. However, league veterans told me that I should not plan to fall too far and that I was expected to go in the Top 5, therefore I kept my thoughts realistic. When the draft came and I was drafted, I was excited because Honolulu was just a really cool market and I was excited to try to help make a young team competitive -- not that I wouldn't have loved to win an Ultimini out of the gate, just that being a foundational part of something bigger was a neat prospect to me. Definitely a cool experience!

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[Sylphreni]

The draft is always an exciting time for the league and there is perhaps no more an exciting draft then the S23 DSFL draft for the London Royals, a team I GM’ed at the time. I would argue that this was by far the strongest draft in DSFL history, and resulted in some fantastic prospects.

With our Round one pick (seventh overall) we selected the future first overall pick in the ISFL Maglubiyet. Mag was one of my absolute favorite prospects on the board, and has certainly proven his value as a top level user in this league since joining. We were thrilled to pick him here, and he would eventually become a GM for the Royals.

Round two we selected Garnuk, and then traded him to move back to select Busch Light. Light was a key piece of our defense for several seasons and served as a HO intern for a period of time.

Grabbing Abh in Round three was an absolute masterclass in drafting. He’s easily one of my favorite people in the league, and helped form and shape London into the team it is today as a GM, absolutely love this guy and he was an absolute steal in the third.

Round five saw us adding Tre’Darius J,Vathon, the best Third Wide Receiver the DSFL has ever seen.

Round 6 is really when the magic happened for us though. Frank Michell, Charlamagne Cortez, and Gunner Thorbjornnson. Frank and Charlamagne both played for the maximum number of seasons for the team, and are absolute London legends. Gunner, while slightly shorter lived for London has gone on to GM at the ISFL level and been very successful in his own right with the Arizona Outlaws.

[Swanty]

Ah the S25 ISFL draft. My only experience of a draft before that was the S24 DSFL draft where I had gone 21st overall to the London Royals. I'd had the best year ever playing for the Royals and part of me didn't want to move on. But I turned my attention to the big leagues in attempt to find a new home. It just so happened that it was an expansion year, with Berlin and New York holding the 1 and 2 spots. I absolutely loved the idea of helping shape a brand new team, so these two quickly moved to the top of my wishlist.

I had great scouting conversations with both Woelkers and High/Dewalt, but Berlin edged it for me with that London connection, with High having been one of the GMs who drafted me to the DSFL. So I made an impassioned pitch to the Berlin GMs, outlining every single way I could help the team in an attempt to convince them to pick me. I was less bothered about the fact it was 1OA and more concerned with ending up at my preferred destination, but ended up with both anyway, when Berlin took Swantavius Jones with the first overall pick.

[fever95]

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