(S37) Offseason Task

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12. Choose a team or player to write about that isn’t your own. What did they do well in the last season? Have they shown any drastic improvements from previous years? What could they do better?

Let's look at uhhhh I guess let's look at the Orange County Otters for this task since I'm a fan of otters of course. It looks like they had a pretty middle of the road season, landing at 4th place in their conference with a record of 7 and 9. They got off to a rough start, losing 4 of their first 5 games (interestingly their lone win in that stretch came against the Hahalua, the team that would go on to top the conference and win the Ultimus). After losses to SJS, Austin, Arizona and Yellowknife, the Otters hit their stride, winning three in a row and 5 out of 6. That luck took a turn from weeks 12-15 as they went on a 4 game losing streak (including a revenge pounding from Honolulu) and found themselves out of the playoffs. They had solid play from their QB Carter, posting an impressive 30 TD to 12 INT ratio. Their rush game saw a split between Cold and Tank Jr, with Cold ending up with more yards and TDs but Tank Jr providing more efficiency. Tank Jr was their main focus in the passing game, however, as he led the team in yards and touchdowns while finishing third in receptions. Raskolnikov and Camacho put up decent numbers as a WR1 WR2 duo, though they don't appear to have had much depth there. Their secondary seemed to be a weakness on the defensive side of the ball, finishing near the bottom in INTs and at the bottom in pass deflections. As the otters move into next season, it's tough to find a specific area they need to improve drastically - their middle of the road record reflects accurately their middle of the road performance across the board. No one stood out negatively, but no one put up insane numbers. I wonder if they should lean into their passing game even more, increasing volume there. Carter showed precision, so if he can keep those metrics steady while increasing volume the Otters may find themselves in the playoffs instead of on the outside looking in.

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17. Your team has announced that they will be laying ground on a new stadium next season. What additions would you like to see included in it.

The London Royals are building a new stadium and they're actually making it retroactive to two seasons ago so the new stadium will have been there two seasons ago. They are building the stadium in the London neighborhood of Fulham so that I can retroactively have gone to visit the stadium when I stayed in London for a conference a couple of months ago and stayed at an Airbnb in that neighborhood. Local food vendors have set up outposts in the new stadium, including a really good Nigerian restaurant that I went to. Now I can get yummy Nigerian food when I go to the stadium to watch the game - oh wait shouldn't I be playing in the game? oops nevertheless. They also installed a slip n slide instead of the typical tunnel so instead of running out together as a team we can slip n slide out and by the time the game starts we're all really slippery from the foam and soap and then the other team cannot tackle us.