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*Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - The_Kidd - 09-06-2020

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S25 Expansion Mock Draft: Sabotage Edition

Whew! Man, I have to say it is not fun having torn tendons in your hand, especially when every moment playing Krunker prolongs the recovery. But I’m back on the mend, it’s been almost a month and I needed something good to jump back with and what more dramatic and exciting than expansion? First off, congratulations to the brats and hoagies for their respective successful bids --- many wish they could run a team, a select group earn the opportunity, but only a few manage to do it properly.

Now the main subtext of every expansion is synonymous on a universal level: depth dilution and talent dispersion. You know, every time there’s an explosion in the player pool, adding more teams, at least in the ISFL, isn’t necessary. Perhaps if we created more incentive to be linemen, fullbacks, or corners ---- I should stop, I really don’t want more competition at my position right now. Or you know, add some extra DSFL teams and higher TPE cap so every team isn’t running Power/Balanced 30 and trying to juggle 2-3 QB’s every season --- okay, let’s get back on track.

Most mock drafts are following the traditional route: siphon away the best players to build a winner as fast as possible which is the feasible and often logical approach, but what if I told you there’s an alternate path? A path less traveled that looks like a brand new interstate ripping through a far west ghost town. Here, the object remains to hoard as much talent as possible, but we’re collecting players that will cause the most damage to their soon-to-be former teams. What’s the best way for a new team to make the playoffs --- well if you’re Vegas, you just target teams with inept executives and scouting departments and have former execs come over and hand you a list of sleepers rotting on their current teams. But otherwise, that option isn’t likely, so the next best option to wreck team’s roster balance and structure enough to where their ceiling is dropped low enough to where the playoff race looks like the NSFC. The second part to this plan involves actually hitting the marks in the regular draft and free agency where the gap can be shrunken the best, but for now we’re just throwing wrenches at every other team’s engine.

So, as we progress through this list, there are three rules we will follow:

1. Inflict as much damage as possible to the roster
2. Avoid players on expiring deals, we want to hurt them, not us. If we draft them and they leave, we wasted a pick. If we take a different player and the other player STILL leaves, we just inflicted double damage. If the player says one thing and does another, make sure we have it on record so we can hit them with those collusion charges.
3. Be wary of S18 players and older, they are all hitting regression (or again) this offseason and we might be doing teams a favor by taking a rotting corpse off their depth chart

With everyone settled in, let’s start scorching the Earth and leaving chunks of salt deposits behind.

ARIZONA OUTLAWS ARI

First player taken: Joe Petrongolo, RB, S23, 544 TPE, 2 yrs/2 mil

I already know what you’re asking, let’s get right to it. Saba is regressing and causes a logjam with the younger receivers such as Veqauin, who is a free agent himself and might not want to wait around any longer. Arizona had the best point differential, then lost Baby Yoda to Chicago. This season they have the 11th best rushing attack and despite the aerial arsenal, are still struggling to take advantage of a peak TPE QB as they are tied with 2 other teams for third place in the ASFC, one starting a rookie QB, the other a sophomore.

So we’re going to sweep that leg, if Arizona can’t punish teams with Petrongolo, imagine how bad they’ll be without him? Petronoglo himself is a highly active, high earning RB that should become a breakout player in the near future and having a quality RB tandem is essential to consistency. Looking at the rest of Arizona’s roster, I can assume they’ll protect Keppler after this but we cant predict that as fact, so let’s rank the top three players that would cause the most damage if taken afterwards.

1. Zed Keppler, RB, S22, 416 TPE, 4 yrs/8 mil (MO in S26/S27)
2. Thomas Passman, WR, S22, 678 TPE, 4 yrs/ 14.5 mil
3. Calvin Golladay, OL, S22, 531 TPE, 4 yrs/ 8 mil

The plan is simple, what better way to set Arizona back then by taking both of their RB’s and forcing them to start a S25 rookie, find a free agent, or position switch someone? Keppler may be semi-active but the blow of entering the draft with zero RB’s on the team payroll would be Hiroshima levels. Passman not only forces Arizona to call up their younger WR’s, but his lengthy contract is more valuable to take away than having Donut for two regressed seasons. I went back and forth with Galloday and Blanco because taking Blanco would leave Arizona with no choice but to find a DB in free agency, position switch someone, or start a S25 rookie. Ultimately, Galloday is a solid earning OL and has the longest contract, not only do you take away a valuable human o-line, but there is no risk of losing him early like the other two linemen under contract. Our mission was to hurt Arizona as much as possible and taking away weapons from Cue is the best way to jail the Outlaws.

Austin Copperheads AUS

Alright, according to anonymous sources within the organization (the bellhop with food outside the conference room), there are big changes for the snakes in the future. You should be able to connect dots after seeing who is protected and who isn’t. Austin has a TON of old guys and expansion may help them more than most teams. Their protection list was pretty easy to make: save guys who aren’t deep in regression. Let’s get to who should be wrangled away to leave the snakes rattled the most.

First Player Taken: Easton Cole, QB, S16, 1059 TPE, 2 yrs/9 mil

Yeah, we’re breaking a rule already, but this is a case where the damage of losing said player is too great not to pass over. Now, Austin has a solid braintrust and I think their unprotected list is a lot of smoke and mirrors. For one, they don’t have a natural successor for Cole yet and there aren’t any available DSFL QB’s. I know they have a plan, but let’s accelerate that timetable and see who they plan of pulling a Daxter Banks II with or what ghost QB is out there that they’re dropping in as a temporary placeholder?
On the flipside, having a QB, even if old, over 800 TPE for two seasons buys enough time to develop your own QB and still manage to be competitive with the right pieces around him. Cole isn’t the only attractive old player on this team, but he stands levels above the others for varying reasons.

1. Net Gaines, WR, S18, 919 TPE, 3 yrs/12 mil
2. Dermot Lavelle Jr., CB, S16, 1079 TPE, 3 yrs/15 mil (S25, S26 MO)
3. Kichwa Jones, RB, S22, 545 TPE, 4 yrs/11 mil (S27 MO)

Alright, there really isn’t much to choose from, a bunch of old players, slow earners, inactives, or a combo of all three create slim pickings. Net is the safest choice, as his departure is expected, but losing him a season early will still sting. The only reason I put him over Dermot is because Dermot has options in his contract, meaning he can be gone after one season, whereas Net can at least bide time until younger receivers are ready to go. If Dermot stays, or wipes his options, then his departure will definitely be a big blow, but he’ll probably be the next protected after Cole is taken. Jones has been IA for a month and has two S24 prospects ready to take his spot, so Austin really won’t lament his loss either. Jones is more of depth insurance as a 2nd/3rd rb on a lengthy contract that can be easily replaced by the time his deal expires, but wont be a complete burden while on the new team.

Baltimore Hawks BAL

The Hawks have so many expiring deals, you almost think they saw in the future for expansion and also knew they would lose guys to the new GM roles. Sure, having free agents makes it a gamble for the expansion team, but the home team also has to go to bidding wars with the other 9 teams not in the expansion. So, as an expansion team, we don’t want to draft players that might not even play one snap for the team, but Baltimore might not leave us any other choice.

First Player Taken: Byron Dolls, OL, S22, 525 TPE, 4 yr/ 15.5 mil

Of the four players unprotected and under contract past this season, Dolls is the easiest choice. Not very active, but has enough TPE to make an impact around other human OL. Also Baltimore’s only offensive lineman which means Chika will be in trouble next season as Baltimore waits at least one season for one of the S25 offensive linemen to collect enough TPE to be called up unless they can snag someone in free agency. Coming off a disappointing season may scare veteran players away after appearing to shake the losing last season. Aside from Dolls, there’s no other true gems to steal without risking getting burned immediately. Guess it’s fitting that Baltimore can only lose one extra player, but in the event, ruining their o-line isn’t your cup of tea, there are other options.

1. Datsum Phastbawls, K/P, S23, 421 TPE, 2 yr /4 mil
2. Gregor McGregor, S, S21, 570 TPE, 1 yr/4 mil
3. Nunniq Annastesia, DT, S22, 390 TPE, 4 yr/ 9 mil

Best thing about kickers is that they don’t need to be active or full of TPE to be effective, which is why taking away Phastbawl forces Baltimore to fill another hole in addition to the mountain of players they need to negotiate with. McGregor is a gamble but if he is convinced to leave, that leaves Baltimore with nothing in their depleted safety core. I put Nunniq 3rd simply because he’s semi-active, but he’s the only dependable DL on Baltimore’s defense heading into next season at the moment. Taking him away leaves Baltimore with no substance on their front four, and the 11th worst rush defense will sink even further into the harbor. All the other players are either battling spells of inactivity or likely to jump ship to a different team if drafted right before free agency.

Chicago Butchers CHI

The Butchers have stockpiled a ton of talent, therefore, even delivering major blows to their roster won’t be felt as hard as other teams. They have loads of young players everywhere, and the inactive players have already been replaced, more or less. That doesn’t mean they will escape unscathed without licking their wounds.

First Player Taken: Sean O’Leary, WR, S19, 1136 TPE, 2 yrs/8 mil

Taking any player with this much TPE is a big blow, regardless the squad. O’Leary has been the face of the Butchers the past few seasons and has hard-carried them through some rough seasons. He’s also still highly active unlike Bender. Bender is also a year older, thus a year closer to regression. O’Leary is Chicago’s best player and Chicago will need big numbers from their young stable of WR’s to replace his production. Otherwise, Chicago’s offense has enough depth withstand the blow(for now), which is why we’re attacking the defense after O’Leary goes.

1. Hingle McCringleberry, LB, S23, 459 TPE, 2 yr/4 mil
2. Mario Van Peebles, DE, S22, 646 TPE, 3 yr/6 mil (S26 MO)
3. Griff Oberwald, WR, S23, 427 TPE, 2 yr/5 mil

McCringleberry has been a stud since arriving in the Windy City and has a very bright future. Losing him would ruin the dream of pairing him with future teammates Juan Domine and force Chicago to find another stud and replace the grizzly Hockhertz. Van Peebles has been a rock on the DL and again, losing him would be a setback in its own right, leaving Tripod and Brooks by themselves. Speaking of Brooks, if Chicago were to lose both O’Leary and Oberwald, his position switch might have Captain Hindsight rearing its head. Stripping the Butchers receiver core to a regressing robot and one active receiver younger than S22 would put a huge dent in their offense.

Some might argue that taking a tight end would hurt too, which would ring true if the tight ends had as much of an impact in their natural positions as the wide receivers did. If choosing between equally standing receivers and tight ends, receivers are the optimal choice every time.

Colorado Yeti COL

Logistically speaking, shouldn’t these guys have moved to the ASFC with the other teams west of the Mississippi River? That’s an argument for another day. Colorado is looking to repeat before they enter a brief transitional period. Fortunately for them, they are loaded to the teeth on defense, even with the departure of Bubba Thumper. Since Colorado is only losing one extra player, there is only one player that they can lose that will wreck their season:

First Player Taken: Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff McDummy, QB, S16, 1062 TPE, retiring after S25

Like Easton Cole, having a veteran QB, for the first season or two gives a window to get the QB situation under control, versus making a rash decision or having an inexperienced or underdeveloped QB baptized by eternal flames. As for Colorado, that defense better be legendary next season to keep them in the upper echelon on contenders. Caliban --- you’re up. On an aside, what are the odds McDummy does Woelkers a solid and finishes out in New York with his long time teammate?

If borrowing McDummy for one season, incites flashbacks of McNabb in D.C. and not Warner in AZ, then there are some other options to consider.

1. Earl Sauce, TE, S18, 1035 TPE, 2 yr/ 9.5 mil
2. Leeroy Jenkins, WR, S22, 600 TPE, 4 yr/8.5 mil (S27 MO)
3. Jackson Kingston, WR, S23, 552 TPE, 2 yr/2 mil

Currently, all of Colorado’s send down depth is on defense, ergo losing Warren Stephens or Thor Kirby will not hurt them as much as losing offensive players. Ashley Owens is well into regression, so leaving his decomposing build is a must. Likewise, his backfield mate, Bumper, would seem like a logical pick to hurt the RB depth but running backs are easier to transition than wide receivers, which is why we go after all the unprotected receiving threats. Whether it’s McDummy or Caliban, if they lose weapons, they’ll feel it on gameday. But Colorado can only lose one person which is why McDummy is the only guy that directly hurts them in the short term. If the Yeti lose sauce, they just won’t have a quality tight end for a couple of seasons. But the Yeti have so many skill position players, losing a tight end headed for regression wouldn’t hurt as much as having to start a QB that needs an extra year in the DSFL.

Honolulu Hahalua HON

Up to this point, no team has worse to offer than Honolulu. Granted they themselves were an expansion team just a couple of seasons ago, but their counterpart, Chicago, had much more to bring to the table than the Hahalua. Honolulu reminds me of old NCAA football games when some teams were so devoid of talent, their impact player was the kicker or punter. I had to verify that Honolulu lacked this much talent despite their record, but the always trusty CRUNC rating system corroborates that Honolulu brings great value chips (no dip either) to the expansion barbecue. Let’s eat what we can before we starve.

First Player Taken: Jack Banks, LB, S22, 560 TPE, 4 yrs/14 mil (S27 MO)

Banks has the best combination of youth, TPE, and activity. Plus his contract is long enough to be safe with the player. Losing Banks ruins the vision of him and Kackpoo commanding the middle of the Honolulu defense and takes away a vital active player from a lacking roster. There are other players that can hurt their depth more, but they have murky contract situations and suspicious activity trends that would hurt the new team more than Honolulu. There aren’t many other options to choose from aside from Banks:

1. Venus Powers, K/P, S20, 1021 TPE, 9 yr/36 mil
2. Will Alexander, WR, S22, 594 TPE, 4 yr/12 mil
3. Mark Arianlacher, LB, S19, 720 TPE, 1 yr/3 mil

Powers is a dedicated high-earning kicker with a low likelihood of position switching, thus why not the automatic first pick. Leaving Powers available for the second protection provides opportunity to strip the already hollow WR core by selecting Alexander, or leaving Kackpoo by himself by taking Arianlacher. Arianlacher is older and expiring, but seeing Honolulu enter the offseason with one LB on the roster would definitely be an immediate need they would have to address.

New Orleans Second Line NOLA

New Orleans has a well-balanced roster to pillage. If Honolulu brought the stale chips, New Orleans brought the buns, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, jalapenos, and condiments galore to complete that barbecue. Now there’s two routes to go, but I felt one was more crushing than the other. New Orleans left all of their wide receivers unprotected, meaning that you could snag two, but they use their skill players all over so will it really matter? Otherwise, there’s a more direct approach to deal a death blow.

First Player Taken: Giveussafare Rubbe, OL, S18, TPE 1264, 2 yr/8 mil

Active, high earner, position of need, still will get one year out of the player and will still be quality well past regression sets in. However, stripping Rubbe from New Orleans puts a huge dent in their offensive line. A team predicated on power runs and conservative playcalling needs all the blocking it can get. Currently second in the league in total pancakes, losing Rubbe will cause a sharp decrescendo to the loud cajun brass. Taking a receiver would be expected, but we’re going for the 10 count, not the 8 count which explains the list:

1. Hank Steel, DT, S22, 535 TPE, 4 yr/12 mil
2. Ed Barker, WR, S21, 767 TPE, 3 yr/9 mil
3. Sean Snyder, WR, S22, 520 TPE, 4 yr/12 mil

There’s rumblings that Rubbe might not stay past next season anyway, and Jimbo has a contract filled with options which ruins the plan of stealing both of NOLA’s o-linemen. Plan B would be to scoop their receivers, and if they somehow lose Barker and Snyder, McCormick is going to have to do some heavy lifting. Otherwise, the other direct blow they can feel immediately is Hank Steel, a well-earning DT that would leave New Orleans with only Rikiya as the solo active player on the d-line.

Orange County Otters OCO

Well, well, well, the almighty Lutrinae of Los Angeles. Many an opponent, whether directly or subliminally, have wished for the downfall of the Orange Oligarch and their strangle on the rest of the league. If they aren’t winning titles, they are losing them in historic fashion. Expansion might be the extra push other teams need to level the playing field with these titans. Orange County hit a rough spot with drafting between S20 and S22 which kills their overall depth. As a result, I expect them to be big players in free agency to replenish their roster after the mass exodus of retirees they will have over the course the upcoming seasons.

First Player Taken: Lord Beerus, CB, S19 1011 TPE, 4 yr/18 mil (S27 MO)

The second most obvious choice behind Sean O’Leary, Beerus has been a stable in OCO for seemingly an eternity. The fame duo of him and Abernathy will be cut short after expansion. There’s not much else to add because this is such a surefire selection and 11 other teams cant wait for the breakup. Otherwise, Orange County should pray that the inactivity of their other role players keeps them safe from expansion.

1. A. Jeffrey Phillips, TE, S22, 700 TPE, 2 yr/6 mil
1. B. Garfield Despacito Jr., WR, S22, 575 TPE, 4 yr/10.5
3. Rapid Eagle/Carl Wheezer*

Both Phillips and Despacito have become vital to the Otters success as the secondary options to Future Trunks. Angler is the only TE that can claim to having a clearly better season than Phillips and Despacito is second to Sakura in rookie WR production. Losing either of these guys will be a big blow to the Otters offense. Despacito might be the more crushing loss as OCO does have Ne Mo in the lower levels waiting to come up, but not any receivers. Then again, there’s not a guarantee Mo can replicate the damage Phillips has inflicted.

*If either of these two updated in the last month, they would be worth selecting, but taking away active players will always hurt more than inactives, unless they are solidly built with years to spare before regression at a low demand position.

Philadelphia Liberty PHI

I’m not going to spend much time on the Liberty because there isn’t much to talk about. They have a roster that needs to be freed of their contracts and start anew. Trying to find young, active, decent earning players that were unprotected presented a challenge itself. There are several inactive players that probably hurt Philly’s win rate more than help. They have a running back stable equivalent to current day Marshawn Lynch and Jay Ajayi --- yeah, they still have juice, but both are on their last legs as feature backs. And somehow, these guys still have an outside shot at the playoffs.

1. Spike Suzuki, LB, S22, 429 TPE, 4 yr/10 mil
2. Kamichael Hunt, K/P, S23, 415 TPE, 2 yr/ 2mil (PO both seasons)

Let me preface by asking the Liberty to please clean up the budget sheet, that page is almost as wrecked as your roster. You know a team is in a bad spot when only two players are worth stealing to build a new team, one is a kicker, and that kicker has opt-outs every year. Blocksdale and Dotson could hurt Philadelphia more but having an inactive S19 TE or a S18 RB under 900 TPE already hurts your team more than the Liberty.

San Jose Sabercats SJS

Another team already reeling from expansion before the draft even started. Like Arizona, San Jose had to see one of their GM’s step down for the better of the team. That helps us focus on what to go after. San Jose protected pretty much all of their wide receivers and their top young defensive prospects. Now when I see San Jose’s roster, they have a few inactive CB’s, but with send downs waiting to come up in the near future. We’re not going to help them with that problem, we’re going to attack a different positional group.

First Player Taken: Yuuto Kira Cloudera, DT, S23, 395 TPE, 2yr/2 mil

With the sudden retirement of Walter Chestnut III, taking Cloudera becomes the obvious choice. Otis Allen will be on an island for at least two seasons until they find proper defensive line replacements. Cloudera is a great earner for a d-line player, so the Cats awesome defense will take a huge dent with this pick. San Jose has replacements ready for Brackenridge and their inactive corners, which is why we avoid them, we want to hit them where they aren’t prepared to lose players.

1. Rando Cardissian, RB, S21, 694 TPE, 3yr/9 mil
2. Leon McDavid, TE, S21, 884 TPE, 3yr/9 mil
3. Brendan Lanier, S, S22, 450 TPE, 1 yr/ 2 mil

The strategy for damaging San Jose is simple since they have so many expiring players. Keep PickSix on the team to create a logjam at corner. Taking Cardissian kills the RBBC approach and forces them to hit free agency for a running back. McDavid is solid-earning, active veteran. Lanier might be entering free agency, but stealing him could leave San Jose playing their inactive secondary guys more, and playing them out of position.

Sarasota Sailfish SAR

I had to think about this one, this is a real chicken or egg situation. Does the defense look good solely because of how explosive the offense is? If Rayne Gordon were to be taken away, will it matter much if Angler moves out wide and Boyd takes Angler’s spot? If you leave Sarasota’s defense intact, they should have enough to hold on to compensate for the offense not being as explosive without Gordon. However, Sarasota’s offense has a huge turnover problem, which could be exacerbated by casting a weak defensive unit.

First Player Taken: Big Edd, DT, S22, 482 TPE, 4 yr/18 mil

Imagine losing a guy you just traded for less than a season ago? If Edd helps open up holes for Panda to win LBoTY and get the Marlins to a title game, losing him won’t hurt as bad. But he’s a key cog on that d-line with good activity and a great contract. If Son Goku didn’t have a PO next season, that would have been the obvious choice.

1. Mike Karpaasi, DE, S23, 433 TPE, 2 yr/2 mil
2. Son Goku, DE, S23, 570 TPE, 2 yr/8 mil (PO S25)
3. Eric Richards, S, S23, 489 TPE, 2 yr/4 mil

Regardless, which two go, taking away two of Sarasota’s defensive linemen will lessen their already weak run defense. If teams can run at will against the Marlins, then that means less time for their offense to be on the field, granted the offense doesn’t need much time to score. But they left Gordon unprotected as bait, and we’re going to have them prove they can be dominant without a complete front four. Disclaimer, they still have Clemente protected and Heights in Myrtle Beach, but the alternate strategy would be selecting Gordon and Running Back which I feel they wouldn’t necessarily hurt that much from.

Yellowknife Wraiths YKW

At the time of the expansion announcement, Haynandi was the easiest choice to make for the entire draft, a clear top 2 choice. However, due to recent events and everything surrounding the fallout, Haynandi is a high risk gamble that only serves to hurt and expansion team using a pick on him and not targeting a better option. Virtananen is in the same position as Brackenridge, great player entering the regression. Virtanen could end up being a great win now mercenary for a season or two, but grooming a young group of promising linebackers might be more beneficial to your team than having them wait two seasons to finally shine. Besides, Yellowknife has no send down depth at the moment, taking any of their positive assets is going to hurt them.

First Player Taken: Magnus Valdyr, S, S22, 538 TPE, 4yr/12 mil

In a secondary that seems to be taking the ghost nickname a bit too close to heart, Valdyr has been a bright spot for the Wraiths and the only trustworthy DB aside from Hellzapoppin and Leonard. Losing him forcing Yellowknife to put some ghastly inefficient players in his place.

1. L’Carpetron Dookmarriot, S, S23, 395 TPE, 2 yr/4 mil
2. Susan Cash Jr, WR, S22, 578 TPE, 4 yr/12 mil
3. Mathias Haynandi, RB, S18, 1192 TPE, 4 yr/19 mil**

If Yellowknife somehow loses Dookmarriot and Valdyr, their secondary will be reeling next season with Snuggles setting sail and Leonard in regression year two. With Jackson and Lee pretty much bench players next season, losing Cash Jr. would put a big burden on Sakura.

**Despite what I said earlier, thrusting Skyline into a feature role with no backfield mate would force some major reconstruction of the Wraiths offense.

After completing this, I would have to briefly summarize that Sarasota is the one team built to withstand any losses. Arizona and Chicago will lose the most talent by virtue of having the most talent to choose from, but Arizona could end up losing a crucial running back on a team that’s not good at running the ball.

Orange County and Chicago for sure will lose the two highest TPE players. Honolulu, Baltimore, and Philly will lose the least amount of talent due to not having much to offer. There’s ton of linebackers, receivers, and defensive linemen to pluck. Safety, Cornerback, and running back is very hollow.

S25 currently has: 2 QB, 8 RB, 11 WR, 5 TE, 10 OL, 8 DE, 7 DT, 13 LB, 13 CB, 12 S, 2 K/P
Unless people start running the real strats(Vert, 34, Dime), might need two more teams before the start of S25 anyway to pre-empt this boon of players.

WC: 4855

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - Baron1898 - 09-06-2020

“low likelihood of position switching”
0% is indeed low

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - Memento Mori - 09-06-2020

This is a fun concept, I like it. I think that a legitimate win-now team could be built in the expansion draft by taking Cole/McDummy, Rubbe, O'Leary, Beerus (and probably other 1000+ TPE guys I'm forgetting) but the chaos caused by Cole and McDummy both being taken would be very fun for everyone not on Austin/Colorado.

(09-06-2020, 06:36 PM)The_Kidd Wrote: Let me preface by asking the Liberty to please clean up the budget sheet, that page is almost as wrecked as your roster.

If I could clean up the budget sheet I absolutely would, that thing is a complete eyesore and very out-of-date. Sadly only HO/budget team has the perms to edit it so we're stuck with it until we move over to the new budget sheet they've been working on.

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - Matty7478 - 09-06-2020

Quote:Like Arizona, San Jose had to see one of their GM’s step down for the better of the team

CK? Stepping down? We must be talking about a different person, cause I don't think CK is allowed to step down from being SJS GM at this point.

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - bex - 09-06-2020

New budget sheet is much prettier Wink

peep it

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - siddhus - 09-06-2020

(09-06-2020, 06:36 PM)The_Kidd Wrote:
Honolulu Hahalua
Up to this point, no team has worse to offer than Honolulu. Granted they themselves were an expansion team just a couple of seasons ago, but their counterpart, Chicago, had much more to bring to the table than the Hahalua.

Chicago wasn't our counterpart. They were established S15. We were established S22, alongside Sarasota

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - infinitempg - 09-06-2020

props for using the full name

Wolfie is retiring after S25, so outside of sticking it to the Yeti it wouldn't make much sense. with the team stacked the way it is, i think caliban could actually do half decent starting a year earlier than expected.

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - GlimsTC - 09-07-2020

If I see anyone stealing an OL from the Hawks I will freak the heck out, man. Chika already getting half murdered on the field, we don't need to witness an actual murder next season.

That being said, love the write-up! Team chaos media is always the bomb

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - The_Kidd - 09-07-2020

(09-06-2020, 08:08 PM)Matty7478 Wrote:
Quote:Like Arizona, San Jose had to see one of their GM’s step down for the better of the team

CK? Stepping down? We must be talking about a different person, cause I don't think CK is allowed to step down from being SJS GM at this point.

I misread the first time, ck's player is retiring early to avoid expansion and I assume to keep GM eligibility

(09-06-2020, 11:23 PM)infinitempg Wrote: props for using the full name

Wolfie is retiring after S25, so outside of sticking it to the Yeti it wouldn't make much sense. with the team stacked the way it is, i think caliban could actually do half decent starting a year earlier than expected.

That's the entire point - how bad do you want to stick it to the Yeti, haha

And everything you said, I mentioned as to why taking Wolfie is the only player that will cause the most chaos in Colorado. Of course, if Wolfie did the Brett Farve route and ended up in N-- Y---, wouldn't that be a headline story?

RE: Expansion Mock: Sabotage Edition - infinitempg - 09-07-2020

(09-07-2020, 12:08 PM)The_Kidd Wrote: Of course, if Wolfie did the Brett Farve route and ended up in N-- Y---, wouldn't that be a headline story?

brb getting the self-tamper gloves out