(S8) - PT 3 - What if

[daBenchwarmer]

I haven't really been with Andreas Metaxas for a while, so I decided to revisit my previous player Ethan Hunt/Gosh Jarden, and do a "what if" on whether if he had been better (hopefully this is allowed since I have next to zero material on Metaxas right now).

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What if Ethan Hunt had been better?

Both in terms of TPE, performance and activity. I'm not going to pull any punches here and say that I have no one to blame but myself for Hunt's sharp decline and change from the QB position to the WR position. But even as a QB, Hunt, despite his low ass TPE, was still a pretty serviceable QB (don't be open about this, it completely goes against what everyone thought about him) and could still get the job done, albeit at a higher risk of interceptions and failed passes. However, the fact Hunt was able to keep up with the rest of the league's top quarterbacks while being a solid 100-150+ TPE behind was a huge indicator that he could be one of, if not the, best quarterback in the league if he more TPE invested in his development. Was he a bust? I personally don't think so, but he definitely undershot what he could have become in the NSFL.

I think a huge reason on why Hunt never became that bonafide stud that I had hyped him up to be was due to a couple of (mainly personal) reasons (and please note, these aren't me trying to make up excuses for this, but simply explaining my position at the time):

• My activity got murked by multiple sim leagues (SHL, GOMHL, PBE and the NSFL), plus I had the onset of university coming in and multiple social demands. I decided that my activity could take a hit since my academic grades are worth way more to me than the opinion of a couple of guys on a football sim league.

• I got burnt pretty quickly thanks to the whole situation with Orange County, and a fairly unwelcoming locker room in San Jose. I don't mean to insult anyone, but I didn't enjoy being sat, played, sat, and then played in Orange County (*EDIT: I just remembered wasn't even in rotation, making it even worse) and felt like I was being the scapegoat for everyone in San Jose despite me trying to invest what I could into the team (not only that but the fact that San Jose straight up told me I wasn't supposed to be in their future plans and then RFA tagged me anyways to prevent me from finding another spot in the league; that was super shady yo).

• I honestly just lost the "drive" and fun I had in the league, and as you can see, it took me a while to get it back. Additionally, I had some pretty bad mental health moments both during my time in the league and after, and felt that it didn't make sense for me to stress out over a sim league (which since I'm typing this out, sounds pretty dumb).

• Fell behind the TPE drive way too quickly and never really had a solid chance to recover. Just looking at some of the current and former top quarterbacks right now, Boss, Akelsen, and Orosz to name a few, they're all fairly high in terms of TPE. This sorta ties into my activity problems, but these guys were consistently gaining TPE at a steady pace that I had no chance in catching up with.

Anyways, this is just something I wanted to get off my chest. This PT just gave me the chance to talk about what I think went wrong.

556 Words - fuck me

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