08-14-2018, 12:50 PM
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Sit-down with a fan: Answer questions for an interview from a player that is not your own. You must answer at least four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. Link to the interviewers PT to receive credit.
1.) Ishigawa, this is the first time your team reached the playoffs, and by far the best you have ever done as a team. What changed this year vs others years?
I think it’s pretty obvious that the biggest difference was our offense. We scored 34 points in our game against the Hawks. I don’t think we scored that many points in any game over the course of two years during our winless streak. We gained experience, and we gained playmakers. You really can’t ask for much more than that.
2.) What was your first play off game experience like? Why do you think you came up short against the hawks?
It was so intense. I wish we had been able to play it in front of the Yeti faithful, but them’s the breaks. The Hawks fans certainly gave us a tough time playing in their stadium, and that was probably the biggest difference between regular season play and the playoffs. As to why we couldn’t win the game, we just didn’t get the breaks. I mean, they’re prolific on every side of the ball, but so are we. We gave them a real test, and in the end it just wasn’t quite enough.
3.) What was it like playing with Dan Miller in his final game of his career? Both of you had pretty monster games in that playoffs. Do you think you will stay in contact after he retires?
Dan has been such a steady player through the years, and it’s sad to see him hang it up. Still, it was truly an honor to line up behind him and watch him do his thing. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him work harder than he did in that game. I wish we could have extended his playing days for another game. And yeah, I think we’ll definitely keep in touch. At the very least, we’ve got a D&D campaign to finish.
4.) How do you think the Yeti will do next year? Is it 2 steps back, 3 steps forward or was the team all in on this year?
This is definitely not the end for us. It’s going to hurt, losing some of the players that we are to retirement and regression. But we’re still a young team at our core, and our best days are ahead of us. We tried hard this year, and we added some key pieces for the short term, but we’re definitely not a team on the way out. This year gave us a taste of winning. Now we’ve got the hunger.
Interview by @7hawk77
Sit-down with a star:Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT.
1. After joining the DSFL about midway through the season, how would you say your experience has been with the Pythons?
The experience has been good. The portland pythons are a good team and they are managed well with good players. Unfortunately I'm not the most active on Discord which is there primary hang out so I'm probably not as relevant to their mentorship and growth.
2. Is this playoff appearance against the Coyotes the biggest moment in your football career? Have you played in a bigger game than this one? What makes this game or made the other one so important?
This is definitely a pretty big moment. I play such a small part in the Portland offense and I believe that D'pez can be the difference maker in our victory so I'm not feeling much pressure. It is definitely a skill to come off the bench to handle a few plays and be completely fired up and ready to go.
3. It's no secret that you hardly got the ball at all this year, accruing just half a carry per game. How did you feel about that? Do you anticipate a heavier workload next season, wherever you wind up playing?
I don't know if I want or care about a bigger work load. I think a much more relevant stat would be offensive performance. If my team's QB rating is the highest and my team has the most rushing yards and yards per carry, then I'll be very happy. I was never going to be a leading rusher, but I'm very interested in winning games.
4. How would you say your development is coming along? What kind of game do you expect to bring to the table by the time you hit the NSFL?
My development is coming along pretty nicely. First off I've put most of my effort on max speed. This was important to me so I could hit the defense before the running back to open up holes and allow my fellow runner easy access to the secondary for big plays.
I've been currently working on strength training. I'd like to be able to shrug people off and knock them over to lead the way for my fellow running back.
I have a feeling that by the time I'll get to the NSFL, I'll need to spend some time working on my technical blocking or catching skills, but I'd rather wait until I know what the team needs from me before I start training those skills. Until then, it will be raw athletics for me.
Interviewed @7hawk77
Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else.
Everyone else is writing about how the Wraiths were robbed of a playoff berth by the Yeti. So instead of writing about that, I’m going to talk about why the Wraiths weren’t robbed.
The Yeti completely deserved their shot in the playoffs this year. We can talk all we want about point differentials and preseason expectations, how successful the Wraiths have been in previous seasons and how pathetic the Yeti have been. But here’s what it really comes down to. The Wraiths had a chance to seal up their playoff position in Week 13 when the Yeti came to town. The stakes were high: the winner of that game would (most likely) get a shot at the playoffs. It was that simple.
No one expected that the Yeti would give the Wraiths a challenge. Even though their records were very similar, the Wraiths had history on their side, being a perennial contender, while the Yeti had two historically bad seasons back-to-back. But the Yeti won that game. They sealed their spot in the playoffs. Yellowknife had every opportunity to secure their spot, and when it came down to it, they couldn’t best the team that supposedly ended up robbing them. Everything was on the line; everything was equal; and the Yeti earned their spot.
Unsung Hero: Who was the unsung hero of the playoffs, convince us.
No one ever talks about the kickers until they’re missing a game-winning field goal or shanking a punt. But it’s not fair. As everyone knows but no one talks about, kickers are the leading scorers for their teams. They put more points on the board than quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, or anyone else. They also have a crucial impact on the defense, determining the opponents’ field position on unsuccessful offensive drives. A punt that pins a team inside the twenty or, better yet, the ten, gives the defense every chance to succeed and can even result in points via a safety.
This is why Iyah Blewitt, kicker and punter for the New Orleans Second Line, is an unsung hero. In the playoffs, he didn’t miss a single field goal (though he did miss an extra point). There weren’t a ton of them to be had as his team was mostly scoring touchdowns, but he was a solid performer. Where he really stood out, however, was the punting game. In two games, he had a combined 13 punts, 4 of which pinned the opponent inside the 20. The Second Line were winning the field position battles all day, and it was largely thanks to Blewitt.
1.) Ishigawa, this is the first time your team reached the playoffs, and by far the best you have ever done as a team. What changed this year vs others years?
I think it’s pretty obvious that the biggest difference was our offense. We scored 34 points in our game against the Hawks. I don’t think we scored that many points in any game over the course of two years during our winless streak. We gained experience, and we gained playmakers. You really can’t ask for much more than that.
2.) What was your first play off game experience like? Why do you think you came up short against the hawks?
It was so intense. I wish we had been able to play it in front of the Yeti faithful, but them’s the breaks. The Hawks fans certainly gave us a tough time playing in their stadium, and that was probably the biggest difference between regular season play and the playoffs. As to why we couldn’t win the game, we just didn’t get the breaks. I mean, they’re prolific on every side of the ball, but so are we. We gave them a real test, and in the end it just wasn’t quite enough.
3.) What was it like playing with Dan Miller in his final game of his career? Both of you had pretty monster games in that playoffs. Do you think you will stay in contact after he retires?
Dan has been such a steady player through the years, and it’s sad to see him hang it up. Still, it was truly an honor to line up behind him and watch him do his thing. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him work harder than he did in that game. I wish we could have extended his playing days for another game. And yeah, I think we’ll definitely keep in touch. At the very least, we’ve got a D&D campaign to finish.
4.) How do you think the Yeti will do next year? Is it 2 steps back, 3 steps forward or was the team all in on this year?
This is definitely not the end for us. It’s going to hurt, losing some of the players that we are to retirement and regression. But we’re still a young team at our core, and our best days are ahead of us. We tried hard this year, and we added some key pieces for the short term, but we’re definitely not a team on the way out. This year gave us a taste of winning. Now we’ve got the hunger.
Interview by @7hawk77
Sit-down with a star:Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT.
1. After joining the DSFL about midway through the season, how would you say your experience has been with the Pythons?
The experience has been good. The portland pythons are a good team and they are managed well with good players. Unfortunately I'm not the most active on Discord which is there primary hang out so I'm probably not as relevant to their mentorship and growth.
2. Is this playoff appearance against the Coyotes the biggest moment in your football career? Have you played in a bigger game than this one? What makes this game or made the other one so important?
This is definitely a pretty big moment. I play such a small part in the Portland offense and I believe that D'pez can be the difference maker in our victory so I'm not feeling much pressure. It is definitely a skill to come off the bench to handle a few plays and be completely fired up and ready to go.
3. It's no secret that you hardly got the ball at all this year, accruing just half a carry per game. How did you feel about that? Do you anticipate a heavier workload next season, wherever you wind up playing?
I don't know if I want or care about a bigger work load. I think a much more relevant stat would be offensive performance. If my team's QB rating is the highest and my team has the most rushing yards and yards per carry, then I'll be very happy. I was never going to be a leading rusher, but I'm very interested in winning games.
4. How would you say your development is coming along? What kind of game do you expect to bring to the table by the time you hit the NSFL?
My development is coming along pretty nicely. First off I've put most of my effort on max speed. This was important to me so I could hit the defense before the running back to open up holes and allow my fellow runner easy access to the secondary for big plays.
I've been currently working on strength training. I'd like to be able to shrug people off and knock them over to lead the way for my fellow running back.
I have a feeling that by the time I'll get to the NSFL, I'll need to spend some time working on my technical blocking or catching skills, but I'd rather wait until I know what the team needs from me before I start training those skills. Until then, it will be raw athletics for me.
Interviewed @7hawk77
Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else.
Everyone else is writing about how the Wraiths were robbed of a playoff berth by the Yeti. So instead of writing about that, I’m going to talk about why the Wraiths weren’t robbed.
The Yeti completely deserved their shot in the playoffs this year. We can talk all we want about point differentials and preseason expectations, how successful the Wraiths have been in previous seasons and how pathetic the Yeti have been. But here’s what it really comes down to. The Wraiths had a chance to seal up their playoff position in Week 13 when the Yeti came to town. The stakes were high: the winner of that game would (most likely) get a shot at the playoffs. It was that simple.
No one expected that the Yeti would give the Wraiths a challenge. Even though their records were very similar, the Wraiths had history on their side, being a perennial contender, while the Yeti had two historically bad seasons back-to-back. But the Yeti won that game. They sealed their spot in the playoffs. Yellowknife had every opportunity to secure their spot, and when it came down to it, they couldn’t best the team that supposedly ended up robbing them. Everything was on the line; everything was equal; and the Yeti earned their spot.
Unsung Hero: Who was the unsung hero of the playoffs, convince us.
No one ever talks about the kickers until they’re missing a game-winning field goal or shanking a punt. But it’s not fair. As everyone knows but no one talks about, kickers are the leading scorers for their teams. They put more points on the board than quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, or anyone else. They also have a crucial impact on the defense, determining the opponents’ field position on unsuccessful offensive drives. A punt that pins a team inside the twenty or, better yet, the ten, gives the defense every chance to succeed and can even result in points via a safety.
This is why Iyah Blewitt, kicker and punter for the New Orleans Second Line, is an unsung hero. In the playoffs, he didn’t miss a single field goal (though he did miss an extra point). There weren’t a ton of them to be had as his team was mostly scoring touchdowns, but he was a solid performer. Where he really stood out, however, was the punting game. In two games, he had a combined 13 punts, 4 of which pinned the opponent inside the 20. The Second Line were winning the field position battles all day, and it was largely thanks to Blewitt.
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