1) Playoff Predictions, Reviews:
The playoffs are over. Time to review some of the more interesting match ups. First of all, the Wraiths. Could the Wraiths make it to the Ultimus again and keep their run of the bridesmaid and never the bride going? Well let us see. First they disposed of the Yeti in convincing fashion. Even though the score was only 26-13, the Yeti didn't score a single point in the second half. That is just embarrassing. Cooter Bigsby had his way with the Yeti as they provided no resistance. A similar story happened in the second round, this time the running game taking over the game. Hanyadi had over 110 yards and averaged over 4 yards a carry. That's a pretty savage stat line in a playoff game. And that brings us to the big one. The big game that everyone knew would happen, and everyone already knew the outcome before the game even started. Why should I even write about it. Everyone knows the Wraiths are losing this game. Ultimus and Wraiths are like oil and water. Wratihs and being finalists are compatible, but winning it all? No way. And the results came in, and wow. The Wraiths lose. Life continues. 201
2) Playoffs MVP
This wasn't reall much of a debate. I was thinking between Toriki and Gump pretty much the entire playoff run. I also had a pretty good feeling that NOLA was going to make the final anyways because of the incredible amount of influence NOLA has over the league. But who knows. It was a pretty close race for MVP until the final game of the year. Both Toriki and Gump had over 100 yards rushing in the finals. The difference was Gump's receiving game. Gump had over 100 yards and for that reason, I think Gump deserves the Playoff MVP award. It would be great to see if NOLA can bring in another minimum contract max earner into their backfield so they can continue to manipulate the cap and perhaps next Ultimus they can have 3 100 yard rushers and continue to dominate the league. The weird part was that Gump had over 220 all purpose yards but only had one touchdown. But I guess you don't need to score much when your RB partner had another 150 yards and a touchdown. It's weird that NOLA has one of the best QBs in the league but he didn't even need to do anything. 203
3) X-Factor
I'd say the X Factor in the league and in the playoffs was NOLA management team. They've created a great LR that everyone wants to be part of as long as they are willing to take minimum and keep the dynasty intact. They also have the commissioner of the league on their squad who just happens to put up pretty huge number, especially in the regular season. You would think that a star running back and someone who put up 220 all purpose yards in the Ultimus would command a pretty big pay check, but no. Management has managed to grab Toriki on a minimum contract which is really good for them. They've managed to get everyone pretty cheap, so good for them. We will see what happens in S22 when a couple of these contracts come up for contract extension. But I don't expect Toriki or any of the rest of the stars on this team to command much more money than minimum. They also have a good stockpile of draft picks too so management can have their way in the draft as well. Re filling all their cupboard for fresh meat that their system will churn out. 200
10) Armchair GM
I would say it is pretty easy to help fix the Chicago Butchers. Having Mu ad Bay at the helm provide great name recognition for the site so that may attract some free agents. Plus, those of us remaining in the LR have it going pretty good. Everyone in the last month has shredded the Butchers for a various reasons, giving their own two cents about how to fix the team. All of them have pretty much said that they need to tear it down and get draft picks. But you know what, draft picks aren't that great. Why would you trade away a active almost max earner to recoup draft picks that only have a chance of becoming a max earner? Trading away the active members to make the LR a desolate wasteland just for a chance to get some members from the largest draft class is the opposite of smart management. So thank you to those that wrote in, we know exactly what not to do. I think the only thing I would have done differently is to trade away Leaf as soon as he stepped down from the GM spot. It was clear he was done with the team at that point and since then he's only tanked he own value in order to keep his narrative going. So it's okay, but we could have maybe stolen a high S23 draft pick for him. 320
The playoffs are over. Time to review some of the more interesting match ups. First of all, the Wraiths. Could the Wraiths make it to the Ultimus again and keep their run of the bridesmaid and never the bride going? Well let us see. First they disposed of the Yeti in convincing fashion. Even though the score was only 26-13, the Yeti didn't score a single point in the second half. That is just embarrassing. Cooter Bigsby had his way with the Yeti as they provided no resistance. A similar story happened in the second round, this time the running game taking over the game. Hanyadi had over 110 yards and averaged over 4 yards a carry. That's a pretty savage stat line in a playoff game. And that brings us to the big one. The big game that everyone knew would happen, and everyone already knew the outcome before the game even started. Why should I even write about it. Everyone knows the Wraiths are losing this game. Ultimus and Wraiths are like oil and water. Wratihs and being finalists are compatible, but winning it all? No way. And the results came in, and wow. The Wraiths lose. Life continues. 201
2) Playoffs MVP
This wasn't reall much of a debate. I was thinking between Toriki and Gump pretty much the entire playoff run. I also had a pretty good feeling that NOLA was going to make the final anyways because of the incredible amount of influence NOLA has over the league. But who knows. It was a pretty close race for MVP until the final game of the year. Both Toriki and Gump had over 100 yards rushing in the finals. The difference was Gump's receiving game. Gump had over 100 yards and for that reason, I think Gump deserves the Playoff MVP award. It would be great to see if NOLA can bring in another minimum contract max earner into their backfield so they can continue to manipulate the cap and perhaps next Ultimus they can have 3 100 yard rushers and continue to dominate the league. The weird part was that Gump had over 220 all purpose yards but only had one touchdown. But I guess you don't need to score much when your RB partner had another 150 yards and a touchdown. It's weird that NOLA has one of the best QBs in the league but he didn't even need to do anything. 203
3) X-Factor
I'd say the X Factor in the league and in the playoffs was NOLA management team. They've created a great LR that everyone wants to be part of as long as they are willing to take minimum and keep the dynasty intact. They also have the commissioner of the league on their squad who just happens to put up pretty huge number, especially in the regular season. You would think that a star running back and someone who put up 220 all purpose yards in the Ultimus would command a pretty big pay check, but no. Management has managed to grab Toriki on a minimum contract which is really good for them. They've managed to get everyone pretty cheap, so good for them. We will see what happens in S22 when a couple of these contracts come up for contract extension. But I don't expect Toriki or any of the rest of the stars on this team to command much more money than minimum. They also have a good stockpile of draft picks too so management can have their way in the draft as well. Re filling all their cupboard for fresh meat that their system will churn out. 200
10) Armchair GM
I would say it is pretty easy to help fix the Chicago Butchers. Having Mu ad Bay at the helm provide great name recognition for the site so that may attract some free agents. Plus, those of us remaining in the LR have it going pretty good. Everyone in the last month has shredded the Butchers for a various reasons, giving their own two cents about how to fix the team. All of them have pretty much said that they need to tear it down and get draft picks. But you know what, draft picks aren't that great. Why would you trade away a active almost max earner to recoup draft picks that only have a chance of becoming a max earner? Trading away the active members to make the LR a desolate wasteland just for a chance to get some members from the largest draft class is the opposite of smart management. So thank you to those that wrote in, we know exactly what not to do. I think the only thing I would have done differently is to trade away Leaf as soon as he stepped down from the GM spot. It was clear he was done with the team at that point and since then he's only tanked he own value in order to keep his narrative going. So it's okay, but we could have maybe stolen a high S23 draft pick for him. 320
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