(S22) - PT3 - Boom or Bust

[CLG Rampage]

There are a lot of things I can say in regards to this question. As much as I want to dogpile Sweet with the rest of this thread, and believe me, I have some very choice words to say about him, I'll instead go for someone whose already been mentioned several times: Marcella Toriki at 5th Overall for the San Jose Sabercats in Season 18.

They only had her for a single season, then she straight up walked out on the team and ran over to NOLA. Disregarding that, even if she had stayed with the Sabercats for 3 or 4 seasons, what would it have gotten them? She had 900 rushing yards with 4 TDs her first season as the leading rusher, 1100 yards and 7 TDs in her second season and then 900 yards with 3 TDs her third season. Granted, she's stuck behind Gump in New Orleans, but still. In her own class, there are two running backs that have both been better stat wise and have stuck with their original team: Hanyadi and Ruff. Ruff was lost in the Expansion shuffle, though he's still a great player, and Hanyadi has been one of the most prolific offensive players in the league for three seasons running with Yellowknife. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but San Jose not getting a solid running back with 5OA certainly hurt them for several seasons.

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