05-29-2020, 07:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2020, 11:28 PM by CLG Rampage.)
3) Tier 1 Task (800 Words)
Well, there's been something that I've been meaning to write about for a long time now. It's something I actually had a podcast episode dedicated to, where I brought on Bex and Laser for a sort of history of how we got to where we are now. Because we're all prominent figures, with Bex being the current commissioner and Laser and I being GMs. I didn't talk about the topic I had in mind necessarily, but I just wanted to build up a framework around how wild the disparity is within the draft class of S18. It's unlike any other class I've seen in my near IRL year with the league, so I'm just going to dive right into it.
Now, I will be using the TPE Tracker for a lot of this analysis, and it's certainly an imperfect medium. But I'll try to correct things where it is necessary. I'm going to break down Season 18 into a couple of tiers. These are completely arbitrary and aren't indicative of performance, just activity. With 108 players to sort through, let's start first with a category that's actually rather large: the retirees.
THE RETIREES: Bjorn Ironside, Fabricio Baldari, Juan Marston, Stuart Little IV, Mike Franchet, Footballer Blockerman
These guys are the ones that retired sometime during the S22 season. The most surprising names in this category to me are Ironside and either Baldari or Franchet. I know why Baldari retired, his player fell off a cliff after his extension and he just wasn't having that much fun anymore, which to be is an ok reason to retire. Ironside is a really strange one. He wasn't super elite or anything, but he was a solid player for NOLA and he retired to recreate as a safety. NOLA did need secondary help, but surely they could have built through the draft and picked up someone from S23? I dunno, seems really strange looking at it from the outside. Also, yes there are other retirees from this class, but they left before S22 so I'm not gonna mention them.
THE SOLID IAs: Ruff Ruff, Wayne Howyanow, ILove Gimmy, Joseph Wozniak, Jake Dropson, Johnson Harding, Orien Drake
Another large group of players here, with the most interesting being Gimmy and Ruff. Gimmy, with him being the GM of Philadelphia, is technically not IA, but his earnings have been a bit suspect compared to his peers. By no means is he bad, but he hasn't posted since the 25th of January, so I don't know what's happening with him. Ruff is another oddball, as he was carving out a strong career for himself in Arizona before going IA on February 1st. He's since been drafted to Honolulu and has been having a pretty solid career there, but he's very much a 'what could have been' case in my opinion.
THE SOLID EARNERS: Asher Quinn, Michael Vincent, Fuzzy Dotson, Steco Ocewilder, Xavien Adams
This sort of middle tier was actually a lot bigger than I was expecting. These are the guys that haven't been the best earners in the world, but they've still been able to carve out a role for themselves in the NSFL. The most notable player from this group is probably Quinn, as he is currently one of the Minnesota GMs. That may change though with Duilio stepping down, and he may be moving up as the new co-GM of Baltimore. All of that is unconfirmed, though, but it's definitely something to keep in mind in the future.
THE GREAT EARNERS: Bender B. Rodriguez, Pete Parker, Mike Hockhertz
It was really hard finding great earners from the S18 class that weren't in some way deeply rooted in the league. These 3 guys are it right now. Bender is the best earner out of all 3, just edging out Parker and Hockhertz is behind the other two, but he's still solid in his own right. This is the second smallest tier, and I'll reveal what the smallest tier is soon. But for now, let's move on.
THE BIG NAMES: Mathias Hanyadi, Givussafare Rubbe, Louisiana Purchase, Marcella Toriki, Korrin Abernathy, David Rector, Tyrone Biggums, Maurice Virtanen, Jay Cue
What a star studded category this is. Three GMs, two from the DSFL and one from the NSFL, a member of the DSFL Head Office, two members of the Player Progression Team, a media grader and the current commissioner of the league. This is what makes the class of S18 so fascinating to me. So many of the top players in the class are intertwined in the league quite deep, there are very few great earners from this class that aren't involved in the league in some meaningful way beyond being a player. Only three, in fact. But now, here comes the smallest, and I think the most unfortunate tier.
THE 'WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN' TIER: Marlo Smart, Trae Bacon
I have chosen to highlight these two in particular because they had an incredible amount of promise. Seriously, Bacon was seen as someone who could compete with Ironside to be 1st overall in the draft, and Smart was a monster earner in his own right. Every class has it's fair share of players that fall into a category like this, but these two are especially tragic because they could have been massive NSFL superstars if they just stuck around.
(878 Words)
Well, there's been something that I've been meaning to write about for a long time now. It's something I actually had a podcast episode dedicated to, where I brought on Bex and Laser for a sort of history of how we got to where we are now. Because we're all prominent figures, with Bex being the current commissioner and Laser and I being GMs. I didn't talk about the topic I had in mind necessarily, but I just wanted to build up a framework around how wild the disparity is within the draft class of S18. It's unlike any other class I've seen in my near IRL year with the league, so I'm just going to dive right into it.
Now, I will be using the TPE Tracker for a lot of this analysis, and it's certainly an imperfect medium. But I'll try to correct things where it is necessary. I'm going to break down Season 18 into a couple of tiers. These are completely arbitrary and aren't indicative of performance, just activity. With 108 players to sort through, let's start first with a category that's actually rather large: the retirees.
THE RETIREES: Bjorn Ironside, Fabricio Baldari, Juan Marston, Stuart Little IV, Mike Franchet, Footballer Blockerman
These guys are the ones that retired sometime during the S22 season. The most surprising names in this category to me are Ironside and either Baldari or Franchet. I know why Baldari retired, his player fell off a cliff after his extension and he just wasn't having that much fun anymore, which to be is an ok reason to retire. Ironside is a really strange one. He wasn't super elite or anything, but he was a solid player for NOLA and he retired to recreate as a safety. NOLA did need secondary help, but surely they could have built through the draft and picked up someone from S23? I dunno, seems really strange looking at it from the outside. Also, yes there are other retirees from this class, but they left before S22 so I'm not gonna mention them.
THE SOLID IAs: Ruff Ruff, Wayne Howyanow, ILove Gimmy, Joseph Wozniak, Jake Dropson, Johnson Harding, Orien Drake
Another large group of players here, with the most interesting being Gimmy and Ruff. Gimmy, with him being the GM of Philadelphia, is technically not IA, but his earnings have been a bit suspect compared to his peers. By no means is he bad, but he hasn't posted since the 25th of January, so I don't know what's happening with him. Ruff is another oddball, as he was carving out a strong career for himself in Arizona before going IA on February 1st. He's since been drafted to Honolulu and has been having a pretty solid career there, but he's very much a 'what could have been' case in my opinion.
THE SOLID EARNERS: Asher Quinn, Michael Vincent, Fuzzy Dotson, Steco Ocewilder, Xavien Adams
This sort of middle tier was actually a lot bigger than I was expecting. These are the guys that haven't been the best earners in the world, but they've still been able to carve out a role for themselves in the NSFL. The most notable player from this group is probably Quinn, as he is currently one of the Minnesota GMs. That may change though with Duilio stepping down, and he may be moving up as the new co-GM of Baltimore. All of that is unconfirmed, though, but it's definitely something to keep in mind in the future.
THE GREAT EARNERS: Bender B. Rodriguez, Pete Parker, Mike Hockhertz
It was really hard finding great earners from the S18 class that weren't in some way deeply rooted in the league. These 3 guys are it right now. Bender is the best earner out of all 3, just edging out Parker and Hockhertz is behind the other two, but he's still solid in his own right. This is the second smallest tier, and I'll reveal what the smallest tier is soon. But for now, let's move on.
THE BIG NAMES: Mathias Hanyadi, Givussafare Rubbe, Louisiana Purchase, Marcella Toriki, Korrin Abernathy, David Rector, Tyrone Biggums, Maurice Virtanen, Jay Cue
What a star studded category this is. Three GMs, two from the DSFL and one from the NSFL, a member of the DSFL Head Office, two members of the Player Progression Team, a media grader and the current commissioner of the league. This is what makes the class of S18 so fascinating to me. So many of the top players in the class are intertwined in the league quite deep, there are very few great earners from this class that aren't involved in the league in some meaningful way beyond being a player. Only three, in fact. But now, here comes the smallest, and I think the most unfortunate tier.
THE 'WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN' TIER: Marlo Smart, Trae Bacon
I have chosen to highlight these two in particular because they had an incredible amount of promise. Seriously, Bacon was seen as someone who could compete with Ironside to be 1st overall in the draft, and Smart was a monster earner in his own right. Every class has it's fair share of players that fall into a category like this, but these two are especially tragic because they could have been massive NSFL superstars if they just stuck around.
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