09-17-2020, 02:06 PM
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Tier 2: Short Form Tasks (400+ words)
Choose up to TWO for 5 TPE each.
8) It’s always important to look forward to the future. Examine your team, and in 400 words or more, talk about how they can improve themselves to get a stab at trophy contention next year. Are you loaded with draft capital for the next draft? Do you have plenty of cap space to sign free agents? Go through the roster and note the different strengths and weaknesses, and how you think those will change over the next few seasons. How should your team adapt?
When I was drafted to the Yellowknife Wraiths in S21 we were on the older side. Part of the reason the franchise made so many Ultimus games in a row was due to their core all peaking at the same time. Fast forward to the present team management has done an admirable job of reloading the roster. This upcoming offseason will be one of the final steps in turning the page to the next era of Wraiths football. Going into S25 most of the team will be S21 players or younger. One thing that nobody is sure about is how the expansion draft and free agency will play out. At QB we have Jack, he’s not even at his prime yet. He will keep improving and it’s his team for a long time. At RB we have a superstar in Hanyadi and a future superstar in Skyline. If Hanyadi is selected in expansion we will have to pick another RB to play behind Skyline, with how popular a position RB is it won’t be difficult to get another player in there if Hanyadi gets picked. At tight end we have a young and upcoming player in Rechs. He will be a great safety blanket for Jack for years to come. At wide receiver we will be losing Jackson to retirement, so Sakura and Cash project to be our WR1 and WR2 with Lee as our WR3. If Cash gets selected in expansion I imagine Hanyadi or Skyline will take up a bigger receiving role to cover that loss. On the defensive line we could use another player. Kroustis is retiring and future hall of fame Alexander is getting up there in age. Cho and Money are two young talented pieces. Linebacker seems set for the future with Quaid and DSFL prospect Thomaslacher. Virtanen has a few great years left as well. Our special teamer Smalls is one of the best in the league. If he’s selected in expansion it will be a priority to get a replacement in there. I imagine our secondary will be a focus. With the retirement of future hall of famer Snuggles we have a big hole at corner. Leonard has the opposite CB spot locked down for the next few years. At safety we have great young talent led by Hellzapoppin. Dookmariot is a solid player to have at SS but Valdyr will possibly be selected in expansion. The draft this year projects to be strong and the Wraiths have a chance to get immediate replacements within the first 3-4 rounds. (426 words)
9) Pick any position, and determine who in your view is the greatest player to ever suit up at that position. Why do you view them as the GOAT? What achievements, records, accolades, or statistics do they hold? How do they stack up against the other legends in their position, and why does your chosen candidate come out on top?
As a young linebacker in the ISFL I view Mo Berry as the greatest of all time at my position. Berry had a relatively short career, retiring after nine seasons. But what he did in those seasons is legendary. His career started off fast and furious. The Colorado Yeti drafted him in the 2nd round of the S15 draft and he ended up winning defensive rookie of the year that season after totaling 114 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, and 6 pass deflections. Berry won the linebacker of the year award four times, no defensive player has ever won that many positional awards. If I had to pick out the best single season of his career I would go with what he did in S21. That year he had 95 tackles, 16 sacks, 12 deflections, 3 forced fumbles, 2 recoveries, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 interception! When you look at all defensive players as a whole Berry astonishingly won the Defensive player of the year award three years in a row, no defensive player has ever won more than two of those until Berry did it. That’s just amazing. That is extra impressive considering league expansion. The more teams there are the harder it becomes to win an award, but he kept winning them. Just winning one of those major awards in your career is an impressive feat, hell, just being nominated a few times means you’re doing a great job. Back in the S22 championship Berry was named the Ultimus defensive player of the game. In that thrilling game the Colorado Yeti came back and defeated the Orange County Otters by one point. In that game Berry tallied seven tackles, one sack, and one tackle for loss. His trophy case is absolutely loaded. Let’s check out some cold hard statistics. In his nine seasons he was able to accumulate 88 sacks, which is the 8th most of all time. But when you look at the sack leaderboard, five of those players were S1 draftees, the early league had different rule sets than the modern era. In addition to being a sack artist Berry was a heavy hitter as well, his 13 forced fumbles are tied for ninth all time. I hope in my career I could accomplish 10% of what he did. Not only is Mo Berry the greatest linebacker of all time, I think he’s the greatest defensive player this league has ever seen. (409 words)
Choose up to TWO for 5 TPE each.
8) It’s always important to look forward to the future. Examine your team, and in 400 words or more, talk about how they can improve themselves to get a stab at trophy contention next year. Are you loaded with draft capital for the next draft? Do you have plenty of cap space to sign free agents? Go through the roster and note the different strengths and weaknesses, and how you think those will change over the next few seasons. How should your team adapt?
When I was drafted to the Yellowknife Wraiths in S21 we were on the older side. Part of the reason the franchise made so many Ultimus games in a row was due to their core all peaking at the same time. Fast forward to the present team management has done an admirable job of reloading the roster. This upcoming offseason will be one of the final steps in turning the page to the next era of Wraiths football. Going into S25 most of the team will be S21 players or younger. One thing that nobody is sure about is how the expansion draft and free agency will play out. At QB we have Jack, he’s not even at his prime yet. He will keep improving and it’s his team for a long time. At RB we have a superstar in Hanyadi and a future superstar in Skyline. If Hanyadi is selected in expansion we will have to pick another RB to play behind Skyline, with how popular a position RB is it won’t be difficult to get another player in there if Hanyadi gets picked. At tight end we have a young and upcoming player in Rechs. He will be a great safety blanket for Jack for years to come. At wide receiver we will be losing Jackson to retirement, so Sakura and Cash project to be our WR1 and WR2 with Lee as our WR3. If Cash gets selected in expansion I imagine Hanyadi or Skyline will take up a bigger receiving role to cover that loss. On the defensive line we could use another player. Kroustis is retiring and future hall of fame Alexander is getting up there in age. Cho and Money are two young talented pieces. Linebacker seems set for the future with Quaid and DSFL prospect Thomaslacher. Virtanen has a few great years left as well. Our special teamer Smalls is one of the best in the league. If he’s selected in expansion it will be a priority to get a replacement in there. I imagine our secondary will be a focus. With the retirement of future hall of famer Snuggles we have a big hole at corner. Leonard has the opposite CB spot locked down for the next few years. At safety we have great young talent led by Hellzapoppin. Dookmariot is a solid player to have at SS but Valdyr will possibly be selected in expansion. The draft this year projects to be strong and the Wraiths have a chance to get immediate replacements within the first 3-4 rounds. (426 words)
9) Pick any position, and determine who in your view is the greatest player to ever suit up at that position. Why do you view them as the GOAT? What achievements, records, accolades, or statistics do they hold? How do they stack up against the other legends in their position, and why does your chosen candidate come out on top?
As a young linebacker in the ISFL I view Mo Berry as the greatest of all time at my position. Berry had a relatively short career, retiring after nine seasons. But what he did in those seasons is legendary. His career started off fast and furious. The Colorado Yeti drafted him in the 2nd round of the S15 draft and he ended up winning defensive rookie of the year that season after totaling 114 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, and 6 pass deflections. Berry won the linebacker of the year award four times, no defensive player has ever won that many positional awards. If I had to pick out the best single season of his career I would go with what he did in S21. That year he had 95 tackles, 16 sacks, 12 deflections, 3 forced fumbles, 2 recoveries, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 interception! When you look at all defensive players as a whole Berry astonishingly won the Defensive player of the year award three years in a row, no defensive player has ever won more than two of those until Berry did it. That’s just amazing. That is extra impressive considering league expansion. The more teams there are the harder it becomes to win an award, but he kept winning them. Just winning one of those major awards in your career is an impressive feat, hell, just being nominated a few times means you’re doing a great job. Back in the S22 championship Berry was named the Ultimus defensive player of the game. In that thrilling game the Colorado Yeti came back and defeated the Orange County Otters by one point. In that game Berry tallied seven tackles, one sack, and one tackle for loss. His trophy case is absolutely loaded. Let’s check out some cold hard statistics. In his nine seasons he was able to accumulate 88 sacks, which is the 8th most of all time. But when you look at the sack leaderboard, five of those players were S1 draftees, the early league had different rule sets than the modern era. In addition to being a sack artist Berry was a heavy hitter as well, his 13 forced fumbles are tied for ninth all time. I hope in my career I could accomplish 10% of what he did. Not only is Mo Berry the greatest linebacker of all time, I think he’s the greatest defensive player this league has ever seen. (409 words)
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