Task 6 (800 words of Adam reflecting on random league shit)
The league finds itself passing through its silver anniversary and out the other side concurrently to my rookie season, which wasn't planned but is neat thematically. Getting to join an LR full of old friends and people I know well (plus meeting some new folks) is kind of the epitome of what a rookie season should be in my opinion. The league thrives on interaction and person to person relationships so being able to join an existing one that's operating at that level is awesome. It's the kind of result we want for every rookie. I'd really like to see us as a league get to a point where every possible rookie feels this way. Which is why I'll be looking into ways to bring rookie scouting outward a bit more going forward. It's time to bring back some fun surveys and give rookies more opportunities to show their personalities to help GMs make the right picks. And also, that means that going forward I'm going to committee to working with rookies more regularly on their own wants, needs, and goals.
This league also thrives on change and so I will announce here where one person will read it that I will be stepping down as head of the casino at the end of S26. I've built the groundwork and the systems, and laid foundation for the next person to build a mansion on top of. My replacement is already chosen and working closely with me this season to be ready. With my wife expecting, I want to be able to hand people the reigns and focus on league stuff that I'm having fun with for a bit. Sadly, I'm breaking my usual habit of finding some diamond in the rough and hiring a person who then goes on to be a GM, HO member, or both in the case of a few of them. This time I'm hiring an already experienced and familiar face. It should be good, even fi it's not creating my 8th or 9th future league star or whatever the hell the number is at now. I look forward to playing the casino as a regular whale, too. And throwing in a "back in my day" every now and then for shits and giggles.
And to continue with the theme of change, we as a league should too. That segue is there to prepare you for this. It's time to give human o-line a weight advantage all across the field. However that works, it's now time to not put an end to the cap of 2 human o-line players per team. And while some may say technically there's no cap, it functionally exists, even if it's not by rule. Let S26 be when we begin to embark on this journey toward the new stage of growth for what has become one of our most popular and important positions. I intend to make a push for it and campaign towards this end this year. This goes back to several seasons ago and being cautioned to wait until the time was right, and I believe that time is now.
In another focus, I want to put out a suggestion to our Hall of Fame Committee. Within the rules now exists the option that people who were denied the Hall at a previous time may be brought back and re-nominated later. I am not 100% sure if this applies to every wing, but hopefully if not, it will soon. This is good as a practice because sometimes career can slip through the cracks and only time reveals that they were better than initially thought. I also appreciate this because many seasons ago I fought for this to exist and was soundly defeated by the other voters of the time. I felt and still feel that specifically denying the future re-examining of a player (and now GM and user) was arrogant, short sighted, and bad for the league. With this issue repaired, I call on the Committee to take the next step and actually create within itself a subcommittee specifically for "senior" nominees to be looked at and potentially brought back. Creating a formal pathway for this possibility is a good move in my view and will be quite helpful if and when such a player, GM, or User is found.
S25 was probably my favorite rookie season I've had. Which is saying something because in 2 of my 4 rookie seasons I've won an Ultimus. It was a great recalibration time for me in the league, especially with all the world craziness that was 2020. I'm really excited to see what happens next season and what kind of changes might be made. We've had numerous GM changes throughout the league, the two expansion teams are gunning for a come-up, San Jose pulled the damn back to back miracle, and so many other crazy things. I mean...if you think about it, there 4 teams in this league for whom San Jose is factually the most successful team. That's a crazy thing to think of and shows one of the better aspects of what can happen in this league because no one saw it coming though I did avoid letting people bet on it the second time after losing $200 Million in S24. Guess I was more ready for San Jose than the NSFC was. S25 left a taste in my mouth that basically goes "what happens next". And that's a pretty nice feeling.
The league finds itself passing through its silver anniversary and out the other side concurrently to my rookie season, which wasn't planned but is neat thematically. Getting to join an LR full of old friends and people I know well (plus meeting some new folks) is kind of the epitome of what a rookie season should be in my opinion. The league thrives on interaction and person to person relationships so being able to join an existing one that's operating at that level is awesome. It's the kind of result we want for every rookie. I'd really like to see us as a league get to a point where every possible rookie feels this way. Which is why I'll be looking into ways to bring rookie scouting outward a bit more going forward. It's time to bring back some fun surveys and give rookies more opportunities to show their personalities to help GMs make the right picks. And also, that means that going forward I'm going to committee to working with rookies more regularly on their own wants, needs, and goals.
This league also thrives on change and so I will announce here where one person will read it that I will be stepping down as head of the casino at the end of S26. I've built the groundwork and the systems, and laid foundation for the next person to build a mansion on top of. My replacement is already chosen and working closely with me this season to be ready. With my wife expecting, I want to be able to hand people the reigns and focus on league stuff that I'm having fun with for a bit. Sadly, I'm breaking my usual habit of finding some diamond in the rough and hiring a person who then goes on to be a GM, HO member, or both in the case of a few of them. This time I'm hiring an already experienced and familiar face. It should be good, even fi it's not creating my 8th or 9th future league star or whatever the hell the number is at now. I look forward to playing the casino as a regular whale, too. And throwing in a "back in my day" every now and then for shits and giggles.
And to continue with the theme of change, we as a league should too. That segue is there to prepare you for this. It's time to give human o-line a weight advantage all across the field. However that works, it's now time to not put an end to the cap of 2 human o-line players per team. And while some may say technically there's no cap, it functionally exists, even if it's not by rule. Let S26 be when we begin to embark on this journey toward the new stage of growth for what has become one of our most popular and important positions. I intend to make a push for it and campaign towards this end this year. This goes back to several seasons ago and being cautioned to wait until the time was right, and I believe that time is now.
In another focus, I want to put out a suggestion to our Hall of Fame Committee. Within the rules now exists the option that people who were denied the Hall at a previous time may be brought back and re-nominated later. I am not 100% sure if this applies to every wing, but hopefully if not, it will soon. This is good as a practice because sometimes career can slip through the cracks and only time reveals that they were better than initially thought. I also appreciate this because many seasons ago I fought for this to exist and was soundly defeated by the other voters of the time. I felt and still feel that specifically denying the future re-examining of a player (and now GM and user) was arrogant, short sighted, and bad for the league. With this issue repaired, I call on the Committee to take the next step and actually create within itself a subcommittee specifically for "senior" nominees to be looked at and potentially brought back. Creating a formal pathway for this possibility is a good move in my view and will be quite helpful if and when such a player, GM, or User is found.
S25 was probably my favorite rookie season I've had. Which is saying something because in 2 of my 4 rookie seasons I've won an Ultimus. It was a great recalibration time for me in the league, especially with all the world craziness that was 2020. I'm really excited to see what happens next season and what kind of changes might be made. We've had numerous GM changes throughout the league, the two expansion teams are gunning for a come-up, San Jose pulled the damn back to back miracle, and so many other crazy things. I mean...if you think about it, there 4 teams in this league for whom San Jose is factually the most successful team. That's a crazy thing to think of and shows one of the better aspects of what can happen in this league because no one saw it coming though I did avoid letting people bet on it the second time after losing $200 Million in S24. Guess I was more ready for San Jose than the NSFC was. S25 left a taste in my mouth that basically goes "what happens next". And that's a pretty nice feeling.
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