4) The offseason is a critical reflection point for the league, during which the directions of entire franchises can shift dramatically. Choose any offseason up to and including the S24 Draft, and focus on a singular team. What strategies did this particular team employ to land the players they desired? What were the team needs during the offseason, and what was the overarching plan for the future? Did they lose or land any free agents that impacted roster holes? How have the players that they drafted contributed to the team?
The offseason after the S21 Chicago Butchers was a tumultuous, scandalous, and eventful offseason, that completely changed the franchise overnight. Included in this story will be GM changes, draft steals, free agents, and those juicy, juicy scandals that pre S22 Chicago was known for. At the start of the S21 season, the Butchers had two users new to being a GM, steelsound and Valor. Unfortunately the season did not go well for the Butchers, who would finish with a 5 and 8 record. At the end of the season, both Valor and steelsound would end up resigning from the GM role. This would leave the Butchers in an awkward state, having no GM. The GM hunt would be tasked to HO, who would attempt to find pairs suitable to become Chicago's new GMs. There would be an issue though, the pairs that HO brought up to the Butcher's war-room at the time ended up getting rejected, and would have the pressure put on the Chicago war-room to find new GM's. The juicy drama on the forums would end up in a relatively flat ending, as Bayley and Muford would end up being the two GM's chosen for the job. The two GM's chosen both had a background in the SHL and had a lot of knowledge on how the league worked, and users in the league. Unfortunately there would be a big blow in the Butchers future as they would have to give up an S23 first round pick that would end up being first overall pick to bring in John Smirh. Then came some more unfortunate news.
Thanks to the previous GM's, the Butchers were going into the S22 draft, quite possibly the biggest and best draft in ISFL history, with only 1 pick in the first round. A pick they would end up having to spend on Bayley Benson Jr, their GM's player. They missed out on 5 rounds of max earning talent, but were not discouraged because there were still players still available who would be fantastic pickups. In the sixth round they would take runningback Julio Tirtawidjaja, who would go on to have a fantastic rookie season. In the eighth round they would land a future pro bowler in Hamish MacAndrew, who would become a huge piece of the league's casino project helping to create the stock market. They would pick up their future kicker/punter and incredible person overall in Sam Sidekick next round. Sam would end up making a pro bowl and winning Punter of the year honors as well. The ninth round selection would be a bust in Abbas Muhammad, who would never take a snap with the Butchers in his career. Then in the tenth round, they would end up choosing a franchise altering player, the best tight end and defensive end of all time, Von Hayes. While his first three seasons as tight end were mostly uneventful for him, he never got discouraged, even after having another tight end brought to play in front of him. He would switch to defensive end in his fourth season, and go on to have a fantastic year, gathering 10 sacks on the season. One round later, they would end up grabbing arguably one of the biggest draft steals of all time, Tyron Shields. Shields wasn't really well known coming into the league, but he made the most of it every season. In his second year he would be called up, and would be one of the league leaders in tackles. He might be in the nickelback position, but he's still been able to get a pro bowl nod and gather the respect of the Butchers locker room and the league as an incredibly stand up user.
The last few rounds of the draft would end up uneventful, as no other players beyond Shields would end up making it to the ISFL. The Butchers that season would end up calling up Von Hayes, Julio Tirtawidjaja, Hamish MacAndrew, and Benson Bayley jr immediately that season. While they were young and were easily outmatched by other peers at their relative positions, they would all buy into the Butchers. They wouldn't lose faith when they'd lose, and even though they would go 1-12 the following season, they knew that they could turn the Butchers franchise around. They would trade for their future QB in George O'Donnell, bring in free agents like Oles jr and Baby Yoda, and make smart trades for players like Mario Von Pebbles and Daymond Brooks. The S21 offseason for the Butchers would completely change how the franchise operated. No longer were they trading picks for a win now attitude, they would keep and use the picks to draft their future. They would build a locker room filled with comradery, and faith in the system they're building. The results might not have shown up for 3-4 seasons after, but they're really starting to look like the Butchers that the GM's envisioned when they took over the job, and this season, don't be surprised if they end up making it to, or winning the Ultimus.
The offseason after the S21 Chicago Butchers was a tumultuous, scandalous, and eventful offseason, that completely changed the franchise overnight. Included in this story will be GM changes, draft steals, free agents, and those juicy, juicy scandals that pre S22 Chicago was known for. At the start of the S21 season, the Butchers had two users new to being a GM, steelsound and Valor. Unfortunately the season did not go well for the Butchers, who would finish with a 5 and 8 record. At the end of the season, both Valor and steelsound would end up resigning from the GM role. This would leave the Butchers in an awkward state, having no GM. The GM hunt would be tasked to HO, who would attempt to find pairs suitable to become Chicago's new GMs. There would be an issue though, the pairs that HO brought up to the Butcher's war-room at the time ended up getting rejected, and would have the pressure put on the Chicago war-room to find new GM's. The juicy drama on the forums would end up in a relatively flat ending, as Bayley and Muford would end up being the two GM's chosen for the job. The two GM's chosen both had a background in the SHL and had a lot of knowledge on how the league worked, and users in the league. Unfortunately there would be a big blow in the Butchers future as they would have to give up an S23 first round pick that would end up being first overall pick to bring in John Smirh. Then came some more unfortunate news.
Thanks to the previous GM's, the Butchers were going into the S22 draft, quite possibly the biggest and best draft in ISFL history, with only 1 pick in the first round. A pick they would end up having to spend on Bayley Benson Jr, their GM's player. They missed out on 5 rounds of max earning talent, but were not discouraged because there were still players still available who would be fantastic pickups. In the sixth round they would take runningback Julio Tirtawidjaja, who would go on to have a fantastic rookie season. In the eighth round they would land a future pro bowler in Hamish MacAndrew, who would become a huge piece of the league's casino project helping to create the stock market. They would pick up their future kicker/punter and incredible person overall in Sam Sidekick next round. Sam would end up making a pro bowl and winning Punter of the year honors as well. The ninth round selection would be a bust in Abbas Muhammad, who would never take a snap with the Butchers in his career. Then in the tenth round, they would end up choosing a franchise altering player, the best tight end and defensive end of all time, Von Hayes. While his first three seasons as tight end were mostly uneventful for him, he never got discouraged, even after having another tight end brought to play in front of him. He would switch to defensive end in his fourth season, and go on to have a fantastic year, gathering 10 sacks on the season. One round later, they would end up grabbing arguably one of the biggest draft steals of all time, Tyron Shields. Shields wasn't really well known coming into the league, but he made the most of it every season. In his second year he would be called up, and would be one of the league leaders in tackles. He might be in the nickelback position, but he's still been able to get a pro bowl nod and gather the respect of the Butchers locker room and the league as an incredibly stand up user.
The last few rounds of the draft would end up uneventful, as no other players beyond Shields would end up making it to the ISFL. The Butchers that season would end up calling up Von Hayes, Julio Tirtawidjaja, Hamish MacAndrew, and Benson Bayley jr immediately that season. While they were young and were easily outmatched by other peers at their relative positions, they would all buy into the Butchers. They wouldn't lose faith when they'd lose, and even though they would go 1-12 the following season, they knew that they could turn the Butchers franchise around. They would trade for their future QB in George O'Donnell, bring in free agents like Oles jr and Baby Yoda, and make smart trades for players like Mario Von Pebbles and Daymond Brooks. The S21 offseason for the Butchers would completely change how the franchise operated. No longer were they trading picks for a win now attitude, they would keep and use the picks to draft their future. They would build a locker room filled with comradery, and faith in the system they're building. The results might not have shown up for 3-4 seasons after, but they're really starting to look like the Butchers that the GM's envisioned when they took over the job, and this season, don't be surprised if they end up making it to, or winning the Ultimus.
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