This offseason was an interesting one for the Austin Copperheads. Going into it we really expected it to be a slow offseason - we thought we were heading into a down season because of the regression of Easton Cole and the loss of Dermot Lavelle Jr., however we ended up in play for some of the top free agents which would have opened our window a season earlier than we expected. With that in mind we traded for Brach Thomaslacher in an attempt to signal to free agents that we were prepping for an attempt at competing this season. That acquisition combined with the development of what was already a very young team we thought would launch us into contention. Although we missed out on all the major free agents the acquisition of Thomaslacher combined with the arrival of Quigley to the pros and the drafting of Slurms McKenzie have set us up for a potential surprise run. If the San Jose Sabercats have showed the league anything in the last few seasons its that being the best team in the regular season doesn't always correlate to winning in the playoffs. Once you're in the playoffs anything can happen and I think the Copperheads are set up for a surprise run if we manage to sneak into the playoffs.
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