(S28) PT 3 - What If?

[ddrector]

I'm going to jump in the time machine and take you to the S18 ISFL draft. Back then it was still called the NSFL, but regardless there was some big ramifications for NOLA in this draft. In the first round NOLA had an obvious pick at 1oa in Bjorn Ironside, but then they had another pick at #6. NOLA ended up taking Thudd Kassel at this spot continuing the longstanding connection between Tijuana and NOLA. DD ended up being traded for some S19 draft picks, which allowed NOLA to get a truly amazing S19 draft class in McCormick, Blaylock, Mack Arianlacher, and Jed Podolak. This group was huge in helping NOLA win the Ultimus in S21. If NOLA goes back and picks Virtanen there instead of Kassel and isn't forced to make the trade then it's a pretty big possibility that NOLA doesn't win the S21 Ultimus. Unforunately, we lost Mack and Podolak in expansion, but Blaylock and McCormick are still on the team and will someday be members of the NOLA Hall of Fame. It's weird to think that the decision, which seemed like the obvious right one at the time, lead to so much for this team.

Another fun what if for me is what if my update hadn't been wrong and everyone had known I was top 5 in TPE going into the S18 draft. I surely don't fall all the way to the top pick of the third round. I'm likely a first round pick and could be on a different team altogether. Who knows, maybe OCO would have taken me over Laser. Craziness.