(S28) PT 3 - What If?

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I enjoy contemplating "what if" scenarios for my player. When I created Asher Montain, I was very deliberate in how I crafted him. Defensive End was a position that I always enjoyed. While it wasn't my favorite position (Safety has always been my favorite position in defense), it was a position that was still among my top selections while still being a position of need. As such, when I was scouted, I told teams I may be open to switches, but that would need to be a conversation before I was ready to commit to that since I had this vision of who Asher was in my head already. I would need time to shake that image away and reimagine him as a receiver, for example. These days, I now know I would've been much more alright with switching and wouldn't told myself to be open to it. The question becomes... would that have changed anything? Would that have changed who I went to in the DSFL or ISFL? Having gone very high in the first round in both drafts, I can't imagine it would have moved the needle that much. But there is something else that could've...

For being a newer franchise, Honolulu has had many "What If" moments that could've radically altered the team's course and potentially the ISFL. The earliest and most obvious is the departure of one of our founding GM's Dwyer which left Honolulu short a leader in an already short-staffed War Room, and now short a dependable player at the DT position (not the easiest position to fill which is something the Hahalua have become very familiar with). Having different leadership throughout this entire time could've changed what team I would've gone to in the draft which is always an intriguing thing to ponder about. But we will never know.