9. Unlike what I expect to be a lot of people in this league there are actually relatively few things I would change if I were named commissioner for a day. The number one priority and biggest thing I would do though is use my absolute unchecked power as commissioner to abolish all awards forever and always. I’ve complained about awards here before, so my hatred for them might be well documented, but this postseason has been especially enraging for me completely because of shenanigans going on with the award process. First off, people are always incredibly toxic about awards. So many people throw fits, not only because they or their friends didn’t make it onto the awards ballot, but also for insane reasons beyond that. Whether it be from people who didn’t make the ballot, people who made the ballot but didn’t win, or people who won the award but didn’t win it by as much as they thought they should somebody is always complaining. I remember vaguely a situation recently where somebody won an award (though I don’t remember which award) and almost the very first thing they did was immediately complain that they didn’t win it unanimously. It’s really exhausting to me seeing people act like this season after season to the point where I usually don’t even watch the stream or pay any attention whatsoever once award season rolls around. The other issue I have with awards, which may come across as hypocritical based on my previous points, is that I’m not a fan of the way that the awards committee works. It makes sense on paper that each team would send a representative to try and get their guys on the ballot, but what ends up happening every season is the criteria people use to determine award eligibility changes every year based on whichever specific player the representatives are trying to get on the ballot. This year was the most egregious since I joined the league, with the award committee representatives for some reason deciding that catch rate was suddenly the most important metric for both receivers and defenders. The result of which was a rookie wide receiver with 1,400 yards being completely left off the ballot because he had a low catch rate, and runningbacks with sub 4 yards per carry and half his yards being included instead, and a player making it on defensive rookie of the year with basically no stats outside of tackles and a low catch rate. Stuff like this makes me question the choice of stats to put emphasis on and why there is no consistency from season to season.
10. I figured the biography topic seems to be a reasonable one for me, given that I plan on S30 being the final season of Richard Gilbert’s career. I created back in February of 2020 during the Reddit recruitment drive that yielded the largest draft class in ISFL (then NSFL) history. I knew it would be hard to set myself apart in such a large class, especially with running back being known as an oversaturated position at that point in the league, but I wanted to stick to it and prove I could do it. Admittedly, my activity slipped a bit as the draft drew closer as I wasn’t particularly active in public locker rooms and the like, but I earned well and Gilbert ended up being drafted by the Tijuana Luchadores at the 97th overall pick, just barely breaking the top 100 picks in a class of almost 300. Gilbert enjoyed his time in Tijuana greatly, and although he never was the top RB he was consistently a “pretty good” running back. Even his first season playing as a backup to Ed Barker he put up respectable stats. The crowning moment in Gilbert’s DSFL career though is scoring the sole touchdown in the S22 Ultimini which would win the Luchadores the game. That would also end up being his final season in the DSFL, as he would be called up afterwards to play for the Colorado Yeti, who had taken him 77th overall in the ISFL draft. Gilbert’s first season on Colorado was more or less a wash. He was buried at 3rd on the depth chart behind Ashley Owens and Michael Vincent, playing as more of a role player and actually lining up more at Tight End and Fullback than Running Back. He was happy to do this though, as it helped the team and he wasn’t in a rush to get into the starting job. A couple seasons into his career though, Vincent retired and Owens was traded to the expansion New York Silverbacks in their first season. Ordinarily this would have meant Gilbert now held the starting job, but instead he gave the GMs at the time his blessing to pursue another running back, Darrell Williams in free agency instead, despite the fact it would push him back to second string longer. Behind Williams, the Yeti made it to back to back Ultimus games, however ended up losing both to the San Jose Sabercats. Since then, Gilbert has taken the leading rusher role in the Yeti and has been a consistently good, but not great runningback, making multiple pro bowls and being nominated for running back of the year multiple times but never winning.
10. I figured the biography topic seems to be a reasonable one for me, given that I plan on S30 being the final season of Richard Gilbert’s career. I created back in February of 2020 during the Reddit recruitment drive that yielded the largest draft class in ISFL (then NSFL) history. I knew it would be hard to set myself apart in such a large class, especially with running back being known as an oversaturated position at that point in the league, but I wanted to stick to it and prove I could do it. Admittedly, my activity slipped a bit as the draft drew closer as I wasn’t particularly active in public locker rooms and the like, but I earned well and Gilbert ended up being drafted by the Tijuana Luchadores at the 97th overall pick, just barely breaking the top 100 picks in a class of almost 300. Gilbert enjoyed his time in Tijuana greatly, and although he never was the top RB he was consistently a “pretty good” running back. Even his first season playing as a backup to Ed Barker he put up respectable stats. The crowning moment in Gilbert’s DSFL career though is scoring the sole touchdown in the S22 Ultimini which would win the Luchadores the game. That would also end up being his final season in the DSFL, as he would be called up afterwards to play for the Colorado Yeti, who had taken him 77th overall in the ISFL draft. Gilbert’s first season on Colorado was more or less a wash. He was buried at 3rd on the depth chart behind Ashley Owens and Michael Vincent, playing as more of a role player and actually lining up more at Tight End and Fullback than Running Back. He was happy to do this though, as it helped the team and he wasn’t in a rush to get into the starting job. A couple seasons into his career though, Vincent retired and Owens was traded to the expansion New York Silverbacks in their first season. Ordinarily this would have meant Gilbert now held the starting job, but instead he gave the GMs at the time his blessing to pursue another running back, Darrell Williams in free agency instead, despite the fact it would push him back to second string longer. Behind Williams, the Yeti made it to back to back Ultimus games, however ended up losing both to the San Jose Sabercats. Since then, Gilbert has taken the leading rusher role in the Yeti and has been a consistently good, but not great runningback, making multiple pro bowls and being nominated for running back of the year multiple times but never winning.
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