Greetings dear reader, I want to begin by making one thing explicitly clear. I am not here to spread any further uneasiness, or ill wishes upon anyone. This is just one's man opinion about a situation that is very much still developing. I do not know everything that has gone on in the last several days, so I won't pretend to know how anyone feels aside from myself. A lot of you tuning in to this may already be well acquainted with various details and personal accounts about this situation. So I feel it is not necessary for me to reiterate those details, and I will be keeping this account to my own feelings leading up to, and proceeding the hiring of Frick and Hall as the new GMs.
Of course, before I can speak on the present, we need to take a look at the past. Don't worry we're not going back too far, just up to the point where I was finally accepted into the war room in Baltimore. This happened only a few days before Star announced he was stepping down from his GM role. I bring this up because it was around this time that I started to feel a sense of uneasiness around the team. I think a lot of that for me personally came from the fact that I had only just gotten on the team a month or so earlier. I was still trying to get used to a new group of people who I previously didn't have much interaction with. Not long after this the preseason sim file came out, and we slowly came to the realization that it was very likely we would be having a very rough go of things. Soon after Butters also stepped down before he was able to find Stars successor. This I think was the lowest point in my time at Baltimore up until very recently. It was at this point where I was beginning to feel very disconnected from not only Baltimore but the league as a whole. Given my, we'll say tumultuous history around here, I really wasn't looking forward to being part of another controversy. Which is why I've not voiced my opinion publicly until this point. Even still I fear what I have to say may be misinterpreted and I really hope I'm not being a moron for doing this, though I feel it is incredibly important for me to put this out there after all that has happened.
The main point I want to make here is simple. Frick and Hall have my full and undivided support going forward in Baltimore. There are plenty of reasons for this, and I'll get to as many of them as I can. The most important reason is that I personally feel Frick and Hall have been very forthcoming about their intentions with the team and what they want to do to build this team. Of course it's not something that is going to happen immediately. Though it's a plan that I completely agree with and a lot of their ideas where the same kinds of things I had planned to do had I been given the opportunity to GM. A lot of those plans I can't share with you for very obvious reasons, but I can assure you with all certainty that there is a future for Baltimore and it is incredibly exciting should our plans work out. I understand why other members of the team were unhappy with decisions that were made, as I would have done something similar. I can also say that there is no way to make such important decisions easily. Though I do not know how anyone involved feels about such things, I can understand why emotions would be high. I bring this up because I feel it is unfair to judge a new pair of GMs in a new environment doing what is likely the most difficult thing they will have to do with this franchise. As adamantly as I want to be a GM at some point in the future, I hold no envy for the Frick and Hall. What I think is important to understand is that there comes a time very rarely that decisions have to be made with the future in mind, instead of looking for a quick fix that may backfire later.
It is unfortunate I wasn't able to get to know the Baltimore team better. I do feel sorry that it ended the way it did. I feel sorry that Frick and Hall have been judged the way they have for doing something that I have no doubt in my mind was incredibly difficult. I feel sorry for HO having to make the decision they did, and it ultimately being berated by members of the team they were trying to help. Despite my disagreements with HO in the past, I think they made the right choice. I feel sorry for Tomas and CLG for being asked so suddenly to step up in such a difficult situation. At the end of the day, decisions were made and not everyone agreed with them. It's unfortunate that things fell where they did, but they've happened and can't be undone. The important thing to look to now is not the past, but the present. I know it's still very early into what will likely be a long road ahead, but I feel very confident in the future. Frick and Hall are working very hard to send us on the right path, and I'm glad to be a part of it in anyway I can. To you dear reader, I hope you are willing to be open minded and optimistic as I have been. Despite whatever else you may believe about Baltimore. I thank you for your time in reading this, and we'll be seeing you in the Ultimus before long.
(p.s. HO please don't expand the league we've lost enough.)
Of course, before I can speak on the present, we need to take a look at the past. Don't worry we're not going back too far, just up to the point where I was finally accepted into the war room in Baltimore. This happened only a few days before Star announced he was stepping down from his GM role. I bring this up because it was around this time that I started to feel a sense of uneasiness around the team. I think a lot of that for me personally came from the fact that I had only just gotten on the team a month or so earlier. I was still trying to get used to a new group of people who I previously didn't have much interaction with. Not long after this the preseason sim file came out, and we slowly came to the realization that it was very likely we would be having a very rough go of things. Soon after Butters also stepped down before he was able to find Stars successor. This I think was the lowest point in my time at Baltimore up until very recently. It was at this point where I was beginning to feel very disconnected from not only Baltimore but the league as a whole. Given my, we'll say tumultuous history around here, I really wasn't looking forward to being part of another controversy. Which is why I've not voiced my opinion publicly until this point. Even still I fear what I have to say may be misinterpreted and I really hope I'm not being a moron for doing this, though I feel it is incredibly important for me to put this out there after all that has happened.
The main point I want to make here is simple. Frick and Hall have my full and undivided support going forward in Baltimore. There are plenty of reasons for this, and I'll get to as many of them as I can. The most important reason is that I personally feel Frick and Hall have been very forthcoming about their intentions with the team and what they want to do to build this team. Of course it's not something that is going to happen immediately. Though it's a plan that I completely agree with and a lot of their ideas where the same kinds of things I had planned to do had I been given the opportunity to GM. A lot of those plans I can't share with you for very obvious reasons, but I can assure you with all certainty that there is a future for Baltimore and it is incredibly exciting should our plans work out. I understand why other members of the team were unhappy with decisions that were made, as I would have done something similar. I can also say that there is no way to make such important decisions easily. Though I do not know how anyone involved feels about such things, I can understand why emotions would be high. I bring this up because I feel it is unfair to judge a new pair of GMs in a new environment doing what is likely the most difficult thing they will have to do with this franchise. As adamantly as I want to be a GM at some point in the future, I hold no envy for the Frick and Hall. What I think is important to understand is that there comes a time very rarely that decisions have to be made with the future in mind, instead of looking for a quick fix that may backfire later.
It is unfortunate I wasn't able to get to know the Baltimore team better. I do feel sorry that it ended the way it did. I feel sorry that Frick and Hall have been judged the way they have for doing something that I have no doubt in my mind was incredibly difficult. I feel sorry for HO having to make the decision they did, and it ultimately being berated by members of the team they were trying to help. Despite my disagreements with HO in the past, I think they made the right choice. I feel sorry for Tomas and CLG for being asked so suddenly to step up in such a difficult situation. At the end of the day, decisions were made and not everyone agreed with them. It's unfortunate that things fell where they did, but they've happened and can't be undone. The important thing to look to now is not the past, but the present. I know it's still very early into what will likely be a long road ahead, but I feel very confident in the future. Frick and Hall are working very hard to send us on the right path, and I'm glad to be a part of it in anyway I can. To you dear reader, I hope you are willing to be open minded and optimistic as I have been. Despite whatever else you may believe about Baltimore. I thank you for your time in reading this, and we'll be seeing you in the Ultimus before long.
(p.s. HO please don't expand the league we've lost enough.)
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