03-26-2018, 07:24 PM
So, it's been roughly 14 months (so, I guess the title already lied to you) since I came back to the league, there's been a lot that's changed in the 2+ years that I hiatus'd. Some of it good, others of it questionable. Nonetheless, I've still had fun despite the ups and down's I've personally had at the site.
Hey, remember when I ripped on Storm, and it backfired on me so bad? Man, that was stupid of me.
Anyways, I thought that I would write a small perspective piece on every team of the league, and where I see them from my point of view on this specific day. Some reasoning behind it is, yes, for the money, since I do need it and everything, but I've been personally wanting to do something like this for a while, and I've just had a sudden ambition to do it the last few days, so here it is.
As obvious, there will most likely be points in the article where I probably say something that is completely untrue about your team, and feel free to correct me from that aspect. Most of this will be from an outsider's perspective, so I expect to be wrong on a few things. I do want to create some discussion about it, so feel free to voice out things and correct my wrongs, I am all for being corrected.
Buffalo Stampede
I remember Brandon just starting up this team by the time I fully left the site, and it had its expansion team all ready to go. I don't really completely know what was going on with them for the 9 or 10 seasons that was going on, but I got a real bad rap on that team. People were basically telling me that it was a last resort place to go, and it had a bunch of scumbags on the team. I saw the team for the first month or two back with that in mind, but I never really said to myself 'I won't sign with this team, ever'. And from where they are right now, I think Buffalo is in good hands with <a href='index.php?showuser=1163' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>WannabeFinn</a>.
It was back around S37 or S38, I can't quite remember, but did you know that I was almost slated to be Co-GM there with Walrus for about a week? It was almost set in stone, pending a fair trade-off with Manhattan, but it ended up bottling out, and it was given to WBF. Everyone on the team, I was told, was stoked to have me join the team, but I was told through a little birdie that one person basically vetoed it, and that was why the move never happened. The thing was, though, was that I wasn't overly upset. I kinda was because it was one person vetoing it, but it wasn't like it was the end of the world, and the mark of my inactivity.
As of today's Buffalo Stampede, I think they have the foundation for a real good run in the next few seasons, if not right now. There's a lot of people I respect and like on the team. <a href='index.php?showuser=1263' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>kit</a> is one of those dudes I like talking to. Guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=1663' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-52'>Winter is Coming</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2815' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>White Cornerback</a> are great guys. One of the first people I talked to a lot in the St. Louis Locker Room was <a href='index.php?showuser=2463' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>Zombiewolf</a> . I think that whole image that Buffalo had at one point has slowly gone away, and they're in really good hands with a great GM. I think it would be cool if I ever came to join Buffalo. I'd probably be their ideal 2C or 3C at this point.
Hamilton Steelhawks
For ages, I used to hate the Steelhawks, and it was more of a respectful hate more than anything. I think it was mainly because there were dudes on that team back in the day I didn't like, and they liked to stir a lot of shit around, regardless of who it was. It was one of those teams that I always enjoyed beating regular season and playoffs, if it ever got that far. This time around, there's a lot more respect on that team than hate going around from me.
I remember hating to the point of despising <a href='index.php?showuser=283' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>ThatDamnMcJesus</a> , and it was because we were both young pricks at the time. Maybe I was a bigger dick at the time, but I remember absolutely hating him in juniors. It's like the complete opposite now. I think he and <a href='index.php?showuser=2261' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Gooney</a> have turned this team into something special. I personally feel like there's some shit tossing from them every now and then, but it's not nearly as bad as it once was. There's also a lot of people on that team I have respect for. <a href='index.php?showuser=2015' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-56'>formx</a> is pretty much a brother, he and I talk a lot on Discord, and sometimes it's on pointless stuff, but he's a great dude. Other people like <a href='index.php?showuser=2572' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-56'>DrunkenTeddy</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2583' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>QuantumCowboy</a> are dudes I haven't talked a ton with, but I have nothing but the utmost respect for them.
I feel like you guys are a great goalie shy of a cup-winning team, but it wouldn't surprise me if they won it all with Jay Bae and the foundation they've built to get here, and I don't think I'd be that one piece that would surge them to a cup win. They already have a plethora of good middle man talent, I'd maybe benefit them on the dot, be an decent 3C PK option, but that's just me saying how good the team is at this moment. Hats off to the Hawks!
Manhattan Rage
Hey, look! A team that I've been on before! This one will probably be a little longer than the others because of the past experience I had with this team.
Manhattan was nothing short of a roller coaster the two seasons I was there. Ups and downs and sideways, from being on what looked like a winner in S37, just to fall short of the playoffs, to becoming Co-GM, and building a team of guys wanting to win a cup, and fulfilling the wishes of many players, and getting them their cup win. I still enjoy my time there, despite the ending being, well, everyone knows what happened, and I don't think I need to go into much detail about it.
I ended up choosing Manhattan over Edmonton during the offseason when I became a free agent, mainly because there was a lot of upside of going to Manhattan at the time, and Edmonton, I felt at the time, promised too much. I never truly felt like I deserved to be a top line centerman with a letter on the jersey, getting max time. As much as it was appealing, I felt like I could ease into my spot better in Manhattan, and that's what I ended up doing. The first season there was relaxing, but quiet. The locker room, as you knew, was barely a locker room. It had maybe five or six people talking in it, but no constant discussion. A lot of the players were the late talkers, where I was just starting to get back to regular sleeping hours. The second season was something to remember forever, though, and we all know why. Promoted to Co-GM, and I basically did everything. Nuck would recommend signings, and I would usually try to find what their salary was. My goal for that season was to compete, and I think the message was sent when I sent the giant package that was the Texas trade for two retiring players. It was two guys who I felt would make the difference for us, from pretenders to contenders, and my risk paid off.
I ended up being fired from Manhattan for a couple reasons. The Calgary trade was one of them. To this day, I still feel like that pick (which ended up #2, and was basically Slappy) was traded for 40 cents to the dollar. No disrespect to Calgary whatsoever, but for a team who is desperately looking for prospects now, a move involving what is surely going to be end-of-round picks is not the package I would be looking for what was a Top 5 pick from day one. The fact that Nuck went through with the trade without my approval, or letting me know and asking is what upset me the most. This trade shouldn't have happened until the next offseason. It was very much a trade in response to CFJ leaving. It was sudden, it wasn't necessary, and I really think we didn't get enough for the trade. As much as some people think it was a fleecing by us, it really won't be, I feel.
I was also fired for differences with the direction Nuck and I wanted to go. For Nuck, it was to keep winning with the same, semi-active retirement home group for as long as possible. I knew that a rebuild was needed, and he didn't want to go through with it until S43. My plan was to blow the machine up in S41. I told a lot of GM's that, and for the most part they agreed with me. The landscape in Manhattan needed to change. I didn't want the team to become a perpetual retirement home or for people who are just semi-active and have no room on a competing team.
But, because of all this, it led to me being forcefully traded out of Manhattan, and Nuck ending up leaving the site in general, and a giant shit storm for JY to clean up. For the little time he had to adjust to the role, I think JY's done a good job with what he'd had to use. Nonetheless, I still feel guilty for causing the mess-up in general, and I haven't apologized to him yet, so I want to make it public and apologize to <a href='index.php?showuser=232' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-24'>JayWhy</a> for leaving the team in the mess that it was. It should have never gotten to that situation in the first place.
I will never close the bridge that is Manhattan. If they tell me that a trade is in place, or if they want to sign me, I will always be glad to go back to Manhattan. I have unfinished business with the team, and it would, for me, be back to normal in Manhattan.
Minnesota Chiefs
I remember back in it's original days, I used to rip the hell out of the team just for the logo alone. For like four or five seasons, this team basically took the Frolunda logo and called it their own. I would always call them the Minnesweden Chiefdians or some kind of Minnesota/Frolunda mix because I thought it was so lazy of them to use a real team's logo and call it their own. Looking back, maybe I was a bigger dick bag than I thought... Anyways, thank god they changed the logo for S16 and it's stayed slightly different than a real team.
The first thing I do want to say about today's Chiefs is the respect I have for <a href='index.php?showuser=1773' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Baelor Swift</a>. It always feels great to talk to him about something, and while he may have a more loose cannon at times, and he goes off on someone, he's still a guy I tend to respect from a managerial standpoint. Part of me was very happy when Minnesota won the cup this past season. I felt like S38's reverse sweep against Manhattan was so awful for them, and they deserved to be in the final more than us at the time. Getting it a season later I felt was great for them. Maybe some of them thought it was a season too late, but they still won one nonetheless.
I remember initially hating <a href='index.php?showuser=1929' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-14'>SwegKingu</a> because all I saw him do was post copypastas and shit on people. That's why you don't go strictly to the thunderdome. Sweg is a guy I like and respect a lot just because he's more outspoken on certain things, which sometimes isn't bad, so I was happy when he won his first cup. However, I'm throwing down the gauntlet. $1 million on the line, us two gotta fight in a game. If I win, I get the money and the bragging rights. Vice versa for you, you win, you win money and bragging rights. You game?
I think the team is similar to Manhattan in a sense, but has a bit better direction than what I had it. This team is going to be fine for the next few seasons, and it's far from a retirement home than Manhattan was at the time. Having guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=2236' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-73'>Wally</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=5' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-66'>sarmo</a> are good for the team. Especially sarmo, who I remember helping me out nearly 7 and a half years ago with my first player, even though we never played together. I would welcome a time in Minnesota at any point, and I feel like I'd be a good fit with the crew that they have there.
New England Wolfpack
Hey, Look! Another team I've played for this past year. Cool beans!
Yeah, ending up being picked 6th overall in a draft where I felt I wasn't even the 6th best draftee at the time, purely based on stats and attribute distribution more than anything. I mean, I'm probably the only one of my kind, a guy who has PASSING AS A WEAKNESS FOR FUN. I only really played one full season for the 'Pack at the time, but I did spend three seasons inside the Wolfpack Locker Room, and I felt welcomed. Despite telling them that I could be technically considered a Wolfpack original, considering that Robin Karlsson, my third player, was on the inaugural season of the Wolfpack, I was still welcomed in nonetheless. Both <a href='index.php?showuser=1765' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-4'>Easter Eggy</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2309' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Torbvo</a> were excited to have me, and I was excited to be there. I thought at the time they landed on a gold mine, picking myself, Xander Green, and Vesa Perhonen. <a href='index.php?showuser=512' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-54'>Green</a> was a guy I really respected back in the day, and <a href='index.php?showuser=30' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>HabsFanFromOntario</a> was one of my old besties. Remember the nWo? I still 'member. I think the three other people that I really enjoyed talking to on a regular basis and getting to know more were <a href='index.php?showuser=2101' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-30'>Jenny</a> <a href='index.php?showuser=2098' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>bilbo</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2031' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>Raven</a>. The locker room was always a cool place to talk to, and for the season I did spend on the main roster, it was great.
But I knew that my time was running quickly with the team, mainly because of the minor differences I had with the team in itself. First thing is probably what everybody knows about the team, and it is the clique mentality, that whole 'stay together forever' thing. I'm a guy that likes bringing in new, different people to the group. I was a kid growing up that never fit into any clique. I was the jock, but I also did a lot of nerd shit, like play board games and media work, but I also did a year of Student Council, which was with the popular of popular, but I also did drama, and was in plays, but so on and so forth. As the last season was starting to end, I'm not sure if it was my paranoia creeping in or something, but I started to feel a 'with us, or against us' thing in the locker room. It could have been something that I disagreed on with someone, I can't remember, but it was starting to feel like I was being outcasted there. I dunno, it was months ago, it could be nothing, but I felt it near the end of the playoffs.
Again, I'm a guy with some mental problems, so it could be absolutely nothing about it, and I would come back to New England if they ever did ask, and could afford me. The big reason I left was that I needed money, and they couldn't offer more than 3M, if I'm not mistaken. But, the Wolfpack are still the Wolfpack, they'll always be in the hunt, regardless if I sign with them or not. I wouldn't be that major of an impact with them anyways. I'd never say 'no' to New England, though.
Toronto North Stars
I remember Toronto being the place to sign. Everyone who was major in free agency was signing in Toronto in the early seasons. Luckily for me, I was drafted to Toronto with my second, and first really dedicated player, Bryan Danielson. Back then, jkrever was the guy I looked up to. I saw a guy who was always respectful with their players, and always had a winner's mentality. I always feel like he should have won a cup so many times, especially S6-S9. Back then, guys like Ochocinco and Maxy were the biggest signings at the time, and it made Toronto a really scary team. I had to leave Toronto because of the toxicity that was happening, and it was more related to me disagreeing with Maxy more than anything else. There was times where I feel like he was gonna mutinize the team at any point and take it at gunpoint with his weight throwing and everything. I just couldn't take it anymore from that standpoint.
It's been nearly 30 seasons since I've played in Toronto now, and the image of that team is SO much different than it was when I left. The team right now has a whole hodge-podge of people I know, people I've seen before, and people I respect. I think <a href='index.php?showuser=2458' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Symmetrik</a> is a really smart guy, and I think he's a great GM. <a href='index.php?showuser=2297' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-10'>InciteHysteria</a> is an equally smart guy, and I feel can be a great leader for that team. There's a lot of others who I don't believe I've talked to that much, so I don't have that much of an opinion on. It's not necessarily a bad thing, though, it's just more people to meet. I'll be happy to hear from Toronto if it ever comes to it, it would just be some time to get myself introduced and get used to whatever culture Toronto has.
West Kendall Platoon
I remember West Kendall being so good at the start. Like, they'd be the team to beat in the playoffs, and some people did. Like, the first nine seasons, eight of them were deep, DEEP playoff runs. They always had a dedicated set of players who wanted the team to succeed, and they did get two cups as a result of it. I think a lot of that mentality is still there in West Kendall. There's still a good set of dedicated players on that team wanting the Platoon to succeed. Though, West Kendall has never been a place I ever consider as a landing spot. And the thing about it is that I don't have a reason behind it. Maybe it's because the management never came after me or never looked at me as a trade or free agent option, it's just that West Kendall never came across my mind. Not even today.
And this is nothing against the team at all, I just usually never have West Kendall on my mind. I know that <a href='index.php?showuser=2182' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>JR95</a> is a great dude and <a href='index.php?showuser=1157' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-14'>.bojo</a> is bojo, you can't not love him, but I just generally forget about West Kendall until I read an article about them. Part of me hates saying that, but I'd be lying if I said I had the Platoon on my head. I even look at the roster right now, and I think to myself 'wow, they have some guys I know here. Why haven't I looked at them sooner?' kind of thing. I see guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=2408' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>XLeafer</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=1119' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-63'>artermis</a> , two guys I respect a lot on this site. I also see someone like <a href='index.php?showuser=1654' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-62'>Allegiant</a> , who I've dealt with before, and is a Grade-A class talent. West Kendall seems like a place I'd fit in really well with, and I usually forget that they're a team for some reason. I dunno if it's because I'm bad with memory (which it probably is), or some kind of voodoo magic that's caused me to forget, but now part of me is thinking 'What about West Kendall?'. I'll seriously need to think of them more often.
Okay, so I can't remember the character count for these guys, so I'm gonna end it here. If I know I can go longer on here, I'll keep going later this week. I apologize for so many tags on here, I just feel like if I'm praising someone, I should probably let them know about it.
If this was a waste of time to you, feel free to say so. Have a nice day!
Hey, remember when I ripped on Storm, and it backfired on me so bad? Man, that was stupid of me.
Anyways, I thought that I would write a small perspective piece on every team of the league, and where I see them from my point of view on this specific day. Some reasoning behind it is, yes, for the money, since I do need it and everything, but I've been personally wanting to do something like this for a while, and I've just had a sudden ambition to do it the last few days, so here it is.
As obvious, there will most likely be points in the article where I probably say something that is completely untrue about your team, and feel free to correct me from that aspect. Most of this will be from an outsider's perspective, so I expect to be wrong on a few things. I do want to create some discussion about it, so feel free to voice out things and correct my wrongs, I am all for being corrected.
Buffalo Stampede I remember Brandon just starting up this team by the time I fully left the site, and it had its expansion team all ready to go. I don't really completely know what was going on with them for the 9 or 10 seasons that was going on, but I got a real bad rap on that team. People were basically telling me that it was a last resort place to go, and it had a bunch of scumbags on the team. I saw the team for the first month or two back with that in mind, but I never really said to myself 'I won't sign with this team, ever'. And from where they are right now, I think Buffalo is in good hands with <a href='index.php?showuser=1163' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>WannabeFinn</a>.
It was back around S37 or S38, I can't quite remember, but did you know that I was almost slated to be Co-GM there with Walrus for about a week? It was almost set in stone, pending a fair trade-off with Manhattan, but it ended up bottling out, and it was given to WBF. Everyone on the team, I was told, was stoked to have me join the team, but I was told through a little birdie that one person basically vetoed it, and that was why the move never happened. The thing was, though, was that I wasn't overly upset. I kinda was because it was one person vetoing it, but it wasn't like it was the end of the world, and the mark of my inactivity.
As of today's Buffalo Stampede, I think they have the foundation for a real good run in the next few seasons, if not right now. There's a lot of people I respect and like on the team. <a href='index.php?showuser=1263' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>kit</a> is one of those dudes I like talking to. Guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=1663' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-52'>Winter is Coming</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2815' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>White Cornerback</a> are great guys. One of the first people I talked to a lot in the St. Louis Locker Room was <a href='index.php?showuser=2463' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>Zombiewolf</a> . I think that whole image that Buffalo had at one point has slowly gone away, and they're in really good hands with a great GM. I think it would be cool if I ever came to join Buffalo. I'd probably be their ideal 2C or 3C at this point.
Hamilton Steelhawks For ages, I used to hate the Steelhawks, and it was more of a respectful hate more than anything. I think it was mainly because there were dudes on that team back in the day I didn't like, and they liked to stir a lot of shit around, regardless of who it was. It was one of those teams that I always enjoyed beating regular season and playoffs, if it ever got that far. This time around, there's a lot more respect on that team than hate going around from me.
I remember hating to the point of despising <a href='index.php?showuser=283' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>ThatDamnMcJesus</a> , and it was because we were both young pricks at the time. Maybe I was a bigger dick at the time, but I remember absolutely hating him in juniors. It's like the complete opposite now. I think he and <a href='index.php?showuser=2261' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Gooney</a> have turned this team into something special. I personally feel like there's some shit tossing from them every now and then, but it's not nearly as bad as it once was. There's also a lot of people on that team I have respect for. <a href='index.php?showuser=2015' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-56'>formx</a> is pretty much a brother, he and I talk a lot on Discord, and sometimes it's on pointless stuff, but he's a great dude. Other people like <a href='index.php?showuser=2572' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-56'>DrunkenTeddy</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2583' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>QuantumCowboy</a> are dudes I haven't talked a ton with, but I have nothing but the utmost respect for them.
I feel like you guys are a great goalie shy of a cup-winning team, but it wouldn't surprise me if they won it all with Jay Bae and the foundation they've built to get here, and I don't think I'd be that one piece that would surge them to a cup win. They already have a plethora of good middle man talent, I'd maybe benefit them on the dot, be an decent 3C PK option, but that's just me saying how good the team is at this moment. Hats off to the Hawks!
Manhattan Rage Hey, look! A team that I've been on before! This one will probably be a little longer than the others because of the past experience I had with this team.
Manhattan was nothing short of a roller coaster the two seasons I was there. Ups and downs and sideways, from being on what looked like a winner in S37, just to fall short of the playoffs, to becoming Co-GM, and building a team of guys wanting to win a cup, and fulfilling the wishes of many players, and getting them their cup win. I still enjoy my time there, despite the ending being, well, everyone knows what happened, and I don't think I need to go into much detail about it.
I ended up choosing Manhattan over Edmonton during the offseason when I became a free agent, mainly because there was a lot of upside of going to Manhattan at the time, and Edmonton, I felt at the time, promised too much. I never truly felt like I deserved to be a top line centerman with a letter on the jersey, getting max time. As much as it was appealing, I felt like I could ease into my spot better in Manhattan, and that's what I ended up doing. The first season there was relaxing, but quiet. The locker room, as you knew, was barely a locker room. It had maybe five or six people talking in it, but no constant discussion. A lot of the players were the late talkers, where I was just starting to get back to regular sleeping hours. The second season was something to remember forever, though, and we all know why. Promoted to Co-GM, and I basically did everything. Nuck would recommend signings, and I would usually try to find what their salary was. My goal for that season was to compete, and I think the message was sent when I sent the giant package that was the Texas trade for two retiring players. It was two guys who I felt would make the difference for us, from pretenders to contenders, and my risk paid off.
I ended up being fired from Manhattan for a couple reasons. The Calgary trade was one of them. To this day, I still feel like that pick (which ended up #2, and was basically Slappy) was traded for 40 cents to the dollar. No disrespect to Calgary whatsoever, but for a team who is desperately looking for prospects now, a move involving what is surely going to be end-of-round picks is not the package I would be looking for what was a Top 5 pick from day one. The fact that Nuck went through with the trade without my approval, or letting me know and asking is what upset me the most. This trade shouldn't have happened until the next offseason. It was very much a trade in response to CFJ leaving. It was sudden, it wasn't necessary, and I really think we didn't get enough for the trade. As much as some people think it was a fleecing by us, it really won't be, I feel.
I was also fired for differences with the direction Nuck and I wanted to go. For Nuck, it was to keep winning with the same, semi-active retirement home group for as long as possible. I knew that a rebuild was needed, and he didn't want to go through with it until S43. My plan was to blow the machine up in S41. I told a lot of GM's that, and for the most part they agreed with me. The landscape in Manhattan needed to change. I didn't want the team to become a perpetual retirement home or for people who are just semi-active and have no room on a competing team.
But, because of all this, it led to me being forcefully traded out of Manhattan, and Nuck ending up leaving the site in general, and a giant shit storm for JY to clean up. For the little time he had to adjust to the role, I think JY's done a good job with what he'd had to use. Nonetheless, I still feel guilty for causing the mess-up in general, and I haven't apologized to him yet, so I want to make it public and apologize to <a href='index.php?showuser=232' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-24'>JayWhy</a> for leaving the team in the mess that it was. It should have never gotten to that situation in the first place.
I will never close the bridge that is Manhattan. If they tell me that a trade is in place, or if they want to sign me, I will always be glad to go back to Manhattan. I have unfinished business with the team, and it would, for me, be back to normal in Manhattan.
Minnesota Chiefs I remember back in it's original days, I used to rip the hell out of the team just for the logo alone. For like four or five seasons, this team basically took the Frolunda logo and called it their own. I would always call them the Minnesweden Chiefdians or some kind of Minnesota/Frolunda mix because I thought it was so lazy of them to use a real team's logo and call it their own. Looking back, maybe I was a bigger dick bag than I thought... Anyways, thank god they changed the logo for S16 and it's stayed slightly different than a real team.
The first thing I do want to say about today's Chiefs is the respect I have for <a href='index.php?showuser=1773' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Baelor Swift</a>. It always feels great to talk to him about something, and while he may have a more loose cannon at times, and he goes off on someone, he's still a guy I tend to respect from a managerial standpoint. Part of me was very happy when Minnesota won the cup this past season. I felt like S38's reverse sweep against Manhattan was so awful for them, and they deserved to be in the final more than us at the time. Getting it a season later I felt was great for them. Maybe some of them thought it was a season too late, but they still won one nonetheless.
I remember initially hating <a href='index.php?showuser=1929' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-14'>SwegKingu</a> because all I saw him do was post copypastas and shit on people. That's why you don't go strictly to the thunderdome. Sweg is a guy I like and respect a lot just because he's more outspoken on certain things, which sometimes isn't bad, so I was happy when he won his first cup. However, I'm throwing down the gauntlet. $1 million on the line, us two gotta fight in a game. If I win, I get the money and the bragging rights. Vice versa for you, you win, you win money and bragging rights. You game?
I think the team is similar to Manhattan in a sense, but has a bit better direction than what I had it. This team is going to be fine for the next few seasons, and it's far from a retirement home than Manhattan was at the time. Having guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=2236' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-73'>Wally</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=5' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-66'>sarmo</a> are good for the team. Especially sarmo, who I remember helping me out nearly 7 and a half years ago with my first player, even though we never played together. I would welcome a time in Minnesota at any point, and I feel like I'd be a good fit with the crew that they have there.
New England Wolfpack Hey, Look! Another team I've played for this past year. Cool beans!
Yeah, ending up being picked 6th overall in a draft where I felt I wasn't even the 6th best draftee at the time, purely based on stats and attribute distribution more than anything. I mean, I'm probably the only one of my kind, a guy who has PASSING AS A WEAKNESS FOR FUN. I only really played one full season for the 'Pack at the time, but I did spend three seasons inside the Wolfpack Locker Room, and I felt welcomed. Despite telling them that I could be technically considered a Wolfpack original, considering that Robin Karlsson, my third player, was on the inaugural season of the Wolfpack, I was still welcomed in nonetheless. Both <a href='index.php?showuser=1765' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-4'>Easter Eggy</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2309' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Torbvo</a> were excited to have me, and I was excited to be there. I thought at the time they landed on a gold mine, picking myself, Xander Green, and Vesa Perhonen. <a href='index.php?showuser=512' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-54'>Green</a> was a guy I really respected back in the day, and <a href='index.php?showuser=30' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>HabsFanFromOntario</a> was one of my old besties. Remember the nWo? I still 'member. I think the three other people that I really enjoyed talking to on a regular basis and getting to know more were <a href='index.php?showuser=2101' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-30'>Jenny</a> <a href='index.php?showuser=2098' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>bilbo</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=2031' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>Raven</a>. The locker room was always a cool place to talk to, and for the season I did spend on the main roster, it was great.
But I knew that my time was running quickly with the team, mainly because of the minor differences I had with the team in itself. First thing is probably what everybody knows about the team, and it is the clique mentality, that whole 'stay together forever' thing. I'm a guy that likes bringing in new, different people to the group. I was a kid growing up that never fit into any clique. I was the jock, but I also did a lot of nerd shit, like play board games and media work, but I also did a year of Student Council, which was with the popular of popular, but I also did drama, and was in plays, but so on and so forth. As the last season was starting to end, I'm not sure if it was my paranoia creeping in or something, but I started to feel a 'with us, or against us' thing in the locker room. It could have been something that I disagreed on with someone, I can't remember, but it was starting to feel like I was being outcasted there. I dunno, it was months ago, it could be nothing, but I felt it near the end of the playoffs.
Again, I'm a guy with some mental problems, so it could be absolutely nothing about it, and I would come back to New England if they ever did ask, and could afford me. The big reason I left was that I needed money, and they couldn't offer more than 3M, if I'm not mistaken. But, the Wolfpack are still the Wolfpack, they'll always be in the hunt, regardless if I sign with them or not. I wouldn't be that major of an impact with them anyways. I'd never say 'no' to New England, though.
Toronto North Stars I remember Toronto being the place to sign. Everyone who was major in free agency was signing in Toronto in the early seasons. Luckily for me, I was drafted to Toronto with my second, and first really dedicated player, Bryan Danielson. Back then, jkrever was the guy I looked up to. I saw a guy who was always respectful with their players, and always had a winner's mentality. I always feel like he should have won a cup so many times, especially S6-S9. Back then, guys like Ochocinco and Maxy were the biggest signings at the time, and it made Toronto a really scary team. I had to leave Toronto because of the toxicity that was happening, and it was more related to me disagreeing with Maxy more than anything else. There was times where I feel like he was gonna mutinize the team at any point and take it at gunpoint with his weight throwing and everything. I just couldn't take it anymore from that standpoint.
It's been nearly 30 seasons since I've played in Toronto now, and the image of that team is SO much different than it was when I left. The team right now has a whole hodge-podge of people I know, people I've seen before, and people I respect. I think <a href='index.php?showuser=2458' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Symmetrik</a> is a really smart guy, and I think he's a great GM. <a href='index.php?showuser=2297' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-10'>InciteHysteria</a> is an equally smart guy, and I feel can be a great leader for that team. There's a lot of others who I don't believe I've talked to that much, so I don't have that much of an opinion on. It's not necessarily a bad thing, though, it's just more people to meet. I'll be happy to hear from Toronto if it ever comes to it, it would just be some time to get myself introduced and get used to whatever culture Toronto has.
West Kendall Platoon I remember West Kendall being so good at the start. Like, they'd be the team to beat in the playoffs, and some people did. Like, the first nine seasons, eight of them were deep, DEEP playoff runs. They always had a dedicated set of players who wanted the team to succeed, and they did get two cups as a result of it. I think a lot of that mentality is still there in West Kendall. There's still a good set of dedicated players on that team wanting the Platoon to succeed. Though, West Kendall has never been a place I ever consider as a landing spot. And the thing about it is that I don't have a reason behind it. Maybe it's because the management never came after me or never looked at me as a trade or free agent option, it's just that West Kendall never came across my mind. Not even today.
And this is nothing against the team at all, I just usually never have West Kendall on my mind. I know that <a href='index.php?showuser=2182' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>JR95</a> is a great dude and <a href='index.php?showuser=1157' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-14'>.bojo</a> is bojo, you can't not love him, but I just generally forget about West Kendall until I read an article about them. Part of me hates saying that, but I'd be lying if I said I had the Platoon on my head. I even look at the roster right now, and I think to myself 'wow, they have some guys I know here. Why haven't I looked at them sooner?' kind of thing. I see guys like <a href='index.php?showuser=2408' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>XLeafer</a> and <a href='index.php?showuser=1119' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-63'>artermis</a> , two guys I respect a lot on this site. I also see someone like <a href='index.php?showuser=1654' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-62'>Allegiant</a> , who I've dealt with before, and is a Grade-A class talent. West Kendall seems like a place I'd fit in really well with, and I usually forget that they're a team for some reason. I dunno if it's because I'm bad with memory (which it probably is), or some kind of voodoo magic that's caused me to forget, but now part of me is thinking 'What about West Kendall?'. I'll seriously need to think of them more often.
Okay, so I can't remember the character count for these guys, so I'm gonna end it here. If I know I can go longer on here, I'll keep going later this week. I apologize for so many tags on here, I just feel like if I'm praising someone, I should probably let them know about it.
If this was a waste of time to you, feel free to say so. Have a nice day!
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