S77 Championship Week

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CementHands
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07-19-2024, 10:45 AM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2024, 10:45 AM by CementHands. Edited 1 time in total.)

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

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CementHands
3 TPE

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words. One Step Closer

After long last Minnesota managed to make their way to second round, but were not able to push further just yet. Since switching to FHM we have had multiple teams that have won the cup but there are still quite few teams that haven't been able to make it all the way. Baltimore, Calgary, Manhattan, Minnesota, Montreal, Tampa Bay and Toronto have not won the Challenge Cup during the FHM era, some have been close, but which one you think will be the next one to win and why do you pick them over the others?

I think Manhattan is the next of the have not wins to hoist the cup. I know CoA and I've worked with him for a while and he has the needed experience to run a team well. They did a hard thing with their rebuild, and I believe it will start paying off shortly as many of the players will be coming online withing a similar time frame.
67 Words - 1 TPE

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11. Written, 50 to 200+ words. One Season Closer to Retirement

One season behind all of us. How did your player perform compared to your expectations? What do you expect from next season? Are you being hit by regression so hard that anything close to this season's performance would be a win in your books? Or maybe you are reaching your peak, in either of the leagues and hope to compete for some awards?

Honestly this sucks. It's depressing. regression hits harder than it used to, you can't float for multiple seasons anymore. You can get away with still top tier performance for a couple of seasons after you peak - maybe an additional 2 or 3, but you do go off that cliff and that is usually a time to take a look at how your career is, where you are and what you want out of it. If you want to chase a cup now might be the time to try and find your way onto a competitive team. If you want a high offensive output maybe you want to look for a team that is a little worse on paper, but you would be able to play a key role in the offense and log big minutes.
I'm still not at that specific fork in the road, but if I want to chase points on this player then that's a decision I might have to look into. Or depending on the prospect pool maybe my current situation is perfect to maintain a high role. Alternatively I could take the stance that I quite like where I am, I enjoy the team and we are always competitive, so there is a chance in a place that I know as long as I fill a role. Who knows, maybe I can lock up the top offensive D man award over the next couple of seasons, and then I can do a hard change to focus on the defensive side of things. That is after all how I was focused when I came up and for the first handful of pro seasons, maybe it's just a small regression to that norm.
286 words - 4 TPE

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