Metro Football League - Season 3

[garysorrell]

Excellent!!

[dreamtheatervt]

The East is beast...kind of like the Western conference in the NBA.  We'll regroup and get'em next year!

[bopboppob]

[:D]Oh man Blowout!!!
 
Well not quite good game though.
 
Not in this house        [:-]
 
              [&o]

[garysorrell]

Lots of room on the bandwagon, gents. Climb aboard.

[jdhalfrack]

Lots of room on the bandwagon, gents. Climb aboard.

Dangit! I refuse to join that bandwagon. Seaside will pick up a few more wins next year and give the league some better competition.

GO 'VADERS!

JD

[DreamTeams]

ORIGINAL: dreamtheatervt

The East is beast...kind of like the Western conference in the NBA.  We'll regroup and get'em next year!

Yep. A western team hasn't been seen in the Metro Bowl since season one.

[chad56s]

I'm going to start my own bandwagon...Go River Heights!  Hardly a longer shot out there, but that's the way I like it.

[Frido1207]

A well deserved title. The best regular season team wins the champion crown. That´s not inevitable [:D].
I support the Comets, as I mostly like the underdogs.

[Reaser]

anyword and seeing draft prospects and following the draft for this offseason?
 
and can the GM of the Makos please get a superstar DB...damnit

[BigSmooth]

Way to go Corsairs. Big payback for week 8.

[DreamTeams]

Well, another great season is in the books. Now, taking a break for about a month and a half or more (or less) and then will return to begin season four. Meanwhile, here's what's happening...

- Currently working on an awards page and should have it uploaded soon.

- Waiting for the next MF update as has yet to touch it at all while wrapping up this season. So, will be playing around with the next update to see what it can do. However, also like to wait for jdhalfrack to release his special importer utility that will allow folks to save most of their current league stats and history and import it into the update. He's hit a glitch with it, but hoping he can work things out.

- Once patch/update is applied, will be assessing each team and updating draft profiles based on team needs. Don't know if the game spits out a draft log. If so, will try to post it. If not, will be posting a quick glimpse at the first round draft picks, as usual.

- There won't be any coaching changes this offseason. But, will be doing quite a bit of work on updating game plans and game situations as a result of new features from the MF update.

Stay tuned.

[bopboppob]

- Currently working on an awards page and should have it uploaded soon.

 
Yes my question has been answered![:)]
 

[garysorrell]

You can view the draft for each year. Dont think it prints out a hardcopy though.

[DreamTeams]

Ok. The site has been updated with an awards & season records area.

When at site click on 'Awards & Season Records.'

[DreamTeams]

Just finished the draft.

Site has been updated with a quick glimpse at the first round picks.

[garysorrell]

Hey DT, did Cape City lose anyone to retirement?

[Reaser]

yes!!!!!  we got the DB we needed, I was calling all last season for a DB and we get the steal of the draft getting Dayton first round...

[DreamTeams]

ORIGINAL: garysorrell

Hey DT, did Cape City lose anyone to retirement?

Yes. Here ya go...

Holton OL
Sales DL
Hillock DL
vanHuisen DB

[DreamTeams]

ORIGINAL: Reaser

yes!!!!!  we got the DB we needed, I was calling all last season for a DB and we get the steal of the draft getting Dayton first round...

Great pick up. But the Makos also lost some bigtime players to retirement...

Peppercorn RB (age 30) played 3 seasons
Kennedy QB (age 28) played 3 seasons
Clay WR (age 28) played 3 seasons
Flethcer RB (age 26) played 1 season

Is this normal (NFL wise) for players to retire in their late 20's. I'm not sure why MF is not more tollerant to keep good players around well into their 30's. But, from what I've heard retirement is random.

[dreamtheatervt]

Career lengths in the NFL are usually determined by the teams rather than the player.  Most players who "retire" that early retire uncerimoniously after being cut in camp, which really skews the "4 year career" average the NFL always talks about.  Players 48-53 on the roster are usually "interchangable parts"; a 5th receiver, 4th TB, or a 3rd string LB who plays special teams, someone which can be replaced by someone cheaper and of equal ability next year by a street FA.
 
In general starters retire due to age (Farve), a serious injury (David Pollack), or a series of nagging injuries; most other people are forced out of the league because they can't find a team willing to take them.