Welcome to 2013

[Matt]

r00K has himself Lozier for a while longer

[Suicane]

bastard. Damn, just noticed Daniels was 2 tackles shy of being the leads all time tackler.

[SteveBsFan]

Nigel Booker... what a freakin shocker Ugh

[SteveBsFan]

I think I may also be doing some rebuilding. No sense trying w/o a QB

[tarcone]

No one of consequence retired.

Glad to see Brian "I realize Ken Singleton is the Rushing King, so I better retire" Dixon retire.

[r00k]

r00K has himself Lozier for a while longer

Could be the kiss of death ... have to decide on whether to try to compete for another year or face reality and commit to a rebuild.

Booker's retirement is a loss to the league.

[JesterBlaze]

Phantoms retain all but one player. I'm very happy with our non-retirees! If Herman Almieda can give us a full solid season then the 4th I gave HA won't be so bad anymore.

Could be the kiss of death ... have to decide on whether to try to compete for another year or face reality and commit to a rebuild.

Lozier ain't coming back with rebuilding in mind I'm sure.

[Cringer]

Holy shizz.

Just noticed that RB Brian Dixon retired for the Toads. Shitty news Cring

Brian Dixon was expected really, the guy has been dropping off for a few years now. He held on long enough to gain the rushing title and obviously waited for Reno's Jacques Crosby to announce his retirement before making it final. Now Crosby can't regain the rushing title.

Other retirements I had are as bad for me. CB Rodney Love who sat out most the season with his hamstring making him questionable. ILB Otis Shores isn't a huge deal. G Wilfredo Sheffield is up there with Dixon, fading star vet but was still effective. CB Leonard Wolcott, a pretty effective nickel/dime guy for years as well as my DB leader.

Later guys. Thanks for not taking CB Lindo, S Flaherty, MLB Cloninger, and the 4 of 5 WRs who are 10-12 year guys.


I also see these guys retired:

former Toad TE Joseph Flores
former ORL/PIT WR Dexter Edmonds
WR Boyce Groth
IWC RB Aubrey Beamer
WR Kraig Marasco
Rb Jacques Crosby as I mentioned above
LA MLB Augustine Murray
HOU Cb Garfield Rhodes
Longtime PIT RB David Rodrigez
and a lot of other familiar names from over the years that played smaller roles on teams.....

[Cringer]

Woohoo! It's 2013, I can finally try to improve my stadium this year. Very nice as I have never been able to since it was built in 1998.

[hawkster]

The contract renegotiation rule comes into effect this season, correct?

[Matt]

The contract renegotiation rule comes into effect this season, correct?

the rule did not pass.

[Cringer]

Hmmm, I think I voted no on that one and would change that to a yes now.

[Hell Atlantic]

baby! time for the Heroes to do our thing now. can't wait to download the file to see what picks in the draft i wound up with.

i forgot i was able to aquire a 4th round pick for Almeida! how did i fucking manage that??? the guy is like in his 12th season. LOL.

[Hell Atlantic]

FUCK! DT Stewart Lundquist and original Hero - CB Darren Bruner - have retired. Lundquist never did put up the numbers he was known for in ANC, and he represents one of the last players i aquired under my "cohesion is meaningless, talent trumps all" mode of operating a team. since then we've put a premium on aquiring lots of valuable draft picks to aquire high round calibre players to keep on the team for a long time, and have drastically reduced the amount of blockbuster trades we pull off that never amounted to anything.

Bruner was unexpected, and another reminder that once a guy reaches his 10th year, every year after that could be his last year. i won't ever aquire someone who's a 10th year vet or older, and am considering not aquiring anyone who is older than an 8th year vet. i officially do not have a secondary going into this season. the good thing is that with all these holes on my defense, i can just pick Best Player Available. that's pretty easy.

[Hell Atlantic]

nice...Heroes have 2 top 10 overal picks, and 3 picks in the top 40. that last win probably knocked us out of the top 3, which i'm fucking pissed about.