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03-17-2001, 10:27 PM
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Wyoming Wildfire 2021
 This thread marks the progress of the Wyoming Wildfire, a franchise being operated under the GroupThink concept. This is the year 2021-year five of the fledgling expansion team's existence. If you'd like to read through the details from our earlier years, including some helpful background on the concept and the rules involved, here is a link: Wyoming Wildfire, 2017 Wyoming Wildfire, 2018 Wyoming Wildfire, 2019 Wyoming Wildfire, 2020 The basic concept of GroupThink (a deliberately temporary name that seems to have stuck) is that we have several forum participants working together to manage an FOF 2001 franchise. Several people have defined roles, and some others are just ad-hoc contributors, which is welcome. The principal managers of the team are: Owner: QuikSand General Manager: TheRoyalOne Director of Scouting & Player Personnel(Veterans): RPI-Fan Director of Scouting & Player Personnel(Young): Daimyo Offensive Coordinator: FishFan Defensive Coordinator: Subby Special Teams Coordinator: TheDawgsAreOut Salary Cap and Financial Advisor: ez Director of PR & Marketing: Fritz We've had very helpful participation from a number of others, and welcome more. The job of the people listed above manage the various input, as it relates to their field, and to implement things into a sound strategy. We have sought to find one central location for the game files, but have instead seemingly settled on a one-step-at-a-time system, where each manager seems to post wherever it suits him best. I recommend searching through the most recently active threads in the main forum, where you will likely find a link. Important: By downloading the file. You are agreeing to play by our rules. Chief among them is no simming ahead. If you want to join in and comment, fine-but do not interfere with everyone's enjoyment by violating this concept. That said, we'll be having several different people manage their portions of the season, and we'll use this thread as a home for the reports and updates on our progress. Discussion and debate about team decisions and so forth will continue to be housed in the main forum, generally in threads labeled with the "WW:" or "GroupThink:" indicators. There are two standing links, where our Offensive and Defensive Cordinators have posted an ongoing annitated depth chart, which might help focus and spur discussion. You may locate them here: Wildfire Offense Wildfire Defense Feel free to read along, look around, and chime in-- your input is welcome… |
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03-17-2001, 10:55 PM
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TO: Wildfire Staff FROM: TRO, GM CC: POTGP RE: Coaching & Scouting staff As we embark on year 5 in the dawning of our franchise, we once again are looking at our staff. In the past few years I have felt pressure to change for various reasons and requests from certain high-ranking individuals in our organization. The high-rate of turnover has caused many facets of our organization to feel unorganized. With the bills and the losses piling up instead of the profits and the wins, I'm taking a firm stance that the lead scout and coach that I bring in this year will be with us for the tenure of their contracts or mine, whichever terminates first. As such, I've taken into consideration our teams needs and various recommendations and went after our 2021 staff. I also followed ez's recommendations regarding ticket prices. Hopefully we can begin getting out of the red in the near future. New Head Scout: Anthony Hagar, $200,000 3 years New Head Coach: Richie Sampras, $2,000,000 3 years We will now need to make a tough decision on who to franchise this year. File can be found through my signature link. ------------------ Wildfire Files Member of the Village Challenge II Cleveland Browns |
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03-18-2001, 03:20 PM
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n00b
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
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TRO, good work in managing our front office costs so effectively. With the accompanying reduction in support costs, we are hopeful for a rebound in the team's operating bottom line. With a new stadium imminent, our path toward financial solvency now seems to be fairly straightforward-- we need to perform on the field, and build fan interest.
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03-19-2001, 08:16 AM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Assistant General Manager for PR and Marketing: Fritz Whats a guy gotta do to get some respect, post 2000 times?
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03-19-2001, 12:55 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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You get a really nice fruit basket, too. |
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03-19-2001, 01:28 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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2021 Free Agency Update
The Wildfire came into this year's free agency market looking for help at QB, and two solid options were available. Having traded away QB Marcus Preston to Oakland just a year ago, we opted instead to go for Minnesota's starter Nicky Smith. Smith looks like a solid all-around guy, who had some struggles last season in his first as a starter in the league. We believe that a little maturation and our improving offensive line will help him thrive in the Wildfire offense. He accepted a 2yr deal worth $40m. (Incidentally, QB Marcus Preston has stepped in in St. Louis, to the tune of $114m over 5 years. Our own Zach McCorvey got $20m+/yr from Clevelend.) We also worked out new deals with two of our defensive stalwarts, CB Ellis Alumbaugh and DT Wes Barton. Both are solid veterans, and their new deals help to free up cap room for this season. FB Phil Walker accepts an additional minimum salary year on his current deal, keeping him aboard through next year (at the club option, since there is no bonus attached). As we moved into the later FA stages… FB Mitchell Sutton comes home to Wyoming, accepting a 3yr deal for $10.4m. He looks to step in as our main lead blocker-he'll be the best up-front man we've had, and should be a good fit in this offense. Sutton is a U. of Wyoming alumnus as well, and should help to stoke the home fires a bit. Safety Kenneth Dahlin is another late-stage FA signee. He is a no-risk pickup, a decent safety with some return ability, who did not demand a signing bonus-and looks to earn a job on the team. His deal is 3yrs, just under $6m. LB Wesley Sloan has been a solid contributor for the Wildfire for the last three seasons, and we work out a deal for him in the final stage of free agency-he re-signs for a new 3yr deal worth $21.1m. As we head toward the draft, we still have a few more players under contract who may not be aboard when the dust settles. LB Roderick Erdahl signed a lucrative deal last season, and may not be earning his keep. FB Leonard Winters has presumably been replaced with the new addition of Sutton. RB Billy Madison may have only a tenuous grip on the final RB roster slot. Their fates will be determined before training camp. We head toward the draft with trade offers for RB Andy Ellis and QB Nicky Smith. Both have some troubles with our "fairness test." The deal for Ellis would be possible if we cut some cap room, but we are forbidden in general from dealing a player who was just signed-so the offer for Smith is off the table, even if we were interested. That said, we prepare to head into the rookie draft period. [This message has been edited by QuikSand (edited 03-19-2001).] |
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03-19-2001, 01:41 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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2021 Draft Progress
1. Cleveland - Redmon, Adam, T, Arkansas 2. Minnesota - Reado, Steven, RB, Clemson 3. St. Louis - Bedard, Bryce, RB, Iowa State 4. Greenville - Eamigh, Karl, WR, Maryland 5. Richmond - Harvey, Grant, DE, UCLA 6. Portland - Hylton, Leroy, LB, Eastern Illinois 7. Wyoming - I'm sending the file on to Daimyo, for him to post. He'll run the draft from here... let the discussion begin. |
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03-20-2001, 09:10 PM
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After Daimyo finished up a pretty nice draft for us, I prepare us for training camp.
I begin by clearing out deadweight: RB Madison TE Cavallo G Schultz LB Torelli S Dahlin CB Blanchard FB Winters Resign: DE Farrel T Garrett Sign to URFA: TE Willis 4yr LB Raphael 4yr LB Page 4yr LB Swartz 4yr WR Hoyt 4yr WR Peterson 4yr P Spencer RB Comeaux FB Dodge 4yr CB Corley S Engel DE Hunziker 4yr We then go into training camp. Pre Camp: EA.com Front Office Football 2001 Post Camp: EA.com Front Office Football 2001 We receive too salary cap problem trades and one very intriguing offer, will post in main discussion thread... File is up on the geocities link through my sig. ------------------ Wildfire Files Member of the Village Challenge II Cleveland Browns |
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03-24-2001, 09:11 AM
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2021 Final Standings:
EA.com Front Office Football 2001 Green Bay goes on to defeat Pittsburgh 31-27 in this years SuperBowl. Team Stats: Rush: 4.0/3.5/3.7 Pass: 7.2/7.2/6.5 3rdDown: 33.4/30.2/34.5 RedZone: 4.6/4.9/4.9 139 penalties (8th worst in league) -4 Turnover Ratio Individual Stats: Smith 208/379 54.8 2811 15TD 14INT 76.4 Csonka 99/177 55.9 1230 8TD 6INT 78.5 Ellis 319(4th)-1355(5th) 4.2ypc 12TD(2nd) 26rec-267 2TD Fonseca 78-1280(3rd) 16.4ypc(3rd) 8TD(5th) 2nd Team WR Solymos 69-1019 14.7ypc 8TD(5th) Randall 62-798 12.8ypc 2TD Page 44-444 1TD Peterson 7.2 punt ret, 26.8 kick ret 1TD Melvin 18/28 FG 30/31 XP Spencer 42.3 punt avg, 27/95 punts inside 20 Sloan 79 Tackles 25 Assists 2INT Gunn 72 Tackles 23 Assists Erdahl 68 Tackles 27 Assists 1.5 Sacks Petkovich 58 Tackles 20 Assists 2INT 1TD 32.2 PDQ Alumbaugh 55 Tackles 15 Assists 1INT 21.9 PDQ Farrell 52 Tackles 15 Assists 9.0 Sacks 4 Blocks 7 Hurries 2nd Team DE Stokes 43 Tackles 17 Assists 3 INT 29.7 PDQ McConnell 40 Tackles 26 Assists 4 Sacks (Started every game???) 1INT 1TD Barton 35 Tackles 12 Assists 5 Sacks 3 Blocks 1 Hurry Webster 8 Sacks in 10 starts Cambell 5.5 Sacks in 6 starts McIver 3INT 41.0 PDQ in 11 games Adler 27KRB 41.5% 9 Sacks Allowed Williams 22KRB 33.3% 4 Sacks Allowed Petherick 19KRB 30.6% 4 Sacks Allowed Pederson 16KRB 37.2% 0 Sacks Allowed Gardner 14KRB 18.4% 5 Sacks Allowed in 12 games Stevenson 2KRB 66.6% 0 Sacks in 4 games |
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