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icepikk · 08-27-2008, 05:53 AM

I went and took over the steelers with my own created coach, focusing on the running game cuz thats where their offensive strength is and i kept the same playbooks cuz i didnt want everyone to relearn everything (mistake) considering i wanted to focus on a fast outside run game and man defense instead of the power inside running and blitz heavy defense. Its been going okay for me though, in my first season as head coach i went 10-6, beating the super bowl champion giants at the last second with a field goal but then taking losses to NE and indy, BAD losses too. I got pittman from FA for the inside game and mike hart in like the 6th of the draft and pittman was a bust while hart was decent enuff. willie struggled all year and ended the season with like 800 or so yards. i took otah in the first and greco later on and otah was a bust cuz he only had an 84 pot while greco had the same and he was drafted in the 5th or so

also got samual to give my CBs a good chance. i wasnt very prepared for that draft and wouldnt rate it one of my best and i think thats why my offense struggled all year but my defense dominated with farrior winning DPOTY. i beat the bills in the wildcard with a stunning comeback down 14 in the fourth and then dominated on the colts in the divisional game 42-7 where i was up 35-0 at half and got 2 picks in the endzone from manning which was nice after how they murdered us earlier in the season. i was riding on a high heading into the AFC championship game against NE, the other team that dominated me. i felt since i redeemed myself against indy the same could be done against the pats, at half we were up 14-7, then brady decided to be brady and led the pats on THREE touchdown drives in a row while their defense ran through my offense and they beat us 28-14 at final. I was sad but also happily anxious for the draft and FA since i had more experience in the game and the guide plus this site to help me out. i fired arians as my OC thinking i could pick up a college coach to run a better system with but since i went so deep into the playoffs only a crap coach was available, which upset me but i dealt with it.

I went into FA and let fanaca go (franchise tagged him the previous year) cuz he wanted too much money to keep and i wasnt gonna kill my cap this time around. i picked up isaac bruce and andre woodson, and some others that arent coming to mind right now but i wanted the bulk of my cap to be saved for the draft. i got rid of pittman and traded some players for picks. i spent hours researching the draft, i picked up Montario Tartt III in the first, a nice wide receiver compared to T.O. with a pot. of 92, then i got a CB named Bowe-Drew cuz he ran a 4.19 forty in the 2nd, the HB sleeper named Jarvin Warren from Dayton (which is where i live

) and i also picked up a FB, a TE named Mays and a couple of LBs, one compared to shawn merriman and another to jason taylor, then a QB late and a couple more HBs that slipped late because of who they were compared to, albert wright (adrian peterson) and evan goode (jamal lewis). Im a big running back guy so i couldnt pass up having 5 of them lol.

the best from this draft id say would be jarvin warren. he has been a total beast and his potential is only 87 in my system but he has outplayed parker for the starting job and has ran for about 900 yds in 13 or 14 games despite not starting til a couple days in, better than parker all the previous year so im gonna try to trade him for picks cuz i gave up my 1 &2 and otah to the jets so i could get MT3. i think it went well since warren is the current leader for OROTY and MT3 and my TE are all in the running as well 5 and 3 respectively.

the season started off good with a 3-0 start. then, the losses came. i lost to the packers 24-23 cuz my offense, in field goal range, decided to keep passing it with seconds left in their 2 min offense. then a couple more losses in a row and i went from 1st in my division to 3rd, but with the exception of a miserable performance against NE AGAIN, my team has been rolling along, we dominated the bears 30-3, then the vikings 23-13 and just got redemption on cincy 13-0 since they are one of the teams that beat us in that string of losses. currently im 8-4 and with a better offense and a stellar defense (farrior, harrison, dre moore, samual and polamalu are beasts for me.) im looking to win the super bowl, even tho i dont have THE #1 offense and defense, which is what the fans wanted, and since a SB victory is what the coach expects lol. i guess going to the AFC championship just to lose wasnt good enough for the owner and he upped his expectations. well i know this was long but ill update how the season goes on, and i know it was organized but eh, a lot has happened in this game which is AWESOME and its 5am lol.

08-27-2008, 05:53 AM	#83
icepikk Rookie OVR: 2 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dayton, Ohio	Re: How's Your Career Doing? I went and took over the steelers with my own created coach, focusing on the running game cuz thats where their offensive strength is and i kept the same playbooks cuz i didnt want everyone to relearn everything (mistake) considering i wanted to focus on a fast outside run game and man defense instead of the power inside running and blitz heavy defense. Its been going okay for me though, in my first season as head coach i went 10-6, beating the super bowl champion giants at the last second with a field goal but then taking losses to NE and indy, BAD losses too. I got pittman from FA for the inside game and mike hart in like the 6th of the draft and pittman was a bust while hart was decent enuff. willie struggled all year and ended the season with like 800 or so yards. i took otah in the first and greco later on and otah was a bust cuz he only had an 84 pot while greco had the same and he was drafted in the 5th or so also got samual to give my CBs a good chance. i wasnt very prepared for that draft and wouldnt rate it one of my best and i think thats why my offense struggled all year but my defense dominated with farrior winning DPOTY. i beat the bills in the wildcard with a stunning comeback down 14 in the fourth and then dominated on the colts in the divisional game 42-7 where i was up 35-0 at half and got 2 picks in the endzone from manning which was nice after how they murdered us earlier in the season. i was riding on a high heading into the AFC championship game against NE, the other team that dominated me. i felt since i redeemed myself against indy the same could be done against the pats, at half we were up 14-7, then brady decided to be brady and led the pats on THREE touchdown drives in a row while their defense ran through my offense and they beat us 28-14 at final. I was sad but also happily anxious for the draft and FA since i had more experience in the game and the guide plus this site to help me out. i fired arians as my OC thinking i could pick up a college coach to run a better system with but since i went so deep into the playoffs only a crap coach was available, which upset me but i dealt with it. I went into FA and let fanaca go (franchise tagged him the previous year) cuz he wanted too much money to keep and i wasnt gonna kill my cap this time around. i picked up isaac bruce and andre woodson, and some others that arent coming to mind right now but i wanted the bulk of my cap to be saved for the draft. i got rid of pittman and traded some players for picks. i spent hours researching the draft, i picked up Montario Tartt III in the first, a nice wide receiver compared to T.O. with a pot. of 92, then i got a CB named Bowe-Drew cuz he ran a 4.19 forty in the 2nd, the HB sleeper named Jarvin Warren from Dayton (which is where i live ) and i also picked up a FB, a TE named Mays and a couple of LBs, one compared to shawn merriman and another to jason taylor, then a QB late and a couple more HBs that slipped late because of who they were compared to, albert wright (adrian peterson) and evan goode (jamal lewis). Im a big running back guy so i couldnt pass up having 5 of them lol. the best from this draft id say would be jarvin warren. he has been a total beast and his potential is only 87 in my system but he has outplayed parker for the starting job and has ran for about 900 yds in 13 or 14 games despite not starting til a couple days in, better than parker all the previous year so im gonna try to trade him for picks cuz i gave up my 1 &2 and otah to the jets so i could get MT3. i think it went well since warren is the current leader for OROTY and MT3 and my TE are all in the running as well 5 and 3 respectively. the season started off good with a 3-0 start. then, the losses came. i lost to the packers 24-23 cuz my offense, in field goal range, decided to keep passing it with seconds left in their 2 min offense. then a couple more losses in a row and i went from 1st in my division to 3rd, but with the exception of a miserable performance against NE AGAIN, my team has been rolling along, we dominated the bears 30-3, then the vikings 23-13 and just got redemption on cincy 13-0 since they are one of the teams that beat us in that string of losses. currently im 8-4 and with a better offense and a stellar defense (farrior, harrison, dre moore, samual and polamalu are beasts for me.) im looking to win the super bowl, even tho i dont have THE #1 offense and defense, which is what the fans wanted, and since a SB victory is what the coach expects lol. i guess going to the AFC championship just to lose wasnt good enough for the owner and he upped his expectations. well i know this was long but ill update how the season goes on, and i know it was organized but eh, a lot has happened in this game which is AWESOME and its 5am lol.