1986 Fresh Face Draft Chatter

[rainmakerrtv]

Setting up a separate thread so we can discuss and post reactions on the draft, keeping the draft thread exclusively for picks. So .... let's get the show on the road, shall we?

[kevinmcfl]

Before the draft gets started, I am open to trades for my picks. The Rock n Roll Express could be had.

[LowBlowPodcast]

Pick has been made and the ball is rolling. Slept in till 8 today fellas...sorry for the tardiness

[rainmakerrtv]

If one is going for a rookie, Steiner is an excellent pick. I think he definitely showed strong promise early on in his career, and is an excellent character to work with.

[LowBlowPodcast]

He has a look for sure and some skills.

 

I looked back at the NCAA wrestling tournaments from this time and he and his brother didn't compete very well... Dr. Death though did some serious work.

[SirEdger]

Thus far, some logical choices through the board. Got a couple options myself so don't know exactly where I'll go.

[dawho5]

That was the only guy I wanted. Everything else is just picking up the right guys for what i want to do.

[SirEdger]

EDIT: LowBlow just addressed this. Nothing to see here lol

[LowBlowPodcast]

Okay, I fucked up... Jeff Sword and Doug Vines were shipped from SMW to MACW for Saggs and Knobbs... they have now been added to the draft. Apologies guys.

[SirEdger]

GAAAAAH, rain, I hate you for picking Doug Furnas!

 

All joking aside, pretty hopeful my master plan can come to fruition anyway!

[dawho5]

At some point I had dropped Chris Colt for Hercules Ayala. Not that I imagine anyone is really picking Hercules Ayala.

[rainmakerrtv]

Lutte might

[spaldoni]

Hey everybody! So far, a lot of good picks

[rainmakerrtv]

I dare say, I wasn't expecting the draft to move this quickly. I was figuring it would go for about 2 - 3 days. As it stands, we have a fair shot at it being completed tonight, or at least tomorrow morning. Clearly, moving it up one day was a good idea.

[dawho5]

Clearly

 

Good work guys!

[rainmakerrtv]

Glad to see big Jack go to a good home, I drafted him last year as a rookie.

[rainmakerrtv]

Is WWC going to draft Steve Pardee? Viewers want to know!

[dawho5]

Heh, now they do!

[spaldoni]

Hey Rain, we can talk about St. Clair lol

[rainmakerrtv]

All good, Marty Jones works well in the same spot I was looking at.

[spaldoni]

Oh ok, yea St. Clair is my foreign good guy 🙂

[rainmakerrtv]

Just a case of me putting off drafting somebody because I keep feeling he will be available next round , then they get picked right before I am finally going to grab them. There's always one.

 

Overall, very happy with my draft, spent a lot (traded some pretty big ticket people and will have to cut more than I anticipated to make the roster cap) but managing to avoid buyer's remorse. Ron Simmons wound up being the big one that got away but truth to tell, I pegged Simmons, Vader and Pillman as my top three dream picks and I figured I would be most likely to get one of them, if that. (Very surprised to be able to land Pillman, so there is a plus). Had a fun angle planned to introduce a bunch of the top rookies and close to everyone I wanted for it ended up on my roster (again, with Pillman now a substitute for Simmons). Going to end up losing a bunch of Calgary guys, so was able to pick up a few to take their place. Good times.

[dawho5]

I got two tag teams that had good runs in PR and the one native guy in the draft, TNT. I'm gonna call it a success.

[spaldoni]

Yea I thought you scored well with Vader and can't wait to watch you build him up

[rainmakerrtv]

And that's a wrap! Still plenty of solid guys going into Free Agency, which will allow for people to shift rosters around in the future.