Dumping a $100,000 salary on a unwelcoming market is not fun. Who knew David Ares has some hidden quality (hidden to me, anyway) that repelled buyers? i can still recite the numbers -- 56 inside points, 114 TSP, his only weaknesses to me were his average passing and inept FT shooting. Indeed, he had been purchased only because of his low salary, but then he added 4 pops and $30,000 in salary -- too much for my cut-rate organization. But now he is gone, and the path forward is clear.
First, the focus is now exclusively on Abbas and Andrews. And, within that, we want to see Andrews add to PA and Abbas to ID, and both increase HA/DR. This would be the program for two seasons, and then we'd have a draft. Here's what Ai thinks may happen:
Awad Abbas (7'0"):
ID: +3 to +4 levels (Targeting 16/17 Marvelous+)
PA: +1 level (Targeting 10 Prominent)
DR/HA: +1 to +2 levels each.
Marcus Andrews (6'4"):
PA: +2 to +3 levels (Targeting 11/12 Prolific+)
ID: +1 level (Targeting 9 Proficient)
DR/HA: +2 levels each (Targeting 14/15 Wondrous+)
Losing the God of War has got to have an impact, but how great remains to be determined. We finally have a salary level that should be profitable if we are competitive. It would be nice to have a couple of statistically significant players as well.
and it is good to feel so clean after the bath i took on the Ares' sale.