Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose Lane
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Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose Lane
With the 2025 EBA season underway, GM duties for the Neptunes have been handed over to Stephen Lane. Hailing from Los Angeles, USA, Lane makes the jump across the pond to head this storied franchise. Lane hopes to return the franchise to it's glory days of the aughts and teens where Amsterdam was a perennial playoff threat and three time EBA champion. The team has not seen the playoffs since the championship year of 2016, and has placed third for six consecutive seasons.
With a clubhouse led by the likes of Hippolyte Lecomte and Edgardo Jaso the 2025 season looks promising for the Neptunes. Off to a 16-15 start in what is shaping up to be a crowded Eastern Alliance, new GM Lane feels like the team can compete for the championship: "I really like the look of this team, there was some good work done in the offseason and we feel we have the talent and depth to start an EBA dynasty." Lane also remarked that he is pleased with the balance of veteran presents presence and young guns like Russ Ray and Manny Silva. The enthusiasm for the 2025 sesason is not only evident in Lane's statements, but in attendance figures as well. The team has seen over a 100% increase in attendance this year and are currently 1st in the EBA. This is absolutely due to the excitement surrounding the team's hot start and new GM, and not at all due to the 41% drop in ticket prices from 2024.
Looking forward to next week, the Neptunes will attempt to complete a sweep of secure the series win against the Paris Patriots before they head to Munich for three games against the Eastern cellar-dwelling Brauers. Following the inevitable sweep of the lowly Brauers, the Neptunes travel back home for a four game set against the Western leading Belfast Northstars. That series is sure to be a test of Amsterdam's ability to compete this season with the Northstars currently sporting a record of 19-12.
Surely the EBA and all of the MBWBA are anxious to see how Stephen Lane manages his new team. Will he fire all of the staff that was put in place just one month ago? Trade away all aging players to begin a rebuild? Follow in the management footsteps of the legendary Dave Stewart and trade away all young stars for seemingly no reason? Or perhaps he is a quirky GM who prefers to hoard all players and never make any trade, ever.
Only time will tell, but we suspect that just as in Amsterdam, you never know what will happen next.
With a clubhouse led by the likes of Hippolyte Lecomte and Edgardo Jaso the 2025 season looks promising for the Neptunes. Off to a 16-15 start in what is shaping up to be a crowded Eastern Alliance, new GM Lane feels like the team can compete for the championship: "I really like the look of this team, there was some good work done in the offseason and we feel we have the talent and depth to start an EBA dynasty." Lane also remarked that he is pleased with the balance of veteran presents presence and young guns like Russ Ray and Manny Silva. The enthusiasm for the 2025 sesason is not only evident in Lane's statements, but in attendance figures as well. The team has seen over a 100% increase in attendance this year and are currently 1st in the EBA. This is absolutely due to the excitement surrounding the team's hot start and new GM, and not at all due to the 41% drop in ticket prices from 2024.
Looking forward to next week, the Neptunes will attempt to complete a sweep of secure the series win against the Paris Patriots before they head to Munich for three games against the Eastern cellar-dwelling Brauers. Following the inevitable sweep of the lowly Brauers, the Neptunes travel back home for a four game set against the Western leading Belfast Northstars. That series is sure to be a test of Amsterdam's ability to compete this season with the Northstars currently sporting a record of 19-12.
Surely the EBA and all of the MBWBA are anxious to see how Stephen Lane manages his new team. Will he fire all of the staff that was put in place just one month ago? Trade away all aging players to begin a rebuild? Follow in the management footsteps of the legendary Dave Stewart and trade away all young stars for seemingly no reason? Or perhaps he is a quirky GM who prefers to hoard all players and never make any trade, ever.
Only time will tell, but we suspect that just as in Amsterdam, you never know what will happen next.
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Re: Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose
welcome aboard... good stuff.
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welcome aboard... good stuff.
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Re: Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose
Hope I set you up well. It was really fun looking over the Neptunes!
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Thanks Tim
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Absolutely! I was definitely sincere about that, I think the team is in good shape and I did read your free agent recap. Thank you very much.recte44 wrote:Hope I set you up well. It was really fun looking over the Neptunes!
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Thanks!scottsdale_joe wrote:Good reading and good luck.
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Re: Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose
Good stuff!
(it will be difficult for the Neptunes to complete the sweep when we won game 1)
(it will be difficult for the Neptunes to complete the sweep when we won game 1)
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Oops! Didn't see that first game.udlb58 wrote:Good stuff!
(it will be difficult for the Neptunes to complete the sweep when we won game 1)
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Re: Red Light District 2025.2 - Season Revs Up, Neps Choose
Hey Stephen.
Nice to have you in the EBA!
Dan
Nice to have you in the EBA!
Dan
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Thanks Dan I'm happy to be heredanwh wrote:Hey Stephen.
Nice to have you in the EBA!
Dan
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The appointment of Recte as interim GM? I agree.felipe wrote:I'm not sure if Amsterdam will ever recover from this appointment
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Ouch.
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Oh did I say that out loud? I guess I probably killed my chances of ever getting an MBBA team.recte44 wrote:Ouch.
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Oh did I say that out loud? I guess I probably killed my chances of ever getting an MBBA team.recte44 wrote:Ouch.
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You can say that again!
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Ehe.trmmilwwi wrote:You can say that again!
Since the forum in sometimes slow in responding, it's hard not to hit that "submit" button again.
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Haha. Damn tapatalk
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