37.16 Forget Everything I've Said About Steven Collins III
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:27 am
So this is where I eat my foot and say I need Collins in the majors.
Ideally, I would love to keep him in AAA and watch him develop for the rest of the year and if he wasn't batting .331/.374/.500 already I would probably keep him down there. However, the Jackrabbits are still pretty bad. This team might actually be a Steven Collins III away from actually being a contender. Since that's the difference I can't keep him in AAA, not when my current third base options are hitting under .200.
What complicates this decision even more is our finances. We are projected to be over our budget at the end of the year. The budget just keeps getting tightened and the team is desperate for some relief. I wish I realized I could change my owner when I joined the league. I would have done that in a heartbeat. This owner is pretty difficult to work with. With the owner creation, I'm not sure why any team in the league would have an owner like this. Regardless, that will be something I change as soon as I am able to. Until then, we need to fix our finances. I have some PP to help make up the difference if needed, but I would like to avoid that. Making the playoffs would do some incredible things for this team. Raising fan interest, playoff revenue, overall revenue would increase. I raised the ticket prices to $15 this year after it was an extremely low $5.87 at the end of last season.
We are projected to be about $5.7 million under what we made in revenue last year, but if we can be a major contender this season it would make a world of difference in our finances. Thus, we need SC3 and we need him now. I wish I realized earlier the dire state we are in. If I did I would have take Matt's and others' advice to put him in the majors at the start of the season.
SC3 will make his debut in May 2037 and I hope it will be glorious. Edmonton needs it to be glorious.
Ideally, I would love to keep him in AAA and watch him develop for the rest of the year and if he wasn't batting .331/.374/.500 already I would probably keep him down there. However, the Jackrabbits are still pretty bad. This team might actually be a Steven Collins III away from actually being a contender. Since that's the difference I can't keep him in AAA, not when my current third base options are hitting under .200.
What complicates this decision even more is our finances. We are projected to be over our budget at the end of the year. The budget just keeps getting tightened and the team is desperate for some relief. I wish I realized I could change my owner when I joined the league. I would have done that in a heartbeat. This owner is pretty difficult to work with. With the owner creation, I'm not sure why any team in the league would have an owner like this. Regardless, that will be something I change as soon as I am able to. Until then, we need to fix our finances. I have some PP to help make up the difference if needed, but I would like to avoid that. Making the playoffs would do some incredible things for this team. Raising fan interest, playoff revenue, overall revenue would increase. I raised the ticket prices to $15 this year after it was an extremely low $5.87 at the end of last season.
We are projected to be about $5.7 million under what we made in revenue last year, but if we can be a major contender this season it would make a world of difference in our finances. Thus, we need SC3 and we need him now. I wish I realized earlier the dire state we are in. If I did I would have take Matt's and others' advice to put him in the majors at the start of the season.
SC3 will make his debut in May 2037 and I hope it will be glorious. Edmonton needs it to be glorious.