Welcome to the last episode of FML Radio before the postseason. This is always a super exciting time in BuzzerBeater. Promotions are on the line, games mean much more, salaries change, players grow older, and of course the draft happens.
Personally, I seem to be really good at drafting live pieces of garbage. Today we're going to talk to a manager who has had a bit more success from the draft after selling his first round draft pick for 9,690,000 dollars last season.
Shrewsbury Honeybadgers own khenry!
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Chek: Tell us about your life outside of BB. khenry: I started BB a few years ago when I was a division 1 track athlete. I tore my shoulder throwing javelin in the first meet of the year after being primed to make the Olympic Trials so that was a bummer. I moved back home to Nebraska where I am now the Associate News Director at a radio station. I also produce a sports talk show on our local ESPN station, and I'm a volunteer assistant track coach at the college in town.
Chek: Last season you scored big in the draft when you sold your number one draft pick, Long Leach,
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for nearly $10 million dollars, untrained. How has that sale affected your club?khen: It really accelerated my plans. After my short hiatus I had saved up about $14M already from gate receipts and a fire sale before saving up. That extra cash allowed me to grab a couple extra pieces and run at a deficit while preparing my team to hopefully make a run at Div.II. I had a situation very similar to this in S27 when I had just drafted HoF Johnnie Byrne. Inflation hadn't set in then so his sale price was $1.7M but that was enough to buy another couple players to promote and build my arena.
Chek: Do you think Long Leach was really worth 9.6 million dollars?Khen: I think in a normal market with his TSP and potential he would go for 3-5 million tops, so I listed him at 5. The current market has been inflated so the auction war took the price up to the final tally, which benefits me, but I think really speaks to the market being out of control.
Chek: What was your strategy when spending draft points and would you change it if you had the first pick again this season? Khen: In my first 11 drafts my strategy was simply to do the Scouting Combine and Group Demonstration, then interviewing the players with the best Star Rating and fit the height I was training. That simple guide landed me 2 All-Stars, 3 Perennial All-Stars, 1 Superstar, and 1 Hall of Famer. I didn't invest in the draft unless I was in the bottom 6 of the league.
When the BBs expanded the scouting that we could do I really saved up my points. I again used the Scouting Combine and Group Demonstration, but also all 5 options to see the skills of the players. That used 70 scouting Points. I then found the players with the best Star Rating/Skills and interviewed as many as I could to maximize the potential for my draftees. I used 160-180 scouting points. That landed me [Long Leach, who] I sold, and a SS that I'm training.
Chek: On FML Radio's last episode Jason mentioned that he wants the draft to change so that teams are able to draft older players (~22) that are able to be competitive immediately. What do you think of this idea?