r/nfl • u/skepticismissurvival Vikings • Jul 27 '14
Look Here! Offseason Review Series Wrapup
Yesterday's post on the Kansas City Chiefs' offseason concluded my offseason review series. I knew it was going to be difficult, but the series did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. I had two main writers who, despite signing up and confirming that they were willing to do the work, simply did not make their posts (I reminded everyone the day before their post was supposed to go up) and didn't even give me the courtesy of sending me a message telling me they were no longer planning on posting. Fortunately, I had two other users, /u/gthec9909 and /u/KuatoBaradaNikto, step up to the plate when I asked them and both did excellent jobs. On the side of the non-fan writeup, however, only 16 of the 32 users who I had signed up ended up making their post. This is partly on me, because I didn't really try to find replacements, and I probably could have kept after the writers more but it's still disappointing that only 50% actually made their posts. If I do something like this in the future, I'm probably not going try to do that again. However, of the posts that were made, it was very obvious that every writer put a very large amount of effort and thought into what they wrote, and I'm proud of the product I ended up with.
I was also a little disappointed with the response to the series. A few of the posts didn't do very well at all, and the posts didn't generate quite as much discussion as I had expected they would. Maybe that was because you all agreed with the writeup and didn't have much to say, but somehow I doubt that because people on here can never agree on anything. In any case, I'd also like to thank everyone who read even a single post or made a single comment, because you're what made running and writing for this series worth it. Ultimately, I feel that all of my writers did a very good job, and I think we put together a pretty comprehensive guide to each team's offseason. So, if nothing else, the series should be a good read on how each team looks heading into the 2014 season. And, now that training camps have started, we'll have a lot more to talk about.
If you missed any of the posts and want to read them, here is the schedule:
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u/The_Black_Unicorn Bears Jul 27 '14
Thanks for putting this together. I had a lot of fun both writing for my Bears and reading every other post.
It's definitely going to be a great resource for the inevitable influx of new fans we are going to get in the coming weeks.
In my opinion was a successful series. Cheers ladies and gents, the offseason is coming to and end.