What If Hogan was drafted 1st Overall?

[Hogan 1,423]

In S67, I was drafted 5th overall to the Seattle Bears. This came as a surprise to not only me, but many other players, gms and members at the time. Going into that night I had no idea where I was going to land. He’s the story of what could’ve changed it all. 

 

       The draft was set to be early July, Bana first messaged me on May 11th. I didn’t know it but he pretty nearly won my heart with one message. The next gm to message me came a week before the draft, with a few different teams reaching out. The top prospects at the time were a ton of first gens in me, Tate, Rayz, Aston Martin and a few more. It was a weird draft and you were taking a chance by drafting somebody on their first player. The draft lottery was won by Moscow, who then traded it to Malmo, who then traded it to Riga, where it would stay. The draft was shaping up to be Rayz Funk sweepstakes. Before the trade to Riga, I heard Rayz Funk would be going first to Malmo, except he was asking for a lot of money and things weren’t shaping up well. Then I heard I was going to be first, then the pick got traded to Riga. My draft interview with Riga was terrible, I straight up told Hedge I didn’t want to play for a long time there. I think due to how close he contacted me I really wanted to go to Seattle. I would’ve been fine with going to Riga, I just wouldn’t have preferred it. In the end, I had absolutely no clue where I’d end up going, and the draft was a real surprise. Lincoln Tate, the second best defensive prospect, went to Riga. I went 5th overall to Seattle, who had gotten Rayz Funk at 2nd. This was the start of the Seattle dynasty you all know and love.

 

But what if I was taken 1st? What if I went to Riga? What would my career have been?

 

       For starters, I probably would’ve signed my entire career to Riga. Even though I said I didn’t really want to, chances are I would be swayed in my first couple of seasons. I didn’t like the idea of swapping teams anywhere at the time and liked to remain loyal. Me going first would probably mean Seattle would take Tate 5th, still creating somewhat of a dynasty. It's hard to know whether we would have the same impact on our teams but Seattle would most likely still be winning cups with that core. And I guess by that logic Hogan would be in the HOF. Tate and Funk just doesn’t have the same ring to it, although I'm sure Funk would’ve preferred it. Either way, I'm happy I went to Seattle. I met some great players, won a lot and had a great time. Seattle has always been my home and I could definitely see myself returning one day.