Claimed: How to turn a 590 into a Media Spot [2/2]

[Kesler 1,514]

 

I love when a manager reaches for that panic button

At Least you know now, that teaches you something

 

Here I am taking shots at all past, present and future GMs. When a team has a successful season and then the GM questions the team after a playoff loss or a bad season. They blow the team up and acquire assets for the future without giving the team they built a good shot to prove them selves. I've done this and traded away players I shouldn't have all because of that "panic button" and really the pressure of just doing well as a GM. - This annotation was brought to you by Kesler

 

New commish in town, but wheres the votes?

Blue team is a boat docked and I just untied the ropes

Like an anchor I sure hope it floats

Like an anchor it sank with all their hopes

I know these rhymes ain't got much buoyancy 

Like the blue team, I mean just some boys lost at sea

 

With these bars bolded above I am kind of taking shots and making fun of the newly appointed commishes in the league. I question who voted for these guys [if there were any votes?(I dont have a problem with any of them, they just happened to be apart of my creative process when writing these rhymes)], I then go on to use the whole theme of water, sea, boats, anchors etc. as metaphors to take shots at these guy's. I thought I was being clever here and this was meant to hurt no one. - This annotation was brought to you by Kesler

 

Now here is a tell tale story of being lost and sin'd 

John and Frank my mentors so let the story begin

Let me paint a picture, it was the mid thirties

 

Okay here I "sample" a line from a song off one of my favourite albums, J coles Born sinner. The original line is "Now what you 'bout to hear is a tale of glory and sin" and then Cole goes into talking about his mentor No I.D similar to how I do. I then mention my General Manager mentors in Frank and John, John being Fever95 who gave me my first shot back on Turku 20 something seasons ago. I then say "Let me paint a picture" and this is me giving a transition to the following lines where I mention my struggles as GM, a past GM who is no longer around and a member I had on my team at one time. - This annotation was brought to you by Kesler

 

You know you cant mention roman without hermes

I didnt really know how to act tho

A decade later who knew being a GM was my plateau 

I dont even wanna mention being a rookie GM

 

"You cant mention roman", here I am referring to Romaneuntdomas (or some shit like that), as I am talking about me being a GM in the mid thirties for Quebec, Roman was a GM back then so thats the connectin with roman. Now Hermes is a a greek god and is a part of roman mythology (clever right?) so theres the connect between romana and hermes (Roman being a double entendre). I then mention being a GM and that will likely be the highest position I will ever old on the VHL. - This annotation was brought to you by Kesler

 

Who know a couple seasons later that Boy was a gem

I didnt even know where my team was at on the map 

Dont mention that one trade or i'ma snap

 

The first line of "That boy was a gem", when I traded for Travis BOYchuk, I had no clue what kind of player or member I was getting when I outbid a couple teams to acquire him. He turned out to be a huge part of my success as a GM on Quebec and turned into a huge contributor in the VHL community. So I think that line was appropriate. The second line was referring to my first season as GM where I believe Quebec made the finals, I had no idea "where I was on the map" as in I didnt know that team was good enough to make the finals and in hindsight was actually the last time my team made it. The last line is me just saying, I've made quite a few bad deals in my not so long time as GM so I thought it was a cheeky way to end it. - This annotation was brought to you by Kesler

[diamond_ace 3,106]

Bidding war between you and I believe it was Riga for Boychuk - I got a lot for him but honestly I wish I'd have gotten him a cup

[Kesler 1,514]

30 minutes ago, diamond_ace said:

Bidding war between you and I believe it was Riga for Boychuk - I got a lot for him but honestly I wish I'd have gotten him a cup

Aha throwback, and ya I remember I just kept bidding and really had no clue what I was getting. But he was certainly worth all that was dealt for him.

[diamond_ace 3,106]

4 minutes ago, Kesler said:

Aha throwback, and ya I remember I just kept bidding and really had no clue what I was getting. But he was certainly worth all that was dealt for him.

He absolutely was. I had two guys who I picked with 1sts a few seasons after him that busted (I think one turned out to be a multi or something) or I'd have been able to at least mount somewhat of a challenge centered around him, but you lose two high picks for nothing and it just doesn't work out. Glad he could have a decent run with you anyway

[Kesler 1,514]

2 minutes ago, diamond_ace said:

He absolutely was. I had two guys who I picked with 1sts a few seasons after him that busted (I think one turned out to be a multi or something) or I'd have been able to at least mount somewhat of a challenge centered around him, but you lose two high picks for nothing and it just doesn't work out. Glad he could have a decent run with you anyway

 You drafted Koji Yamazaki 2nd overall who was Booms multi, but was later acquired by Frank on Quebec before I took over and Boom (well actually just Yamazaki) would go inactive. So you lose some, you win some I guess  

[diamond_ace 3,106]

4 minutes ago, Kesler said:

 You drafted Koji Yamazaki 2nd overall who was Booms multi, but was later acquired by Frank on Quebec before I took over and Boom (well actually just Yamazaki) would go inactive. So you lose some, you win some I guess  

Yeah that was the one. There was another guy who just went regular inactive as well

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I had some panic moments during my GM'ing, especially when I started this. But that was about trades, not blowing up a team without a reason.

 

On 2017.10.10. at 5:16 AM, Kesler said:

I've made quite a few bad deals in my not so long time as GM

 

Yeah, like trading Zeptenbergs to Cologne and putting an end to my ASG dreams.

 

On 2017.10.10. at 5:16 AM, Kesler said:

I then mention my General Manager mentors in Frank

 

Who then won a cup for your ex-team in S56. Mentor won.

 

An interesting idea to use some bars for your media spot. I think the last person who did similar, was @Higgins with Velvet when he was playing for Toronto? Anyway, I don't think I could pull this thing despite listening a lot of rap songs, maybe because I'm too lazy to think about it.

[Higgins 3,617]

[Kesler 1,514]

2 hours ago, Higgins said:

[TheLastOlympian07 2,388]

Review:

Well this was something different but I quite enjoyed it @Kesler. I like how you explained the rhymes which is cool because some people might not get them and I was won of them. However, I did get a few, totally knew when you said Boy was a gem you were talking about @DollarAndADream cause that guy is a Gem.

[DollarAndADream 3,356]

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