Ryan Skender

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Owner Information
Team Name IBWIPers
Established 2008
Final Year 2009
Best Season 7-5 (2008)
Worst Season 5-7 (2009)
Divisional Titles 0
Conference Titles 1 (2008)
KSL Championships 1 (2008)
Regular Season
2008 7-5
2009 5-7
Total 12-12 0.500%
Playoffs
2008 1-2
2009 2-2
Total 3-4 0.429%

Ryan was part of the expansion that happened during the 2008 season.

2008 - Championship Run

With the expansion in 2008, Ryan joined his IBWIP partner Blake in his division. Ryan joined newcomer Travis for the first year in MFL. Ryan had a bad start to the year by losing his first 4 games. However, Ryan came back and won 7 of his next 8. In the first round of the playoffs he defeated an ownerless McConnell. For the second round he beat division winner Blake. In the Conference finals he beat the red hot Aaron Hughes. In the finals Ryan took on Andrew Hughes who went 9-3 during the regular season. Ryan was able to win the 2008 Championship.

Ryan won 11 of his last 12 games including the playoffs. Had Ryan lost one of those matches then the playoff seeding would have been different and he wouldn't have gone as deep. One of the things about this team that surprised everyone is that Ryan was absent for the draft. He had done the first couple rounds and set an autopick lineup.

2009 - Absentee Owner

Ryan was set to join the league in 2009 but after he failed to show up for the draft, his team was drafted by the commissioner and another owner instead. Ryan was given the info to log in and sign up but he never came back. Ryan's team was managed but not to the extent that other teams were managed. Surprisingly, Ryan won his first two games but lost his next three before beating Aaron for the second time that year. Ryan lost three more games but he beat his next two opponents and finished 5-7 for the year. In the playoffs, he took on Aaron first round but couldn't beat him for a third time. Next he lost to Oberg and then Mike and finally to Andrew.

Legacy

Ryan's best legacy is the run he made during the 2008 season. Winning 11 of 12 to take the Matchett Cup is quite a feat. This was even more surprising since Ryan only drafted half his team and the other half was auto drafted for him. It goes to show that if you have a good manager during the regular season then one can make it to the finals.

The other legacy that Ryan leaves behind is the lack of commitment to KSL. Even though he didn't care as much about the 2008 season he still managed his team but in 2009 he didn't bother to show up for the draft or the regular season. This made many KSL owners upset since all of them showed up for the draft and managed their teams. Even Jon Occhi would call in his team if he didn't have access to a computer.

Ryan was a very successful owner in 2008 and could have been in 2009 had he paid more attention to KSL.