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Two years ago, Ron James came to a podium in an upper conference room at the Maverick Center and made some spectacular comments on the future of the team. Having just taken a two year contract extension after taking over as the Utah Blaze Head Coach, James illustrated his vision of the team and the type of players it would take to reach that goal.
The 2013 Chicago Rush have been through things this season that no team should be stuck going through. They have had three different owners, one of which was essentially run out of the league, one of which is a convicted felon, and one of which is now the league itself. They lost the man that was slated to be their starting quarterback before the season started. They played a two home games with absolutely zero amenities. Now, they are stuck essentially playing a full slate of road games.
As short as six weeks ago, it was uncertain whether the Chicago Rush would even field a team in the Arena Football League in 2013.
For the Spokane Shock, 2014 will be remembered as an injury-riddled season. Key contributors from every phase of the game missed time nursing a variety of injuries in an 11-7 campaign.
A quarterback at any level of football is meant to be the leader of your team. Now though the first half of the 2013 season, the Chicago Rush have had three different starting quarterbacks.