Welcome back to another installment of Leprechaun’s corner. Covering all the details surrounding the newest Indoor Football League franchise. If you can’t tell by the way this franchise is moving and signing, they aren’t looking to just get a year one foundation; they plan on coming out swinging.
As we mentioned in part one, we plan to break down another part of the franchise and give you an in-depth look at one of the staff or coaches. In this issue? Well, you get OC Charles Hunt, a look into why we think the Savannah Market is perfect for the sport, and a little look into the arena and a recent signing.
Savannah AHC/OC Charles Hunt
If you have ever left you’re hometown for a make-or-break opportunity, you can relate to Charles. The new leprechaun AHC/OC comes into Savannah after a career, on both sides of the Wall, built entirely in Florida, and mostly with the Sharks.
Hunt spent his college years not too far away in Tallahassee, playing for Florida State at the end of the legendary Bobby Bowden era. After finishing up his time for the Seminoles, he would go on to play for a couple of smaller league teams before signing with the Sharks. His time with the Sharks would see him to an incredible career, including an arena bowl and NAL championships, even earning NAL Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2017. After finishing his playing career, he would once again come back to Jacksonville, taking on various roles.
He even admitted that the move to Savannah was bittersweet, saying, “ I was blessed to be able to spend my entire career in Jacksonville,” but…. Now that he is in Savannah, he’s completely turned his focus on ensuring they have the athletes and preparation to win out of the gate. Very similar to his head coach, it’s a playoff-or-bust mentality; a “good” inaugural season just won’t cut it.
The way he views things is this: When you have an opportunity to build a team completely from scratch, a new opportunity to move up, and a chance to prove yourself, you can’t really ask for better, especially not considering the coaches he has around him and the great ownership.
We at Shady Sports are excited to see what he can do with an already loaded roster!
Charles Influences:
Every Coach has men who have affected their path, for better or worse, and Hunt made it clear these men taught him things you can just learn on your own:
Aaron Garcia, Former AFL QB– showed him true composure, how to handle yourself in situations good or bad.
Les Moss, Current OC/AHC Athens Crush– Learned true preparation, how to practice, and how to show others how to organize and structure a team, a unit, and even how to prepare the week before a game
Siaha Burley, Current Head Coach Utah Great 8’s– Learned how to build a roster from him, and outright said, “he taught me how to be a pro”
Enmarket Arena
Est. 2022
Other Tenants: Savannah Ghost Pirates
If you are a fan of the team and haven’t had a chance to dig into the arena, please do; we couldn’t think of a nicer, newer, more tech-updated venue to place a team. It’s a cashless, vendor-friendly area built in a way that enhances hockey and indoor football.
As you’ll see below, the seats will run right against the walls. Considering it already houses minor league hockey (Savannah Ghost Pirates), the venue is all but ready for the greatest sport on earth. The 9,500-seat arena features 12 luxury seats and plenty of amenities local to the venue! It may just be one of the nicest venues in the entire league come 2027. If you are the kind of sports fan that enjoys comfort and atmosphere, you need to go ahead and plan your weeks in April around a couple of Leprechaun games!
Savannah Market
A market doesn’t make a team, but it surely decides how long the team will play. In this sport, but in seats is what keeps teams going year over year, just as it has for franchises like Green Bay and Arizona. The Savannah Market, while very underutilized since the inception of the sport, seems primed for results similar to what we saw from Tulsa just a few years back. The metro area has about 438,000 residents, coming in as the third largest in the state of Georgia.
There will be plenty of potential fans; the smallest effort at marketing will see the fans packed. Similar to cross-state rival Athens, they also play in a college town, not far from Savannah State! Proximity to the school positions the Leprechauns to obtain interns and game day staff fairly easily.
At the end of the day, they play in a football-heavy state, in a fantastic location that has had the sport since 2016, and never this high a level of indoor football. If they win, fans will come!
Recent Signing:
Jayden Farmer
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