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 Portland Thunder are set to begin their first season in the Arena Football League in March, and the man who is going to be leading the charge is Matthew Sauk, a former AFL quarterback and a long-time assistant coach in this game.
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This is the first ArenaFan AFL Power Ranking for the 2015 season. The offseason has seen much activity across the league that included teams leaving and one joining as well as major roster activity that saw teams completely rebuild for the coming season. Jacksonville has made the biggest jump in the ranking from where they finished 2014 while Cleveland takes the biggest drop.