FIRST Robotics Fantasy Football League 2007!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Cory

So... when's the draft going to be now that it's postponed?

And was the last team to join a real manager, or a placebo?

my Placebo team didn't stick so I guess a real manager got in.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Would it be all the lovely profanity you used in Eddie's direction in your trash talk bubble.
I wouldn't have wanted you back either.

actually no it wasn't. he never sent me the email where i was supposed to email back to make sure i was still alive. how CONVIENENT! also, i contacted indysam to co manage his team with him. i signed up and all then the team was booted. tis' the reason why there is a odd number of teams i the league and no draft...

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

actually no it wasn't. he never sent me the email where i was supposed to email back to make sure i was still alive. how CONVIENENT! also, i contacted indysam to co manage his team with him. i signed up and all then the team was booted. tis' the reason why there is a odd number of teams i the league and no draft...

Sounds a bit childish... I wouldn't want to even join if I were you.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

actually no it wasn't. he never sent me the email where i was supposed to email back to make sure i was still alive. how CONVIENENT! also, i contacted indysam to co manage his team with him. i signed up and all then the team was booted. tis' the reason why there is a odd number of teams i the league and no draft...

Never got a email, hard to respond. Must be a lot of fear in this league managers heart.

[Cory]

It looks like Eddie set it up to be an autopick now.

Eddie, I see you've changed the draft from random to ordered. I hope this doesn't mean that you are putting us in the order we signed up.

I think this is totally unfair (as I've said before), and unnecessary. Why does it matter if an autodraft is conducted randomly? At least then everyone has the same shot at getting the top player. I see nothing inherently unfair about having the picks be random in an autodraft. If you set your prerankings up correctly, it shouldn't matter.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Cory

It looks like Eddie set it up to be an autopick now.



I think this is totally unfair (as I've said before), and unnecessary. Why does it matter if an autodraft is conducted randomly?

eddie will not be able to get peyton manning first pick, thats the sole purpose of doing it that way.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

eddie will not be able to get peyton manning first pick, thats the sole purpose of doing it that way.

Sure he will, as everyone else will pick RB's.

I don't see why someone who happened to be lurking on delphi at the time eddie announced the league should get priority in the draft. What's up with that?

Seems I'm the only one complaining (and I would be regardless of if I was #2 or #16). Surely someone else in this league takes offense as well?

[Taylor]

Aside from all the childish namecalling and nonsense, I'm confused. I thought the league was to draft this evening. Definitively, when is the draft? Last I heard from the Commish, it was to be live. Is that still the case?

[Logan Byers]

Originally Posted by boiler

Aside from all the childish name-calling and nonsense, I'm confused. I thought the league was to draft this evening. Definitively, when is the draft? Last I heard from the Commish, it was to be live. Is that still the case?

Right before draft time, one of the teams was dropped/deleted. Yahoo doesn't allow drafts for leagues with an odd amount of teams. The only possible live-draft times to change to were tomorrow morning or next week. After a lengthy AIM discussion, the consensus was to change the league to an auto-pick draft starting at midnight tonight.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by 461gopher

Right before draft time, one of the teams was dropped/deleted. Yahoo doesn't allow drafts for leagues with an odd amount of teams. The only possible live-draft times to change to were tomorrow morning or next week. After a lengthy AIM discussion, the consensus was to change the league to an auto-pick draft starting at midnight tonight.

So why was my team deleted?


Could you not add another team?

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by IndySam

So why was my team deleted?


Could you not add another team?

I think it was deleted because i was your co manager. im sorry if that had anything to do with it.

[Logan Byers]

Originally Posted by IndySam

So why was my team deleted?
Could you not add another team?

1. I don't know why your team was deleted, you'd have to ask Eddie. We can only speculate...

2. Eddie couldn't find a replacement in time for the draft, so Yahoo automatically changed the draft to an auto-pick draft. Which lead to the situation I described above in my last post.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Cory

Sure he will, as everyone else will pick RB's.

I don't see why someone who happened to be lurking on delphi at the time eddie announced the league should get priority in the draft. What's up with that?

Seems I'm the only one complaining (and I would be regardless of if I was #2 or #16). Surely someone else in this league takes offense as well?

Cory:

Eddie's league scoring favors Manning - he was #2 behind Tomlinson. I'm not sure what the deal is, but if Eddie is set up to get the #1 pick because he signed up first, that is heinously bogus. If that occurs, I will enter what I like to call "League Destruction Mode". It's not pretty. But let's see what actually happens first, shall we?

In the meantime, in the interest of blowing up everyone's predraft rankings, here's my list, based upon 2006 stats being plugged into this year's league scoring system. It isn't perfectly in line with Yahoo, but close:

(If you haven't figured it out by now, yes, I know we can't count on a lot of these people/teams repeating their 2006 performances, and no, I don't care about winning this league - let its secrets be divulged!!! The list is more useful as an instrument to demonstrate how the scoring system slots everyone.)

1. LaDainian Tomlinson
2. Peyton Manning
3. Steven Jackson
4. Maurice Jones-Drew
5. Baltimore
6. Chicago
7. Drew Brees
8. Marc Bulger
9. Willie Parker
10. Brian Westbrook
11. Carson Palmer
12. Frank Gore
13. Terrell Owens
14. DeMeco Ryans
15. Tom Brady
16. New England
17. Marvin Harrison
18. Donovan McNabb
19. Philip Rivers
20. Shaun Alexander
21. Rudi Johnson
22. Lance Briggs
23. Chris Carr
24. Justin Miller
25. Champ Bailey
26. London Fletcher
27. Terrence McGee
28. Antonio Pierce
29. Adrian Wilson
30. Kirk Morrison
31. Marion Barber III
32. Reggie Wayne
33. Vince Young
34. Donnie Edwards
35. Chris Hope
36. Keith Bulluck
37. San Diego
38. Minnesota
39. Miami
40. Deuce McAllister
41. Jon Kitna
42. Eli Manning
43. Joseph Addai
44. Steve Smith
45. Richard Marshall
46. Will Witherspoon
47. Zach Thomas
48. Tony Romo
49. Donald Driver
50. Javon Walker
51. Reggie Bush
52. Laurence Maroney
53. Edgerrin James
54. Darrell Jackson
55. Lee Evans
56. Plaxico Burress
57. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
58. Wes Welker
59. Green Bay
60. Philadelphia
61. Buffalo
62. Chad Johnson
63. Brett Favre
64. Ben Roethlisberger
65. Jamal Lewis
66. Roy Williams
67. Arizona
68. Denver
69. Seattle
70. Jacksonville
71. Pittsburgh
72. Marques Colston
73. Ahman Green
74. Joey Galloway
75. Antonio Gates
76. Devin Hester
77. Joshua Cribbs
78. Ladell Betts
79. Laveranues Coles
80. J.P. Losman
81. Reggie Brown
82. Andre Johnson
83. Terry Glenn
84. Anquan Boldin
85. Matt Hasselbeck
86. Willis McGahee
87. Larry Fitzgerald
88. Torry Holt
89. Jermaine Phillips
90. Kerry Rhodes
91. B.J. Sams
92. Ronde Barber
93. Asante Samuel
94. Charles Woodson
95. Walt Harris
96. Brian Urlacher
97. A.J. Hawk
98. Antoine Winfield
99. Adalius Thomas
100. Bart Scott
101. Lofa Tatupu
102. Keith Brooking
103. Jason Taylor
104. DeMarcus Ware
105. Sean Jones
106. Chris Draft
107. James Farrior

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Cory:

Eddie's league scoring favors Manning - he was #2 behind Tomlinson. I'm not sure what the deal is, but if Eddie is set up to get the #1 pick because he signed up first, that is heinously bogus. If that occurs, I will enter what I like to call "League Destruction Mode". It's not pretty. But let's see what actually happens first, shall we?

No need to wait and see what happens.

Check out the "draft" tab. Then click "draft results". You can see the order in which we will be picking. It is indeed ordered based on order joined.

Why is it that every year there has to be some problem with this league? If you just let common consensus dictate the way the league is run, when multiple people take issue with your decisions, everyone would be much happier. This year was a step forward, with the live draft (though now it won't be happening), and the concession on lower trade time.

P.S. Who was involved in this discussion to switch to an autodraft? Why wasn't it posted in this thread, or on the league home page that such a discussion was occurring? Not everyone can be on AIM all day to know these things.

[edit] I just visited the league home page. I take back the nice things I said about you making concessions this year, Eddie. You just changed it to commish veto, and 7 day waiting period on trades. Way to let us all know first. I'm with Travis. This IS bogus.
-Cory

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Cory

No need to wait and see what happens.

Check out the "draft" tab. Then click "draft results". You can see the order in which we will be picking. It is indeed ordered based on order joined.

Why is it that every year there has to be some problem with this league? If you just let common consensus dictate the way the league is run, when multiple people take issue with your decisions, everyone would be much happier. This year was a step forward, with the live draft (though now it won't be happening), and the concession on lower trade time.

P.S. Who was involved in this discussion to switch to an autodraft? Why wasn't it posted in this thread, or on the league home page that such a discussion was occurring? Not everyone can be on AIM all day to know these things.

[edit] I just visited the league home page. I take back the nice things I said about you making concessions this year, Eddie. You just changed it to commish veto, and 7 day waiting period on trades. Way to let us all know first. I'm with Travis. This IS bogus.
-Cory

11 outof the 16 were online during the discussion. There's no malfeasance going on regarding the autopick. A majority vote for autopick was made.

When was this 7 day trade thing instituted, Eddie? It was 3 days, last time I checked, earlier today. Without any justification, this smells rather blah. 3 days was the previous arrangement.

It appears after a bit of passive resistance that the autodraft is now randomized. This should not affect anyone's predraft rankings content one bit, while ensuring everyone had a fair shot to receive one of the top draft picks.