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Crap. I really hate Autodraft right now- I have a pretty fugly team in NL Yahoo. I thought I dropped Frank Gore low enough, but I wasn't counting on getting stuck with the 11th pick. The rest of my team looks like a collection of has-beens (Marvin Harrison, Joey Galloway, to name a few) and never weres/never will be (Aaron Rogers). It's going to take a lot of work for this team to get me back to the Superbowl!
Was there a reason why we couldn't reschedule this thing? I mean when it was planned, there really wasn't any discussion on what everyone was doing, and quite frankly, I was quite bothered with the fact that there were only 4 people who showed up. Hell, Scout, where were you? You planned it for this night, and you too had auto pick. I feel like I got a good team, but overall, it just didn't feel like a good draft.
Maybe it's another indication of this board being absolutely dead lately. I mean I come on, and it's almost like people care more about a stupid admiral war than actually having discussions. Hell, I brought up the death of Gene Upshaw today and no one had anything to say.
I understand that this is the time of year people might be on the last vacations before getting back into the spirit of routine of life but when something is planned and we end up getting only a third of the group to do it, that really bothers me. I've already said that this is the last year I'm doing Yahoo (I think ESPN is so much better and I'm actually in an ESPN fantasy team to try that out) so if we do a standard ESPN league next year, let's all decide on when the best date is.
Sorry for ranting, but for some reason what happened tonight really did rub me the wrong way. I'm glad Garek, DH and Bonz's Brewzers showed up but it could have been a lot better.
Maybe it's another indication of this board being absolutely dead lately. I mean I come on, and it's almost like people care more about a stupid admiral war than actually having discussions. Hell, I brought up the death of Gene Upshaw today and no one had anything to say.
I understand that this is the time of year people might be on the last vacations before getting back into the spirit of routine of life but when something is planned and we end up getting only a third of the group to do it, that really bothers me. I've already said that this is the last year I'm doing Yahoo (I think ESPN is so much better and I'm actually in an ESPN fantasy team to try that out) so if we do a standard ESPN league next year, let's all decide on when the best date is.
Sorry for ranting, but for some reason what happened tonight really did rub me the wrong way. I'm glad Garek, DH and Bonz's Brewzers showed up but it could have been a lot better.
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Sorry about that. There wasn't a lot of complaining about the draft time, so figured that it would get a decent turnout, and didn't change it.
As for myself? I was out on my boss's boat for the day, and honestly, I got a lil' hammered and forgot. Logged in this morning to set my baseball roster for the day, and then had an "oh, shit" moment. Autodraft did OK for me, but gonna have to tweak things a bit.
If people want to try and use ESPN next year instead of yahoo, it doesn't matter that much to me, I can do that. I just went with what we've been using (i kinda like the history/trophy case thing we've got going), and i don't really see that much difference. ESPN does the live stat tracker, but I don't sit and watch it tick very often, so not a huge deal for me. I just log in Sunday and Monday mornings and see how I did, after setting the team up friday (and re-checking the questionable guys Sunday morning)
As for myself? I was out on my boss's boat for the day, and honestly, I got a lil' hammered and forgot. Logged in this morning to set my baseball roster for the day, and then had an "oh, shit" moment. Autodraft did OK for me, but gonna have to tweak things a bit.
If people want to try and use ESPN next year instead of yahoo, it doesn't matter that much to me, I can do that. I just went with what we've been using (i kinda like the history/trophy case thing we've got going), and i don't really see that much difference. ESPN does the live stat tracker, but I don't sit and watch it tick very often, so not a huge deal for me. I just log in Sunday and Monday mornings and see how I did, after setting the team up friday (and re-checking the questionable guys Sunday morning)
Honestly, it's just a tough time of year. Vacations (I've been on several this summer, and am also going to Germany for 2 weeks in September) are a big part of it, plus nice weather that leads many people to unplugging and doing other stuff. Like I give a shit about the "admiral's war" crap. I've probably made 15 posts combined in all of my lounges in five years, mostly "i'm here" or "i'm getting promoted"...
my two cents on that? Good. Sucks for him and his family (he only found out he had cancer a couple days earlier), but good for the NFL and the players. He helped grow the business, but it seems like especially with the older, retired players, he did JACK to support them or help out, and there are some sad stories out there.
Not really a matter of yahoo vs espn, works the same if no one shows up. Sucks, but look at the board and this thread, and see if you can find more than 1-2 complaints about the time. It APPEARED that it was going to work, and a lot of people just were AWOL. Wouldn't complain too much, with only 4 live people there, you should have cleaned up!
Yeah, I thought the draft date would work for me, but I realized too late that it didn't. I don't think it matters much that only 4 people were drafting live. A lot of us will have some tweaking to do (especially for some of the late round autopicks), but in the important early rounds, tthe draft probably went fairly close to how it would have had we all been there. The draft is just the starting point- as far as I'm concerned, it's more important that owners keep up with their team throughout the season.
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That's true. Like I said, I understand this is a busy time of year, but it is just more fun with more people. The fact that there were only 4 people there was a tad disheartening. After sleeping on it though, I'm over it. I hope it's a good season.
Hey, the NFC Yahoo league draft date is still set for Sunday night.
What do you mean? You're in the AFC league, and your team auto-drafted for you.
Well one of the nice things that might happen is we might actually see some interesting trades. That ought to be interesting. 
I'd still prefer something like 3 pm EDT. I think the odds are against getting enough people to even notice this discussion before the draft, though.
Now, I'm curious... If one of, if not *the* biggest Bronco fan on this BBS... I'm just wondering in the AFC league who took Cutler, Marshall and Royal with their top picks?
Okay, I changed the NFC draft time to 3:30 Eastern on Sunday, August 31. That should give us more time to make sure everyone shows up.
Hello.
I have great hope for these three... and this is my first Fantasy Football league so I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, so I was just kinda winging it. Also, I had meant to add other people in, but I ran out of time so it didn't happen.
Is it too late to join the NFC league, or would there be an odd number?
Well, we have another week to recruit another person along with you. I'd say join on up, and we'll see what happens.
The more the better!
The more the better!