[Lucky]

I've been dragging my ass but its time to get shit together. Tentative date for the Draft is February 15th and deadline to declare Keepers is Feb 1st. But before we get to that we first need to have our 12 owners in place. MKid, Vols, and Grover have all been pretty MIA since the season ended. I've heard from GM and Army recently so I feel confident they're in. The rest of you guys I assume are good, but lets all declare it just to make sure. And if you have a way of contacting one of the guys who hasn't declared himself in then do me a favor and drop them a line.

In addition I know we talked a lot of changes last year so if there's something you want changed for the new season NOW is the time to bring it up.

I'm letting you guys know now as I've mentioned in private that I'm pretty burnt out. I think I overextended myself last season so I wouldn't expect any Weekly Wrapups, head-to-head records or that stuff. I still like that stuff and I'll do it if I have time but right now my goal is to get the league in working order and I'm going to do my best to commish it right. But I tell you that if you feel I'm lacking then I'll understand if you push for a regime change. And if you don't want that I'll just say that I'll appreciate any reminders or nudges or helping hands for stuff I might be missing as I'm completely unprepared for 2010 in the exact opposite way that I had the last couple of seasons carefully planned out and detailed.

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'm in, and could probably offer some assistant commissioner-guy stuff like I did in C&B football. It wasn't much, but I think it gave Mikey piece of mind knowing I could post Abdullah the Butcher photos and make fun of Mikey when he was gone.

[Mikey]

Jan 8, 2010 21:16:14 GMT -5 Attitude Adjuster said:

I'm in, and could probably offer some assistant commissioner-guy stuff like I did in C&B football. It wasn't much, but I think it gave Mikey piece of mind knowing I could post Abdullah the Butcher photos and make fun of Mikey when he was gone.

Absolutely.

I've talked to both Lucky and Pun about handling some of the workload. I have nothing better to do right now, but even after i find a job i should have plenty of time to help with things or step in and run things if needed.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

I'm still in, I need to defend my title. Just a heads up - as some of you know, my work has blocked PH so I'm going to need to be kicked via text or IM come draft time.

[Lucky]

It really probably will just come down to me learning to delegate responsability to a couple of you guys. When I started doing this years ago I made Pun and Solly co-commishes and granted them league manager power with the intention of not overloading myself, but I ended up getting all control freak and doing everything myself. So this year I'm just going to have to remind myself to ask for help and force myself to not have to tinker with everything to make it "perfect."

[Sparty]

I am in for sure.

Just like Notre Dame football has claimed it for the last 15 years and never delivered, I will. This will be my RETURN TO GLORY.

[Pun]

I'm in. You guys have to have someone to kick around.

[DevSop]

In.

Are we making any position changes?

[Lucky]

I'll go back over the past threads this weekend and see what we discussed but if you want a change made here and now is where to bring it up. I didn't Archive the changes thread so everyone could easily look through it and remind themselves just as I will.

[Mikey]

I thought eliminating the CI and MI slots in favor of just an IF slot was a go and either the elimination of the OF spot or some sort of juggling there. Perhaps cutting an SP spot, too?

[Lucky]

That's 7 confirmed. Moose?

I texted Grover and MKid a couple of days ago but haven't heard back from them.

I emailed the league but got no word from Vols or Army.

If anyone knows of a way to get ahold of those guys be it phone or Facebook or whatever do me a favor and let them know that if I don't hear from them soon I'm going to have to offer their spots up to others.

I heard from Army on Dec 17th and he spoke about this seasons so I'm going to assume he's in, but still. He needs to be around to declare keepers on February 1st so if we haven't heard from him near the end of January I'm going to be stuck. So if you know a way, get ahold of him.



I've scanned over the stuff from last year. I think we mostly all agreed to shorten the roster so unless there's any complaints I think we're dropping "MI" and "CI" and adding an "IF" spot. For now I think that's all we need but depending on what you people think we can drop one more spot, either a "SP" or "OF" and "IF" adding a 2nd "UTIL".

Mike and I need to look over the minor league stuff and work out a new system, but its involved and I won't waste you guys time with it until I fully understand it myself. But as always, if you have an opinion speak up.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'm in

[Army Dice Clay]

I'm in.

I'm in favor of turing the CI and MI position to just an IF position and doing whatever with OF and an SP spot.

EDIT:
I can fairly easily be reached via facebook. I'm friends with Joo and Pun for sure there so people can reach me easily. I get facebook updates on my phone. I get my email on my phone, I've just started Law school classes again so I've been busy but I'm real easy to get a hold of. If I'm late for a draft position, bump me on facebook or gmail and I can be there quickly.

[Lucky]

You're in, you're good, Army. If you're overly concerned feel free to add me on Facebook or whatever you need to get updates from me. I just wanted to make sure you (and everyone) was aware since half the league tends to wander away from Puns' in the "offseason" so we have to draw them all back at this time of year.

[Attitude Adjuster]

I'm good with changing the CI and MI into an IF position, but would rather keep the other positions as is. If we add a second Utility spot, I think it takes away the thought process of "who fits my roster." With two utility spots available, picking up players off the waiver wire will be a "best player available" no-brainer.

[Lucky]

Agreed. I think part of the appeal of this setup is its harder than your usual one. I just think it got TOO hard. Utility spots are weak, but necessary if only because of the handful of DHs out there. But I'd much rather stick to more specific categories like "OF" and "IF", the 2 UTIL is just a last case if we want to dump another roster spot and increase the talent pool by another 12.

Ok, so we have 9 players. That leaves Vols, Grover, and Moose. I assume Moose will get around to saying something sooner or later but if he's out someone poke him to tell us so so we can start looking for a new member. Grover played football with you guys so maybe you have some idea if he's around. Vols I think might be MIA and have to be replaced.

[Jack Quinn]

I'm in as well

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'd vote to keep all roster positions as is.

[Lucky]

Grover's in. Still no word from Vols. If I don't hear from him next week then I'm going to offer his seat up to others. I have a couple of guys in mind but if you have suggestions feel free to mention them to me or if you're reading this and want in then go ahead and speak up.

[DevSop]

I don't want to be a huge dick here, but if Grover's going to be in and I assume he's reading this, he's got to be more active. No disappearing for weeks/months at a time. It's tough to take part in a league when 35 players are sitting on a roster and there's nothing to do. I know there were weeks last season where his roster sat with multiple guys on the DL still playing and other things. I'm all for keeping him, but he's got to be more active and take part more in the day-to-day aspects of managing his teams. Especially when I think we could find new owners who would be willing to do that.

[Lucky]

For what its worth we discussed that a bit and he said that he intends to be more active and as of now this is his only league. Grover DID actually volunteer to step aside if I had an owner I'd prefer. I simply told him that there was no one I'd prefer, that I'd just like 12 owners who are active and and have comparable levels of participation and interest, and if he felt he could do that he was welcome back.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Where are we with uh, payments?

[Sportsguy]

If you need an owner to fill out the league, and no one else volunteers, I'll play.

[Lucky]

Jan 17, 2010 2:25:24 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

Where are we with uh, payments?

Everyone is in but Vols. I'm not assuming that won't come in so I'll have to find a way to rework the payments fairly and then I'll write checks for you guys, probably around February 1st. Hope that's ok, and once again I apologize for this totally unreasonable delay and I take the full blame on myself. I promise I'll be more on the ball this season.

[Sparty]

When do we expect to vote or whatever on changes, clucky?