Dano's Destroyers have bowed out and we are now at 14. I think we should stay at 14 and if we lose another owner then we look for a replacement at that time!
Unless you hear otherwise we will be 14 teams this season
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Remember the 2008 draft day/night?
Now for a short draft recap:
04:30 PM cocktails-no one shows on time
04:45 Slam and Bobby are first to show and compliment Sammy on the numerous coolers filled with ice, beer and sodas
05:00 Spike shows with big cooler of ice, beer and sodas
05:10 Nitro shows with a big cooler of ice, beer and sodas (Guess it must be a F15C thing?)
5:15 Nate and Woody show with ribs and look very knacked (Brit term). Nate has no planning materials. Tuna shows up seconds later with an empty notebook and a pencil and a smile
5:30 Just as balls are drawn for draft spots Ned calls to provide some last minute guidance
5:35 Slam has to write down Neds 43 page list of instructions and then give them to Sammy who is drafting for Ned but cooking great burgers and Brats.
5:37 Slam assigns Ned draft spot 16 as a penalty for excessive conversation before the draft spot picking.
5:40 Spots are picked. New team owners Woody gets #2 and Tuna gets #10 a good distribution in my opinion. James Brown, a special guest, is given the assignment of drafting for two no shows. He pulls the #3 draft slot for defending champion Pacos Pounders. The entire assembled crowd pummels him with food and bottles.
5:45 Food is eaten. Sammy waits for Neds emailed draft rankings.
And we waited
And waited
And waited
6:15 No more waiting start the draft.
6:20 an unknown couple arrive and begin to drink all of the beer. Sammy has invited guests over as he decides he can draft for two teams, cook and entertain all at the same time. Sammy has 40 other guests show up for a dinner party. A short time later, he drafts 4 players already drafted. His experiment in multitasking is a failure.
7:00 Woody picks Washington defense ( the 31st best defense in the league) with his third round pick. Shortly thereafter he realizes the totality of his decision and has to dash to the toilet for a 30 minute practice child birthing ceremony. He returns with TP hanging out of his right back pants and proclaims “No one go upstairs to the master bed room bath room for the next 10 days”. Nate spends the next 15 minutes assuring Sammy that “Woodys sh%^ does not stink”
7:36 Thumpers push the limit on their pick as they lecture any owner willing to listen that they Thumpers have count them 3 rings. He proceeds to show all his three imaginary rings on his hand. Someone from the back yells “Shut up and draft Frodo, Lord of the Rings”
Frazzled by this lack of respect for a future (Freudian slip) past champ Bobby picks the first name that pops into his cranium. Unfortunately for him that name is “FRAGILE” Freddy Taylor. The draft goes down hill for him from here.
8:03 Nate is caught off microphone whispering that Woody has a “Tight End”.
8:05-9:45 Woody attempts to draft 17 tight ends but all are gone.
8:13 Thumpers are on there 6th pick and as usual approaching their time limit. Pulling the trigger is not an easy task with Big City. Thumpers take some crap for their girl like picking reflexes and fall back on the tried and true “Frank Burns of M*A*S*H” reply. “OH yeah………… Why don’t you try picking for two teams, running the clock, staring idly into space, losing cheat sheets and calculating how to get my Mercedes rental car on my Boeing Expense account all AT THE SAME TIME”.
Tuna says no problem. End result Bobby gives Tuna Dans team for rest of draft and somehow I get the clock duties for the rest of the draft.
8:15 Now relieved of any additional responsibility Bobby loses his RB sheet when it his 7th pick. He then claims Woody took it to the loo and used it to wipe his arse. Woody vehemently denies this and gives as support. “I don’t wipe my arse…so there”.
All those around Woody, who is in the corner near the draft board, nod in painful agreement with a unconscious wave of their hand near their nose. Bobby asks for any owner to give him his RB rankings. All other owners look down at their sheets, mutter “how many rings does this bozo have” and act as if they have not heard him until Woody hands Bobby a sheet. Bobby thanks him tenderly then screams “THIS IS A WR SHEET WOODY”. Bobby panics and falls back on his old standard strategy of when in doubt draft a PHIL player. Thumpers are now the proud owner of PHIL defense (the 15th best in the league.
8:24 Nitro now completely annoyed by Thumpers constant maximzing of his clock time. Quips “Hey Thumpers how about we finish this draft before I start collecting social security”
Quietly and politely Thumpers reply “ Nitro I have more Super Bowl rings then you had wins last year. Shut it!!!!!!!!”
8:30 5 minute break
8:53 Draft resumes after the 5 minute break. Neds draft rankings just arrived
9:03 Bobby and Tuna become involved in fist to cuffs. The fight broke out when Tuna drafts R Williams but unbeknownst to him it is for Dan who he has just begun to draft for. Dan is 9th pick, Tuna 10th. Oh the plot thickens. James is at the draft board. (note James took over as draft board Bit%^ when I could not handle it midway thru the first round. Nate took over for another 3 rounds then we gave it to JB)
Spike instructs James to “do something”. He says “Right boss”. James steps back, pushes Tuna and Bobby towards each other and says “ I want a clean fight gentlemen, illegal moves are…” .NOooooooooo I scream.
Bobby and Tuna then become involved in a girl-like- I-don’t-want to fight and don’t touch my hair brawl. No one really wins the fight but Bobby somehow finds his RB cheat sheet and thanks Tuna.
11:43 12th round. Woody wins the “Spike Hafermann” honorary I let my clock run out award as he cannot come up with a Def (there were only 7 left at the time to choose from}
12:12 AM Spike pulls his infamous and now annual
“Is L Tynes available?”
“yes he is” (cheat sheets now have pencils scratching his name off)”Great I ‘ll take Josh Brown”
12:37 Laura and Sammy fire flares into the night sky to illuminate the draft board
01:06 Draft ends and there was much rejoicing.
10% rule applies
04:30 PM cocktails-no one shows on time
04:45 Slam and Bobby are first to show and compliment Sammy on the numerous coolers filled with ice, beer and sodas
05:00 Spike shows with big cooler of ice, beer and sodas
05:10 Nitro shows with a big cooler of ice, beer and sodas (Guess it must be a F15C thing?)
5:15 Nate and Woody show with ribs and look very knacked (Brit term). Nate has no planning materials. Tuna shows up seconds later with an empty notebook and a pencil and a smile
5:30 Just as balls are drawn for draft spots Ned calls to provide some last minute guidance
5:35 Slam has to write down Neds 43 page list of instructions and then give them to Sammy who is drafting for Ned but cooking great burgers and Brats.
5:37 Slam assigns Ned draft spot 16 as a penalty for excessive conversation before the draft spot picking.
5:40 Spots are picked. New team owners Woody gets #2 and Tuna gets #10 a good distribution in my opinion. James Brown, a special guest, is given the assignment of drafting for two no shows. He pulls the #3 draft slot for defending champion Pacos Pounders. The entire assembled crowd pummels him with food and bottles.
5:45 Food is eaten. Sammy waits for Neds emailed draft rankings.
And we waited
And waited
And waited
6:15 No more waiting start the draft.
6:20 an unknown couple arrive and begin to drink all of the beer. Sammy has invited guests over as he decides he can draft for two teams, cook and entertain all at the same time. Sammy has 40 other guests show up for a dinner party. A short time later, he drafts 4 players already drafted. His experiment in multitasking is a failure.
7:00 Woody picks Washington defense ( the 31st best defense in the league) with his third round pick. Shortly thereafter he realizes the totality of his decision and has to dash to the toilet for a 30 minute practice child birthing ceremony. He returns with TP hanging out of his right back pants and proclaims “No one go upstairs to the master bed room bath room for the next 10 days”. Nate spends the next 15 minutes assuring Sammy that “Woodys sh%^ does not stink”
7:36 Thumpers push the limit on their pick as they lecture any owner willing to listen that they Thumpers have count them 3 rings. He proceeds to show all his three imaginary rings on his hand. Someone from the back yells “Shut up and draft Frodo, Lord of the Rings”
Frazzled by this lack of respect for a future (Freudian slip) past champ Bobby picks the first name that pops into his cranium. Unfortunately for him that name is “FRAGILE” Freddy Taylor. The draft goes down hill for him from here.
8:03 Nate is caught off microphone whispering that Woody has a “Tight End”.
8:05-9:45 Woody attempts to draft 17 tight ends but all are gone.
8:13 Thumpers are on there 6th pick and as usual approaching their time limit. Pulling the trigger is not an easy task with Big City. Thumpers take some crap for their girl like picking reflexes and fall back on the tried and true “Frank Burns of M*A*S*H” reply. “OH yeah………… Why don’t you try picking for two teams, running the clock, staring idly into space, losing cheat sheets and calculating how to get my Mercedes rental car on my Boeing Expense account all AT THE SAME TIME”.
Tuna says no problem. End result Bobby gives Tuna Dans team for rest of draft and somehow I get the clock duties for the rest of the draft.
8:15 Now relieved of any additional responsibility Bobby loses his RB sheet when it his 7th pick. He then claims Woody took it to the loo and used it to wipe his arse. Woody vehemently denies this and gives as support. “I don’t wipe my arse…so there”.
All those around Woody, who is in the corner near the draft board, nod in painful agreement with a unconscious wave of their hand near their nose. Bobby asks for any owner to give him his RB rankings. All other owners look down at their sheets, mutter “how many rings does this bozo have” and act as if they have not heard him until Woody hands Bobby a sheet. Bobby thanks him tenderly then screams “THIS IS A WR SHEET WOODY”. Bobby panics and falls back on his old standard strategy of when in doubt draft a PHIL player. Thumpers are now the proud owner of PHIL defense (the 15th best in the league.
8:24 Nitro now completely annoyed by Thumpers constant maximzing of his clock time. Quips “Hey Thumpers how about we finish this draft before I start collecting social security”
Quietly and politely Thumpers reply “ Nitro I have more Super Bowl rings then you had wins last year. Shut it!!!!!!!!”
8:30 5 minute break
8:53 Draft resumes after the 5 minute break. Neds draft rankings just arrived
9:03 Bobby and Tuna become involved in fist to cuffs. The fight broke out when Tuna drafts R Williams but unbeknownst to him it is for Dan who he has just begun to draft for. Dan is 9th pick, Tuna 10th. Oh the plot thickens. James is at the draft board. (note James took over as draft board Bit%^ when I could not handle it midway thru the first round. Nate took over for another 3 rounds then we gave it to JB)
Spike instructs James to “do something”. He says “Right boss”. James steps back, pushes Tuna and Bobby towards each other and says “ I want a clean fight gentlemen, illegal moves are…” .NOooooooooo I scream.
Bobby and Tuna then become involved in a girl-like- I-don’t-want to fight and don’t touch my hair brawl. No one really wins the fight but Bobby somehow finds his RB cheat sheet and thanks Tuna.
11:43 12th round. Woody wins the “Spike Hafermann” honorary I let my clock run out award as he cannot come up with a Def (there were only 7 left at the time to choose from}
12:12 AM Spike pulls his infamous and now annual
“Is L Tynes available?”
“yes he is” (cheat sheets now have pencils scratching his name off)”Great I ‘ll take Josh Brown”
12:37 Laura and Sammy fire flares into the night sky to illuminate the draft board
01:06 Draft ends and there was much rejoicing.
10% rule applies
WIll it be a 14 or 16 team league this year?
With Paco out we have a choice to make.
Do we try and find another owner to take us back to 16 or do we see if someone else wants to drop out and we revert back to 14 teams.
The advantage of 16 teams is that makes the draft harder since there are no kickers, defenses or QBs left over (16 x 2=32). The disadv is with a 13 game season you do not play every team in the league. So 2 of the 15 teams are not played.
Adv of 14 team league-everyone playe every other team once. Disadv-the draft gets a little easier because a starting kicker, defense and QB may be on the waiver wire.
Do we try and find another owner to take us back to 16 or do we see if someone else wants to drop out and we revert back to 14 teams.
The advantage of 16 teams is that makes the draft harder since there are no kickers, defenses or QBs left over (16 x 2=32). The disadv is with a 13 game season you do not play every team in the league. So 2 of the 15 teams are not played.
Adv of 14 team league-everyone playe every other team once. Disadv-the draft gets a little easier because a starting kicker, defense and QB may be on the waiver wire.
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