nyyank7
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Post by nyyank7 on Sept 2, 2008 16:52:53 GMT -8
new lm?
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seanroto
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Post by seanroto on Sept 2, 2008 16:56:23 GMT -8
anyone here have premium mock draft central acct? maybe we could run the draft there instead
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Post by Playa Slaya on Sept 2, 2008 16:56:50 GMT -8
I sighned up for that JUNK so no what??
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nyyank7
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Post by nyyank7 on Sept 2, 2008 16:59:11 GMT -8
this couch manager thing is fine as long as we get the password like now
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Post by nohesitation on Sept 2, 2008 17:00:50 GMT -8
well, this bites...
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seanroto
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Post by seanroto on Sept 2, 2008 17:01:05 GMT -8
i am in the chat room here if anyone finds out the password or wants to try to figure out a way to get this done
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gwb1979
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Post by gwb1979 on Sept 2, 2008 17:01:14 GMT -8
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Post by Playa Slaya on Sept 2, 2008 17:02:02 GMT -8
2 people are in there?? what word did they use. I tried bruno boys
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seanroto
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Post by seanroto on Sept 2, 2008 17:04:15 GMT -8
i dont show anyone in there
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gwb1979
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Post by gwb1979 on Sept 2, 2008 17:05:13 GMT -8
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Post by Playa Slaya on Sept 2, 2008 17:06:50 GMT -8
its the 1 that says ESPN not the espn mock draft!@!
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 2, 2008 17:36:49 GMT -8
Well, I suck. Feel free to smite me. I can't join the draft in progress.
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 2, 2008 17:38:20 GMT -8
I've used the link but I'm getting a message about "can't join private draft."
I really f**ked this up. Sorry guys. So much for being a worthwhile commish. Thank you to the rest of you that tried to pull it together.
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Post by nohesitation on Sept 2, 2008 17:39:45 GMT -8
should be able to, there are computer slots you can claim...
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 2, 2008 17:39:47 GMT -8
NoHesitation , just keep going with the draft. You guys are there and doing it. No point in doing anything for my sorry ass.
Enjoy the draft. I'm watching, but can't post in the chat or pick.
DBQ
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gwb1979
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Post by gwb1979 on Sept 2, 2008 17:40:53 GMT -8
go to the link, and use the password...'password' and claim the computer pick 1
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 2, 2008 17:43:39 GMT -8
NoHesitation, I'm still getting the error message of "Quick join not available for private drafts"
I say we should keep the results from you guys tonight. You stuck it out and went through all the work. It should be honored.
DBQ
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Post by nohesitation on Sept 2, 2008 17:50:19 GMT -8
works for me, i dunno why you cant join, but whatever...
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jpo
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Post by jpo on Sept 2, 2008 21:08:25 GMT -8
If this is the real draft you'll have to replace me. There is no way I am taking a team of exactly 1 player that is on my draft list.
I was at a live draft in the evening and there was nothing on the ESPN site about drafting and since I couldn't get in to the commish's emailed draft I assumed we were rescheduling.
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gwb1979
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Post by gwb1979 on Sept 3, 2008 5:24:03 GMT -8
JPO,
For as big of a fit as you are throwing, you actually ended up with a pretty solid team.
If you work on some trades and the waiver, there is no reason you couldn't be very competitive in this league.
Who knows what can happen, give it a shot.
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jpo
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Post by jpo on Sept 3, 2008 6:57:38 GMT -8
A big fit would be not to tell you anything and to just leave, or proceed to put my entire team on the waiver wire. I fully understand your position that you drafted and you invested time and effort into the draft.
My postion is that you did not give me sufficient warning (10 minutes is not enough) and I checked my email and ESPN message boards at the draft started at 9:00 EST and there was no infromation. I tried to login to the link the commish sent around and it was password protected. I checked the Bruno Boys forum before the draft (though this was probably closer to 8:40). I did everything a reasonable person would do and since there was no concrete information I decided to have FUN and focus on my in person draft. FYI Picks 2 through 16 would not be on ANY of my fantasy teams barring major slippage in the draft. This team is not fun for me to play and I am not invested at all in it so I suggest you find someone else. I have no other leagues on ESPN's site so I will not be visiting it to set my lineup. Drafting is the best part of fantasy football and since I am not going to have fun, I will not be playing this league.
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gwb1979
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Post by gwb1979 on Sept 3, 2008 7:26:13 GMT -8
Well, how do you suggest we resolve it then? What do you think would be a good solution?
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seanroto
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Post by seanroto on Sept 3, 2008 7:59:14 GMT -8
1) "I checked my email and ESPN message boards at the draft started at 9:00 EST and there was no infromation." WRONG - I had posted that we were drafting on ESPN but were waiting for a password
2) "I tried to login to the link the commish sent around and it was password protected." - we all had this problem, but it ddnt stop the rest of us
3) " then I checked the Bruno Boys forum before the draft (though this was probably closer to 8:40)." - WRONG if you were here you would have seen our posts
4) "I did everything a reasonable person would do" WRONG - unless you are calling half the league unreasonable since we made a little extra effort and made it into the draft room where we drafted.
5) "Drafting is the best part of fantasy football and since I am not going to have fun, I will not be playing this league." WRONG - if thats how you feel you should never have signed up for the league
Advice: you need to sign up for mockdraftcentral.com or a similar site and mock your little heart out since playing the full game of Fantasy Football is obviously not for you
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jpo
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Post by jpo on Sept 3, 2008 8:26:56 GMT -8
seanroto: I was BUSY at a in-person draft recording everone's picks, drafting my team and antoher absentee owner's team. I stopped checking forums after 9:00 since there was no CONCRETE information and I had no time to play forum tag. It is a courtesy to you all that I telling you my intentions and giving you time to replace me.
Here is what I propose: 1) Have the commish boot me from the league and install someone else (I have no idea if this is an option). 2) I see there is a Invite co-owner option on the ESPN site. Find another owner and I can invite him and he can manage the team. 3) Re-Draft at an acceptable scheduled time (there was talk of Thursday during the game on the BB forum).
I would obviously prefer option 3 (and so would the commish no doubt), but I see it as being the least feasible for everyone else. By the way, how many others missed the draft? If it was like 5 people re-draft becomes more feasible.
Basically the bottom line is that I do not want to ruin your league but I will not be participating in it unless I get a re-draft (sounds a bit selfish but I gave you alternatives above). I am only still posting here because I do not want to screw up everyone's else fantasy football experience by being an absentee owner.
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seanroto
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Post by seanroto on Sept 3, 2008 8:41:14 GMT -8
well if there is a redraft replace me too
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Post by Bruno Boys Cavigs on Sept 3, 2008 9:56:49 GMT -8
Gang,
Let me talk to my staff and come up with the best possible solution to this issue.
Sorry that it had to happen, but we are just going to have to deal with it and move forward to make it worthwhile for everyone.
Thanks and can you believe that WEEK 1 start in about 30 HOURS!
- Bruno Boys Cavigs Co-Owner, Bruno Boys Fantasy Football
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Post by nohesitation on Sept 3, 2008 11:14:42 GMT -8
If we redraft, then I have to bail, I cannot make it on Thursdays for a draft, and have said so since the start of this thread...
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 3, 2008 13:14:26 GMT -8
Wow, I'm glad to know that it's easy to piss a good number of people off in a league without any entrance fee.
Seriously, JPO and everyone else, I've already made my mistake clear. I sent at least 3 emails out yesterday morning through the ESPN league. You should have had those emails. I also posted the same content on the forum here.
I admit that I did not provide the password. In my 7 years of being commish of various leagues, this is clearly the biggest (and only) draft screw up I've had. I'm sorry it had to come at a time so close to the start of the season.
I do want to thank Nohesitation, seanroto and the other teams that pulled things together to get a draft done last night. They went above and beyond. Thank you.
JPO, please look at my team and I would be happy to switch our rosters. I'll take your auto draft team and you can take my. Now granted, I've got 2 players on my auto draft that aren't even on current rosters. But if you have more people on my team from your draft list... let's call it a compromise.
I am happy to try to address any other concerns over the draft mess and the league in general. If there are teams that want to trade players, please do so once I have the rosters in tonight.
I'm looking forward to this season, even with the rough start, and hope that you can turn your angry about the draft into smack talk for the coming weeks games.
DBQ
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 3, 2008 13:21:16 GMT -8
JPO and seanroto,
You both have valid points and are right to be frustrated with this process. I want to extend my personal apology over all this and hope that you will stay with us.
I would like you (and everyone in the league) to consider making this a re-draft league. There is the ability to adjust rosters throughout the season. We do a re-draft (as other leagues do).
Cavigs and any others, when did you do a redraft? Is it around week 7?
This is one possibility that we have not talked about yet. We could use a 3rd party site for the re-draft and then enter the results back into our rosters. JPO, I agree with you about drafting being the best part of a fantasy season. And I sat in frustration last night at the mess I created. A re-draft can both address this mess and allow us to have some drafting fun during the season.
DBQ
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dbqhams
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Post by dbqhams on Sept 3, 2008 13:25:43 GMT -8
JPO,
Thank you for being upfront and honest about your frustration and suggestions for the league. Before you leave the league or try to find a replacement, let's see what other options there are.
This league was created to be fun, and these last 2 days have been anything but. Please stick around and let's see what we can work out.
DBQ
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