It's been a while since I have posted on the blog, but it is something I want to give more attention to in 2011. This will be the place for the league archive (past results, past rosters etc...), but I would also like you guys to be able to contribute to the content as well, as I don't always have the time to post.
2010 Recap
2010 was a year that saw a new champ crowned, a bunch of trades, and Billy Chapel only coming one loss away from setting the all-time worst regular season record. Somehow, someway, Moose was able to bring home the title. I would look at his roster every week and just scratch my head as to how he was doing so well, but what the hell do I know, my team didn't even make the playoffs. Russ Stutskey and his CC's Black Mamba squad had a 2nd consecutive successful season, but he just couldn't put it together during the championship round.
Kyle Baker and Angry Pirates took the rebuilding year of 2009 where he traded all of his good players to Jason, and parlayed that in to a 40 game win improvement in 2010. The biggest one year turnaround in league history!
Dagan had another successful year, while he and Casten are the only players in league history to have at least 100 wins in every season (not counting Moose who has only been in the league 3 years).
I have updated the all-time standings, and as you can see, Dagan is still at the top of the leaderboard with a 57% winning percentage, but Adam and Montezuma's Revenge are nipping at his heals. Moose made th biggest jump in the all-time standings with his chamiponship season, moving up from 8th to 4th spot overall. Casten and Jason both dropped one spot respectively, while your truly moved up a spot from 11th to 10th (look out bitches!).
I have also updated last years draft results and last year's season-ending rosters for easy access when looking to make off-season trades. Let me know if there is anything else that you guys would like to see included within the blog/site. I am going to start a record book this year and keep it updated throughout the season. Any ideas for records to keep track of will be welcomed.
Conclusion to the Billy Chapel saga
In 2010 there were numerous managers who expressed their displeasure with Billy Chapel not setting his lineup during crucial points in the year. The questionable trades he executes are one thing, and that is something we have to look beyond, but the lack of effort in setting his lineup is unacceptable.
There was a pretty heated exchange of emails and phone calls after I sent Billy Chapel (Troy) an email telling him that it is time for him to hang up his spikes and move on. Troy is a vicious competitor and he was not going down without a fight. After listening to his pleas and thinking about the situation a little harder, it didn't make sense to throw him out of a fantasy league that we all suppose to have fun with. It is my decision to leave Troy in the league for the upcoming season and monitor his setting of lineups throughout the season. Let's call it a probationary period. If the effort isn't there in 2011, then we will look to make ownership changes for the 2012 season, but I am confident that Troy will keep up with everything and hopefully improve his team.
2011 Changes
In 2011 we will be implementing a few changes that will hopefully benefit the league in the long run.
- $5 Deadbeat Fine: Any owner who does not set their pitching roster daily, without reasonable justification, will be fined $5 that will be added to the overall prize pool. This will be policed by the league. Any owner that catches another owner being a deadbeat should notify me immeadietly and I will take a look at the situation and speak with the offending owner to see if there was justification in not setting his pitching lineup.
- Your Team Sucks Fine: If your team finishes in last or 2nd to last place at the end of the regular season, you will be subjected to the Your Team Sucks Fine. The last place team will pay a $30 fine, and the 2nd to last place team will pay a $15 fine. This will hopefully keep those shitty teams still interested in setting their lineup, picking up free agents, and making deals.
- Best 2nd Half Record Bonus: The team with the best 2nd half record will receive a free one year subscription to ESPN Insider ($40 value). The 2nd half will most likely run from weeks 12 - 22, depending on the schedule for next year.
- Automatic Trade Approval: We will be removing the trade review period which typically caused a trade to be delayed by 2 or 3 days. I think as a league, we are all beyond the vetoing of trades. We are all good enough owners to make trades based on the needs of our respective teams, and another owner should not have a say in a deal that you made with someone else.
- Championship plaque: I am going to order a Championship plaque that will be passed on to each season's winner. I will have the former winner's names engraved and have it sent to Moose to hold on to for the year.
With these changes I am hoping that we will improve the league by keeping everyone interested throughout the season, even if you aren't in the playoff hunt.
Other thoughts
I will be sending out the formal league vote as the season grows closer, but I wanted to get a discussion started about some other things I was tossing around.
- Expanding the league to 14 teams: This may be a tough task to undertake, as we have keepers involved, but expanding the league to 14 is something that interests me. Obviously the owners would need to be of the highest quality, or it wouldn't make sense, but my thought is the deeper the league, the more competitive and challenging it is. This would obviously thin the free agent pool, and make you reach for some players that you normally wouldn't. Thoughts on expanding the league to 14 teams?
- Waiver wire process: Yahoo has the ability to use a FAAB process for waivers now, opposed to our current process of a waiver wire priority. The FAAB would essentially give each owner a specific number of dollars for the year to bid on free agents. This would require that each owner use his dollars wisely in who he acquires. This would add another level of complexity, and would incorporate some skill into choosing who you go after on the free agent market.
Let me know of anything else that you would like to bring up for discussion and possibly include it in the 2011 league vote.
All-in-all, a successful year for the league. We are contiuously improving year over year, and this is what makes this league so great. We have a bunch of owners who take this league very seriously, but have a great time competing. This truly is the best fantasy league that I have ever played in, and I hope to keep it going for a while. I can't believe that 2011 will be our 7th season! Running the league can be daunting at times, and this is why I need your help to keep this blog going and to help make sure that the league is run as smooth as possible.
Now for a little Camel Toe action that should bring a smile to your face.
Camel Toe
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