Monte Ward Baseball League

jelder · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject:

^^ That was me, BTW

Pawtucket Doc · Pawtucket Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 1675

Dan · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject:

As a happily married man for 26 years I have an observation:

DON'T DO IT....RUN.......RUN FAR AWAY............FAR FAR AWAY

Then again if she is willing to do the have and hold, till death due you part with YOU even with your Monte obsession, then maybe it's not that bad of an idea.

I congratulate you both, and wish you many many years of happiness.

Edgecrusher · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 672 Location: Malden, MA

I send my congrats as well.

I will be making the same plunge in October.

mckeeno · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject:

Congrats to all. I'll be joining the club next summer.
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Eeyore · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:21 am Post subject:

Congratulations to all of you. As a formerly married person, I'm jealous.

David Koresh · Waco Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1486 Location: Waco

13 Confirmed Teams

Waco - In again
Montreal - In again
Cleveland - In again
Aurora - In again
Anchorage - In again
New Hampshire - In again
Toronto - In again
Packwood - In again
Cuyahoga - In again
Durham - In again
Pawtucket - In again
Hollywood - In
Westwood - In

3 Maybes.
Baskerville - Soft yes?
Providence - Maybe?
Degrassi - Maybe?

Tim never responded and said he wanted in again... and Myron hasn't posted anything either.

I'm taking Rauseo's post as a soft yes, but we'll need some clarification.

If only 1 of those 3 joins, I think we keep the rosters the same as last year.

If 2 of the 3 join, we would have 15 teams... when I was setting up my league, I experimented a little bit to see what would happen with an odd number of teams.... everyone just gets a bye week. If we went with 15 teams, I would vote for keeping the roster composition the same.

If all 3 join, we'd have 16... but with 32 NFL teams, why not keep 2 QB each?

In a 12 team league, guys like Hasselbeck and Jason Campbell are going to be 2nd QBs... not much difference than using Josh Freeman, Delhomme and Trent Edwards in a 16-team league. And with the auction format, the team who gets someone like Sam Bradford can make sure he gets Feeley as well.
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JJ · Montreal Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 1579 Location: Here

As it was it was very very hard to win when your QB had a bye. If we went down to only one or two backups with a job that would mean having your QB hurt means 0 points instead of trotting out whoever the raiders were starting. I like deep leagues but there is a lot of value in being able to pick SOMEONE up off the waiver wire when you need to. I'd advocate for 1 QB.

jelder · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

What Jonah said.

Also not a big fan of an odd number of teams, but I guess its better than having to leave anyone out...

David Koresh · Waco Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1486 Location: Waco

I loved the QB scarcity last year.... but beyond that, it wasn't doomsday when someone got hurt.

With the bench spots we have, you can carry some of those QB handcuffs. Also, I think it promotes trading when the need arises. I went out and got Sanchez after Hasselbeck got hurt... trading for one of those fringe guys didn't cost me a lot.

Everyone's QB has a bye week, so it's not like it's unfair to anyone.

The alternative is having a deep league like ours... with a bunch of useful QBs littering the waiver wire and bench spots around the league.

I really like the 2 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 Slash construction and loved the way that it made you dig for talent and think hard about how you wanted to construct your team. We're all smart and capable owners and I'd hate to dumb down the league.
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David Koresh · Waco Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1486 Location: Waco

PS, I miscounted... we only have 13 confirmed teams (not 14).
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jelder · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:09 pm Post subject:

mckeeno · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject:

I'm in if you need me. If not, don't sweat it.
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JJ · Montreal Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 1579 Location: Here

I think calling allowing teams to field a full roster of players even during bye weeks "dumbing down the league" is an absolutely ridiculous mischaracterization.

jelder · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:55 am Post subject:

Ok, the next step before figuring out roster issues is determining number of teams.

We have 13 confirmed for sure, nothing from Prov or Degrassi (I'm counting them out for now), and a potentially interested Rauseo.

In my mind that gives us two options:

1) Go with 12 teams, letting the two new joiners (Hollywood/Westwood) either sort out who plays or split a team (ESPN has functionality for this, and it might actually be a good solution. Or one of these guys could team up with a different owner).

2) Go with 14 teams, assuming Rauseo still wants to play.

Can the guys who would be impacted weigh in here? I'm going on vacation starting Friday and would love to have a draft date and what not locked down by then. Thanks