I appreciate Rick offering an apology, and also his deleting the original post at my request.
The source of Rick's frustration is that, yes, this is his first draft league, yet he found it easy to learn how to set proxies, and couldn't understand why some of the veterans in the group could not or would not do so.
Obviously, there are good reasons some times, and certainly, we all feel for you, ineluki, in the loss of loved ones. As you said, we have to keep Strat in perspective.
Let's put it behind us and enjoy ourselves.