by kaviksdad » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:12 pm
Thanks for the welcome guys - glad to be here.
I've spent the past few days going over the thread here and have a few comments (you just knew I would, right?) and suggestions (duh!)
First of all I notice that your league has had its share of "problems" - like every other keeper I've been in - and I have to commend you all for dealing with things without someone storming off in a huff. I've been in leagues that have really gone to hell, and it isn't something that I would recommend as SOP. So way to hang in there.
From my perspective most, if not all, of the disagreements and such have been interpretation of the rules. Because I wrote a lot of the rules in use here I can probably give everyone a pretty good idea of what's what. I have no intention of being "commish" or even a "co-commish," but I will be able to offer my record keeping skills and my experiences. That will hopefully help with things.
And speaking of record keeping, I am in the process of compiling one of my spreadsheets that everyone can use to keep track of things. I only have a few requests in this area:
1 - When making trades, please try and use the following format to post the trade on the league thread - "
"Owner X trades Player A to Owner Y for player B."
If draft picks are involved please list which draft (free agent, prospect or supplemental) and what year
This will allow me to keep a clean record of who and what has been traded and what draft pick slots need to be changed.
2 - I would like it if we kept any trade announcements off the league thread (where we play the season) and just put them here on this thread.
It might be a good idea to start a separate thread for deals and transactions - some other leagues do and it does keep things clearer.
It's a fairly big project to create one of these spreadsheets, and I am currently in 7 other keepers in various stages so I don't have a lot of time. It might take me a week to get everything together, but I can tell you it will be much more convenient for everyone to have it as a reference. I might be away a bit this next week so if I don't respond immediately don't worry - and Hawk or Smitty can always get a hold of me.
I'll get the sheet done and sent out to everyone as soon as I can. If you want to send my your email address I can send it to you individually - otherwise I'll send it to Ray and he can send it out to the rest of you.