NLD 42 - Are those guys still around?

What happened to those proxies GB had loaded

I'm guessing he posted them and then I reset everything getting the draft ready.

Welcome Falcon. Great thread title Joe.

Thanks Smokey.

As for GB, we knew it might be a slow start with his schedule and there's no clock in the first round so we'll just have to wait it out. I know Jeep is just waiting to UNLEASH his pick, but......

Hawk is up. I forgot he was in this league.

Hawk is up. I forgot he was in this league.

Yeah, I was going to suggest he replace MG, but then I remembered right before submitting.

I'm back from holidays. I had set proxies, but they didn't fire. Fortunately I did check back to see how the draft was going, and made my pick. I'll make sure I have proxies loaded today.

We are moving.

Sent Semper an email. He'll probably pick soon. Guess I should figure out my two picks here and leave a proxy.

I have the NLD History data ready but I can't post from work. Will do it tonight (I hope)

Ok, Smoke is up, I sent him an email tonight. GB appears to be back so we'll start the clock after Doug picks.

NLD History is here:http://angelfire.com/games5/joethejet/NLD_History.xls you'll have to copy and paste to get it to work.

One thing to note, Doug is the same as "jamesgang" and that's how he is listed in the file.

Notes
- Doug/JG got his first championship in his return to the NLD. His last league was in 06. I guess the layoff helped him.
- JTJ had the best record for the second consecutive season. He (along with Wineman) hold the most Best records now with 7.
- Stoney has the record with 3 consecutive best records. He also didn't win a championship in those season.
- Only Silver (NLD20/21) and Lenny (NLD 1,2) have also gone back-to-back with best record
- For the first time a time not over .500 made the playoffs. Three 82 win teams had the lowest record previously
- Only three teams finished over .500
- The Std Deviation was low, even lower without JTJ's 96 wins.
- As noted previously, having a great record doesn't usually bode well for the playoffs: "the curse of winning >= 95 games continues. Only once since NLD 6, has a team won with 96+ wins. JTJ didn't get out of the first round for the second time in a row despite having the best record both times. In the last 15 NLDs, there have been six 95+ records and only Korkie won it. There have been 16 teams with 95+ wins, only three have won it all. "
- Only 9 games separated the playoffs and the worst record.
- Smoke and JTJ have made the playoffs in back-to-back
- Spider is due to make the playoffs as it's been four straight misses after making 2 of his first 3.
- OTOH, if you believe in patterns, GB is due to miss another one. He made it first three, missed the next three, made three and now has missed twice. He's due for one more miss right??
- Big A had his three season playoff streak stopped and how.
- Semper stopped a three season miss streak in NLD41.

All I got, anyone else notice anything?


p.s. Hey Jeep, I see you won a free credit in the monthly lottery! Congrats!

I texted Smokey. My guess is he'll pick shortly.