KingGhidra wrote:Wow, I actually giggled aloud as I read off your draft picks. People must've thought you were absolutely nuts. That trade for Priest did it for you. I dunno how you convinced a guy that the #1 fantasy player was gonna miss significant time early in the season, but thats luck for you sometimes. Most of my leagues, I can't get trades off to save my ass.
Yes, everyone in the league thought I was an idiot. But every reply I made to them was "Just wait." And the former Priest owner must have not known much about fantasy football because I was basically able to convince him that Priest was going to have to retire from football because of his injuries.
Anyone with half a brain would question why you'd want such a hurt player.
I've been wondering when we would hear the lowdown on this, Hawk.
Pretty interesting experiment.
Here's a thought though, having basically no team to begin with, this gave you a massive advantage when scavaging the waiver wire. You didn't have to decide whether a previously proven player was worth dropping in favor of an upstart. "Hey, simply pick up the upstart, and drop my garbage." If the pickup performs, great, if not... simply hit the wire again. In other words, you were able to take chances on waiver players that other teams were unwilling to take. While most teams were playing it safe, you were able to say "screw it I'll give him a shot." Worked out pretty well.
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin
TTTBone wrote:I've been wondering when we would hear the lowdown on this, Hawk. Pretty interesting experiment. Here's a thought though, having basically no team to begin with, this gave you a massive advantage when scavaging the waiver wire. You didn't have to decide whether a previously proven player was worth dropping in favor of an upstart. "Hey, simply pick up the upstart, and drop my garbage." If the pickup performs, great, if not... simply hit the wire again. In other words, you were able to take chances on waiver players that other teams were unwilling to take. While most teams were playing it safe, you were able to say "screw it I'll give him a shot." Worked out pretty well.
Exactly. For instance, I didn't have any second thoughts about dropping Hayden Epstein for Santana Moss.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. -Noam Chomsky
Funny, but I've heard from reputable NFL sources, that Ebstein wandered his way from Bourbon Street to the Saints Headquarters and managed to mumble, "Mardi Gras, it's freakin' Mardi Gras... not Carnival. Carney, Carnival, Carney, Carnival... how you like me, now!"
Ebstein was immediatly signed, and should be the Saints leading scorer in 2004.
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin
TTTBone wrote:Funny, but I've heard from reputable NFL sources, that Ebstein wandered his way from Bourbon Street to the Saints Headquarters and managed to mumble, "Mardi Gras, it's freakin' Mardi Gras... not Carnival. Carney, Carnival, Carney, Carnival... how you like me, now!" Ebstein was immediatly signed, and should be the Saints leading scorer in 2004.
Damn! I cut a stud like that for that Santana guy...
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. -Noam Chomsky
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