Τρίτη 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2013
Τρίτη 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2013
Πέμπτη 5 Δεκεμβρίου 2013
Κυριακή 1 Δεκεμβρίου 2013
Οι ΘΕΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΦΑΝΤΑΣΥ ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΟΥΝ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ..knock, knock..
“I hate hate HATE the veto. It’s the coward’s way out. If I were suddenly made the ruler of all things fantasy, there would never be a veto except in cases of obvious, provable collusion. And in that instance, only the commissioner or host website for the league should veto.
They say there are only three things in this world you can “truly count on: death, taxes, and that when you make a fantasy trade, someone will bitch about it. Which is a shame because people should almost never complain about a trade.
Understand these two key things:
First, the art of negotiating is a skill in fantasy. That’s part of being a general manager. A huge part, in fact. It’s a skill that is admired and sought after in real-life general managers. Why should it be any different in fantasy? Second, it is not your job to coach someone else’s team. If you think that tight end isn’t nearly enough for that quarterback and running back combo, it doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that the guy getting the tight end thinks so. Everyone should be allowed—encouraged, in fact—to coach his or her own team. Even if it’s stupidly.
Because I got news for you. No one ever knows. I remember one of the first email flame wars I got into about a trade. In the Doug Logan League from chapter 2 (a dynasty fantasy football league), I traded a package of players for, in essence, Brett Favre, then one of the best quarterbacks in “fantasy. It was a depth-for-a-superstar deal, perfectly legit. But the league went nuts because the only quarterback the guy was getting back was a recently promoted backup who got the job only because the starter had been injured in preseason. I argued that the point of the deal was to give him depth at RB and WR, which is what the guy said he wanted, and the backup was better than they realized. He was happy, I was happy, what’s the issue? On and on they bitched. Until about week three or four, when they realized the backup QB I had dealt—Kurt Warner, in his 1999 “greatest show on turf” season—was better than Favre would ever be.
No one has complained about a trade in that league since. (And despite dealing Warner, I still managed to win the league that year, thank goodness. Otherwise I’d still be in therapy over it.)
I’ll say it again. As long as both teams feel the deal helps their team, regardless of whether you agree, it must go through.
I especially can’t stand the people who block a trade just because it doesn’t involve them or because it’s “part of their “strategy” to block other teams from improving. That’s the coward’s way out, and you’re a scummy, spineless punk if you do that.
I especially can’t stand the people who block a trade just because it doesn’t involve them or because it’s “part of their “strategy” to block other teams from improving. That’s the coward’s way out, and you’re a scummy, spineless punk if you do that.
Win on the virtual field, not in the bureaucracy.
If every person adopted this attitude, you wouldn’t have crazy email flame wars or message boards blowing up, you wouldn’t have hurt feelings or worse, and you wouldn’t see stories like Joshua’s where you just shake your head.”
Excerpt From: Berry, Matthew. “Fantasy Life.” Penguin Group, USA, 2013-06-19. iBooks.
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