America's DT General Discussion 2016

[T Dog]

It's all happening here  :o

I like the idea of a mid season draft.
It's not a compulsory draft surely.
So if you have a LTI or poor rookie draft pick  for eg. and you need to update your side this draft would help.
If your side is going ok then no need to draft at all.
As with any draft you will be giving up a player to get a player so the next draft pool is not diminished.
Some unexpected players will have kicked on by mid year, expected players will fail. That's fantasy footy.
The draft pick order is the key as already mentioned in the thread. That's not new. It's always the key.
Keep the comp strong. Have the best players in play. Keep it a voluntary choice.

There you go. T Dog votes Yes.

[Atto]

Reading this conversation I can now understand where the concern is, I'll suggest an idea to LF and if she agrees then I think either one of us will post it here.

[SydneyRox]

I like the mid season draft, is something unique that most other xv comps dont have

A good way for teams that want to participate to bring in new talent to cover, lti's or early retirements

at this point it isnt compulsory, so coaches who dont care can choose not to participate.

[popedelio]

I'm all for the mid season draft.

Most has already been said so I'm not going to bother saying my opinion since it will mirror those that are pro mid season draft

[LF]

I have added these to the Rules thread so we have clear cut rules on voting and problems with these pm myself and Atto

VOTING ON RULES ETC

15.1 At times we will require feedback from the coaches in the comp,admin will send out any voting via pm's.This will ensure we get the proper vote count from the coaches involved rather than using polls on the FanFooty site that any user on the site can vote in.

15.2 Voting is anonymous and all votes are to be pm'ed back to both of the admin of the competition only (currently LF and Atto),not all the coaches.By the deadline as stated in the original pm.

15.3 The results of any votes along with any comments will be published in the General Discussion thread

15.4 If the result is a tied vote,we will have an open discussion on the matter and then send out a re-vote to all the coaches to gain a majority result

15.5 If there is still a tied vote after a re-vote,it will then come down to admin call(currently LF and Atto) as to whether the matter goes through or not

15.6 Any coach that fails to vote will receive a strike against them

15.7 Any coach that fails to vote before the stated deadline will not have their vote counted

[LF]

A new vote has been sent out regarding the mid season draft,please have your vote in by Sunday 20th March 11:59pm
Thank you :)

[Nige]

I'd like to request the graphic in the OP of the R1 thread be changed to reflect our new team name.  :P

[LF]

I'd like to request the graphic in the OP of the R1 thread be changed to reflect our new team name.  :P

Oh shower,I forgot I did these before you changed the team name,I'll fix it soon haha

[Nige]

I'd like to request the graphic in the OP of the R1 thread be changed to reflect our new team name.  :P

Oh shower,I forgot I did these before you changed the team name,I'll fix it soon haha

Haha all good, sorry for the minor inconvenience.

[Grannyboy]

Can we just have a poll so we can all see who voted and said what. If we had it the first time someone may have seen the tie and changed their vote as a result and we wouldn't have to do this all over again. ::) What are the chances it will be drawn 6-6 again??

[Pkbaldy]

Can we just have a poll so we can all see who voted and said what. If we had it the first time someone may have seen the tie and changed their vote as a result and we wouldn't have to do this all over again. ::) What are the chances it will be drawn 6-6 again??

A poll where anyone can vote? Ummmm no, that's just terrible.

[kilbluff1985]

is it that hard to revote on something?

[Nige]

is it that hard to revote on something?

Shouldn't be!

[LF]

Ok so I had this discussion with Atto about the eliminator and we are looking at having a straight up lowest score each week with no HGA or added bonus,running from round 1 until 12 because after that is the start of the USA v Allstars fixtures.

[T Dog]

Just been looking at who to start from the mighty El Paso team list.

Has got me thinking if I had to pick just 2 players on each line who are; -

1. absolutely locked in to start best 22 for their club
2. have / coming off no injury risk
3. had great pre - season cup
4. will play rd 1 

It was not that easy.  :(

Backs:  Rich / Wright
Mids:  Priddis / I.Smith
Rucks: Goldstein / Z.Smith
Fwds:  Mayne / L.McCarthy

Doesn't give me any great confidence. The criteria makes sense to me, so that's not the problem.
Do these names terrorize the same from your list?