I just IM'ed Ven too, but he's likely sleeping, god damn. :lol:

 

Move over, Jeff Ireland. I'll take the Dolphins.

Oh, and judging by his bookmarks, GridIron will probably take Pikachu with his #1 selection.

 

Err, I noticed an issue.

VO threw his hat into the ring (twice in fact)
http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...ign-Up-Here)&p=1625339&viewfull=1#post1625339
http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...ign-Up-Here)&p=1626898&viewfull=1#post1626898

and he wasn't part of your list.

Seeing as Ven already picked before I noticed the error, I don't think it'd be fair to penalize him (and redo it all). If VO still wants in and a complete redo is off the table, maybe have random run a random integer generator from 2-16 and where he "rolls" he slots in?

 

Please, leaving out the Mewtwo's and such, Abra or Ghastly would be far better first picks. Granted, they may need to sit on the bench to get acclimated, but their upside is immense.

With only being an Electrical, and thus having advantages over only Water and Flying, but weak to Grass, Ground, Dragon (the few there are) and Electrical itself, and his overall not so great stats, Pikachu would be a poor first pick, though he has good speed.

So I guess he'd be Al's memorial pick.

 

You guys just don't love me any more. :cry:

Actually Ven made my decision easy, because the only team I really wanted was Miami.

 

What in God's name are you talking about? Meowtwo?

 

i just cant wait to do this again. i missed it last year :(

 

Want to work with me? It'll be just like Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland! I'll make all the calls and then take a hike and hang you out to dry!

Seriously though, we can join up if you want.

 

Panthers please.

 

I smell fix. .........Just sayin'

 

Yeah well I was clearly the best team last year and got no votes out of jealousy and then the Sim that would prove my superiority "broke down" . Now this? LOL :tongue2:


Anyway since I lost this can I be the steelers again this year?

 

Got to catch them all

 

Fine. So I like to blitz. Big ******* deal!

 

Cool story bro.

 

I didnt really want any of these teams...I like to work with teams I have some kind of emotional attachment to like Miami, NYG or a player I wanted to have like when I picked Indy year before last because I wanted P Manning on my squad. My teams never end up how they start out anyway :)

 

So that means not the Raiders?

 

I got screwed.

 

I'll take Indy off your hands.

 

For those of us who got fuc.....didn't get chosen, do we still get to pick our team now or do we have to wait?

 

I'm greedy. My point is I'm 10th or 11th or whatever now. But when comes around to selecting teams in January I don't want to miss out on a team or end up with the Raiders because I was miss the selection thread.

 

I assure you, that won't happen as long as I'm here. I'll gladly take that sinking ship over much more attractive teams that everyone else in their sane mind would want to run.

Also, GIK, I'd be down for earlier team selection.

 

Hey, I'm easy. :D Fortunately they're like GM black plague currently. It'll just suck when I have more competition to try to get them when they're good.

You know, in 20 years.

 

I think he's an okay coach, sometimes his adjustments (or lack thereof) perturb me, and he can get a little too overconfident, but overall I like the job he's done. I won't say though he's definitely the future or the answer. He's just better than everyone since Gruden. It would have been best to have Cable as HC and Hue as OC. I guess I see a bit of McDaniels in Hue and that worries me. I think arrogance in a coach can be a good thing, but too much and you quickly get eaten.

I'm not as down as most on Hue as GM, not to say I supported (or didn't immediately run to the bathroom to vomit because of) the Palmer trade, but it didn't make me want to jump off a bridge like most others, I understood the idea behind it (Campbell, while a nice help, his inaccuracy was a huge issue) though the price was too steep, even if his arm has come back (which it seems it has, though let's see how it does with additional wear during the season). He does the other things right though mostly. Benches bad fast players. Puts players in a position to succeed, utilizes them to their strengths. Despite the stat line, Palmer made a lot of good throws. Some bad ones too, definitely, but there were signs of progress. The Denver loss was more on the D than anything. They couldn't stop Tebow and the option read to save their lives. Even though they prepared for it, it's like they were caught completely off guard. Injuries haven't helped either, since it's not like they're an all pro D at full health.

I guess that was way more info than you were looking for, but in short: the jury is out on Hue. He's done some great stuff and some awful stuff. If Al were still around, then he'd be fine even then, but now with Al gone, we don't need to settle for mediocre coaches. If the team falls apart, can him, bring in a (hopefully) competent GM and let him pick the coach. The slight problem with that though is that not including likely great comp picks (Aso, Miller, one other who slips my mind) they only have a 5th and a 6th, so that's not too easy to start building with. And comp picks aren't that high either.

 

Only 20? Your optimism is a bright light in a dark leather jacket.

 

Al's gone, all we need now is a good GM. Mark and Amy don't care about running a football team, so they'll hire a football GM. Now that could be anyone between Matt Millen to Eric DeCosta to Reggie McKenzie. It's kind of exciting and scary, there's literally no way of knowing what the next path will be because the direction of the whole organization will change with whoever takes over.

 

and better a dark leather jacket than an atrocious jumpsuit.

 

Knowing Oakland, there's a good chance it will be Millen lol.

 

I dunno, Mark seems to be a very smart and savvy business man and Amy too. They know the best way to make money is to put a good team on the field as that sells. Keep in mind, the people they're asking, are ones like Ron Wolf, really smart, really respected guys. Guys who Al relied on in the 70's who haven't lost it. I'm not saying it's a slam dunk, but I have hope. I know Gil Brandt was close to Al too, so it's always possible he comes in. There's so many possibilities.