This is a bad month for WNQ.
I’m in the ED this month, so when I’m there, I have no down time. When I was in the ICU (September), or when I’ll be on Neurosurgery (November), the quality of these posts will be higher. Until then, expect shorter WNQs.
Also, my football IQ is at an all time low. I work every Sunday this month, so I haven’t really seen a football game all of October. When I pick up players I’m just sort of praying they work out. Every once and awhile I’ll turn on the TV and learn that RB X is injured and RB Y is now a hot prospect. I’m running about a week behind, so take advantage of me now while you can!
So here’s the first ethical dilemma of the season!
Article IX, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states: Failure to Start a Player at a Required Position when a player of that position is available on your roster results in a $2 fee.
First, I’d like to everyone know that I’m editing this part of the constitution due to the fact that this should not only apply to when you have a team on your roster who can play; it should be at all times. Now, I won’t pull that back retrospectively, but I wanted to make everyone aware. It’s a technical loophole that needed to be fixed.
However, you may have noticed that, last week, Kyle failed to start a TE, despite having Jeremy Shockey on his roster.
So what to do? Technically, he’s subject to a $2 fine for negligence. It’s sort of like rubbing dirt in a dying man’s face, however. At the current trajectory Kyle is on, he will finish the season with 878-879 total points scored, which would be the lowest ever. He is currently the resounding underdog in all of his future matchups, and might run through the entire season without a win. And this, one might say, is all because of the pesky computer autodraft.
Do I uphold the fine and spit in Kyle’s eye, or do I waive it and effectively make the constitution meaningless?
I’m going to uphold it, but I don’t think we’re calling for instant repayment. I’ll create a log of fines that can be kept track of; if at any point a team who wins a cash payout at the end of the year has fines due, this total will be subtracted from their payout, and the cash will go into the axillary fund. If not, the fine will be tacked on to dues from the next year.
Now, to update the record books from the past two weeks:
Sebastian Janikowski, K, moves into #2 all time on the Kickers list. Also, props to Kim’s D + K putting up over 40 points. Practically unheard of.
Manager Evaluation: Week 4 and 5!
Rob: Week 4: 4 points + Week 5: 0 points
Scott: Week 4: 19 points + Week 5: 2 points (that pesky TE)
Donel: Week 4: 15 points + Week 5: 14 points
Ryan: Week 4: 19 points + Week 5: 4 points
Kyle: Week 4: 24 points + Week 5: 32 points
Peter: Week 4: 2 points + Week 5: 9 points
Drew: Week 4: 22 points + Week 5: 0 points
Kim: Week 4: 15 points + Week 5: 8 points
Travis: Week 4: 30 points + Week 5: 3 points
Jason: Week 4: 23 points + Week 5: 15 points
Of note: Kyle’s team actually would have put up just under 100 points if he had maximized his starting lineup. Not that that would have beat Scott, but it would have helped.
Also, the LBP #s from here on out I expect to drop drastically due to Bye weeks. I had 0 LBPs this week, but that’s because my entire bench was on Bye. Not that impressive, in that sense. Given that some teams were more Bye heavy than others, these numbers might end up a little skewed until we get to the point where all players have had their Bye week
Total LBPs: Previous Rank Proficiency
1) Travis: 39 points 1 [1.0]
2) Peter: 41 points 3 [0.951]
3) Rob: 42 points 5 [0.928]
3) Donel: 42 points 2 [0.928]
5) Ryan: 74 points 7 [0.527]
6) Drew: 78 points 8 [0.5]
7) Scott: 79 points 10 [0.494]
8) Kim: 80 points 9 [0.488]
9) Jason: 86 points 6 [0.453]
10) Kyle: 93 points 4 [0.419]
Some big shifts in the rankings this week, most notably Ryan, Drew, Scott, and myself with multiple spot gains, big falls for Jason and Kyle, and some equalization of the proficiency rating now that Travis’s team isn’t so perfect.
A few things to take away from this:
1) With Travis’s30 LBP in Week 4 the coaching field has been evened. While still on top one bad call in any given week could easily send him down a few spots
2) There is a clear distinction between the Top 4 and the Bottom 6 when it comes to proficiency. HOWEVER, only one of those teams, mine, is about 0.500. What this GENERALLY means is that teams with high coaching proficiency but a poor win-loss ratio have poor bench depth…or all their players just suck.
3) Jason and Kyle have both seen their Coaching rating plummet but for very different reasons. As Jason’s team has improved, his bench depth has gotten stronger leading to more tough calls on who to start and, thus, more LBPs. Correct me if I’m wrong, Dr. Bohm, but I would relate Kyle’s precipitous drop to a general apathy for his “Computer Dung” team.
4) Winning record teams hold spots the middle four spots, which makes sense, as the middle spots tend to signify a decent amount of depth combined with above-average coaching skills. I would expect a computer model to have three shallow, losing teams in the top 3 and three poorly managed, neglected teams in the bottom 3 of the poll. Thus far, my hypothesis is correct!
That’s all for this week because I’m so gosh darned busy. Kim, if you beat me this week I sweat to got I’ll give you a hysterectomy.
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