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So I just worked 5 days in a row.
I know, all of your surgeons out there are sitting there thinking, “oh, poor Rob. He had to work five straight days in the emergency department! Boohoo! I work 30 days a month, 18 hour days, mostly in the standing position over a prone patient requiring a hip replacement/prostate removal. Suck it up pussy!”
I will admit, my schedule, compared to all of y’alls, is still pretty nice.
I will, however, make the claim that no one spends more time WORKING when at work than in EM. Sure, I’m only there for 12 hours. But I don’t break for lunch, I don’t check my email, I don’t even get to see the score of the Michigan game. While Ryan the pediatrician gets to web surf after rounds until closing time and Drew the Urologist finishes up morning cases and then bums around until check out time and Travis…well, I won’t pretend he actually works, I’m running around the whole time. Which is in and of itself not too bad…but it makes my WNQ suck.
After this weekend we will be over the hump, so to speak. In the modern 10-team format, a 6-win team will make the playoffs 55% of the time. You know what that means? Drew has effectively cleared the point of where, even at this point in the season, he is more likely to make the playoffs than not even if he loses every game from this point on. And we’ve NEVER had a 7-win team NOT make the playoffs…so Drew is one win away from effectively guaranteeing himself a playoff spot.
I’m going to throw it out there and say Drew CANNOT be stopped. He’s 60, the highest scoring team in the league, and just an absolute beast. It’s like an assumed loss when you play him. Drew could go undefeated. He could go all the way. That would be a ridiculous way to start the whole “top-record, top-scorer, league-championship” bonus that was just implemented.
The parity in the league right now is also astounding. There are only three teams in the league with more than 3 wins. That effectively means all of the 2-win teams are very much still in the race for a playoff spot. Heck, Donel isn’t even out of the running quite yet, though he would need quite a run. I will, however, effectively eliminate Kyle from the equation.
Ranking Update
In a week where only one team could break 100, we actually had two players enter the record book. Peter’s Jets entered D/ST at #10 and Scott’s K, Cundiff, entered into a tie for second. For the record, Scott has the #1 and #2 Kicker of all time and 3 of the top 6. No one else has more than one in the top 8. Trust Scott’s choice of Kickers. He is a monster.
Coaches Ratings
LBPs for the week:
Rob: 11
Kim: 10 (that tricky Bears D/ST)
Scott: 4
Jason: 16 (Rashard Mendenhall laughed in Jason’s face to 20 points)
Kyle: 3 (Kyle is rapidly running out of realistic options for his team)
Travis: 0 (that son of a bitch)
Ryan: 2
Drew: 1
Peter: 1 (even with only two players on the bench Peter managed an LBP)
Donel:7
Season totals:
1) Travis: 39 points ; Last week 1
2) Peter: 42 points ; Last week 2
3) Donel: 49 points ; Last Week 3
4) Rob: 53 points ; Last Week 3
5) Ryan: 76 points ; Last Week 5
6) Drew: 79 points ; Last Week 6
7) Scott: 83 points ; Last Week 7
8) Kim: 90 points ; Last Week 8
9) Kyle: 96 points ; Last Week 10
10) Jason: 102 points ; Last Week 9
No big changes this week; Jason and I both dropped one spot but otherwise things have been relatively stable.
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