And to make sure I'm clearly understanding what you guys are saying:
You're not saying change this current schedule
http://subscribers.footballguys.com/2009/09week13.php
Just do better hitting the deadlines on this schedule.
Right?
J
If I was making a schedule for FBG's it would look something like this:Sun/Mon/Tues - Game Recaps. I don't always read them as many sites cover a lot of it in near-real time these days, but it's not bad early content. Consider having each staffer give insight on the games as they watch.
Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed - Any stats or research documents the staffers use to finalize their predictions can be published but should NOT be a priority to be published.
Mon/Tues - WW/Upgrades/Downgrades - When did this change to a catch-all that gives a quick blurb about almost every player in the league that has little forward forethought? If a player did well they go up and if they did poor they go down. Very cliche this year and not very helpful. This should actually analyze potential changes in value.
* Highlight what's changed in each volume.
* Rank or tier them.
Tues/Wed/Thurs - Continue to produce look-ahead, dynasty, sleeper, etc reports as staffers get a better feel for what is to come.
Mon - Seasonal rankings forward and Trade Dominator. Figure out how to sync up your databases so you aren't so relying on Bruce to import and maintain multiple lists. Players in the Draft Dominator should always match the Lineup Dominator. When a key ranking/projections milestone is met, it should become automatically available to the related Dominator.
Mon/Tues - Publish baseline seasonal & weekly projections (and early SOS) asap. Adjust any obvious impacts to future projections for the Lineup Dominator. If ESPN, CBS, etc can get projections out on time every single week so can FBG's. In fact, they are always out EARLY on Tuesday. They have full projections Tuesday morning ... FBG's doesn't always have a basic cheatsheet until Wednesday.
Wed - Go back to versioning your Lineup Dominator projections releases at this point fine-tuning and tweaking projections to the normal quality we expect. Your late week projections are what seperates your company from others. Figure out a way to get baseline projections/rankings out early though.
Wed/Thurs - Deeper dives into sleepers, future fliers, staffer insight, projections, and dynasty content. Figure out some way to incorporate the staffers dynasty rankings into a version of the Trade Dominator so that it applies to our leagues. If we've taken the time to load a dynasty league it would be an awesome tool to cherry-pick the WW in a more visual fashion.
Anything else you produce ... probably isn't critical.