Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
I had an owner get in a car accident on Saturday which caused him to not be able to get his lineup in on time. I did not know this until Monday. I had seen that his lineup had some problems (guys on bye, no QB enetered, etc) but I had not heard anything from him. He was also playing ME that week (week 4). I ended up beating him by over 50 points.
I shouldn't have done anything................... but I did.
In an effort of good faith I went back in and changed his lineup with a couple of changes. My thought process was that he normally got his lineup in on time with no problem and dude was in a car wreck. I thought that if I entered in his previous weeks lineup (week 3) that would be a fair thing to do. And in doing so, his "total points" for the year would not be so drastically affected by his car wreck. I felt this would be very easily justified to the league (even though total points could be a potential tie breaker down the road).
However, his previous weeks line up had Elam and the Denver D (which were on byes in week 4) he only had one other option at each of these positions so I felt justified in going ahead and replacing them with his other guys not on bye (kaeding, Texans). In addition, Culpepper was in his lineup from week three, but before week 4 had started he had traded Culpepper in a deal for Plummer. Plummer was also on a bye week in week 4, so I could not just put him in at QB. His other 2 guys were Carr and Brees. they scored within 2 points of each other. So I just put in Carr.
All of this made no difference as I still beat easily.
Now the owner who I was trying to help out is "complaining" that I did not also put Julius Jones in for Wali Lundy. (Jones was on bye in week 3) Which would have been an 18 point difference and caused him to beat me. I tried to explain that all I could do under the circumstances was to use his lineup from the previous week, and I made the obvious (Elam, Denver D on bye) changes. His QB change was unique because of the trade and Plummer being on bye. Who I played there made no difference.
He know thinks that Jones for Lundy was also obvious and the only reason I didn't do it was because it would have caused me to lose. I tried to explain that I had to use his previous weeks lineup and that is just the way it is.
Anyway....I will no longer try to be a nice/fair guy when it comes to this stuff. In trying to be nice I actually had my integrity questioned.
BS
I shouldn't have done anything................... but I did.
In an effort of good faith I went back in and changed his lineup with a couple of changes. My thought process was that he normally got his lineup in on time with no problem and dude was in a car wreck. I thought that if I entered in his previous weeks lineup (week 3) that would be a fair thing to do. And in doing so, his "total points" for the year would not be so drastically affected by his car wreck. I felt this would be very easily justified to the league (even though total points could be a potential tie breaker down the road).
However, his previous weeks line up had Elam and the Denver D (which were on byes in week 4) he only had one other option at each of these positions so I felt justified in going ahead and replacing them with his other guys not on bye (kaeding, Texans). In addition, Culpepper was in his lineup from week three, but before week 4 had started he had traded Culpepper in a deal for Plummer. Plummer was also on a bye week in week 4, so I could not just put him in at QB. His other 2 guys were Carr and Brees. they scored within 2 points of each other. So I just put in Carr.
All of this made no difference as I still beat easily.
Now the owner who I was trying to help out is "complaining" that I did not also put Julius Jones in for Wali Lundy. (Jones was on bye in week 3) Which would have been an 18 point difference and caused him to beat me. I tried to explain that all I could do under the circumstances was to use his lineup from the previous week, and I made the obvious (Elam, Denver D on bye) changes. His QB change was unique because of the trade and Plummer being on bye. Who I played there made no difference.
He know thinks that Jones for Lundy was also obvious and the only reason I didn't do it was because it would have caused me to lose. I tried to explain that I had to use his previous weeks lineup and that is just the way it is.
Anyway....I will no longer try to be a nice/fair guy when it comes to this stuff. In trying to be nice I actually had my integrity questioned.
BS