Draftastrophe leads to new team name (1 Viewer)

[DeeJayK]

I had the ultimate draft-astrophe this year. In our live online auction (on ESPN) I went to make a $50 bid on Aaron Rodgers when someone threw him out in the early stages of the draft. Up to this point I had not yet "won" any players so I had my entire $200 bankroll remaining. Unfortunately I fat fingered my bid and entered an extra zero, hitting [Enter] before I'd noticed my error. ESPN's system was kind enough to round my $500 bid down to $184 so that I would be able to fill out my 16 remaining roster spots with $1 players.

Needless to say, my team's pretty brutal, though I was able to sneak out a win in week one. On the upside, I've finally settled on the new team name: Buck Rodgers.

 

[Shane Falco]

cool story

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

 

[xenith]

oof

 

[solorca]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

 

[12punch]

Shouldn't it be 184 buck rodgers?

 

[meyerj31]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[-fish-]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

 

[DeeJayK]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

 

[DeeJayK]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

Now I'm considering "Buck Rodgers' Draftastrophe"

 

[FavreCo]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

Another vote for the above.

 

[xenith]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

That is a tough spot to be in as commish. Even an obvious error retracted puts your integrity as risk. I wish you good luck! If you can trade, I'd move Rodgers personally, maybe shoot for Ryan or Flacco + stud RB or WR, could help your roster a TON!

 

[MarcO]

cool story

go away. this one is actually a cool story.

 

[LittlePhatty]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

 

[DeeJayK]

That is a tough spot to be in as commish. Even an obvious error retracted puts your integrity as risk.

Yeah, that was my thought as well. I figure it's unlikely that anyone makes a move that's more brain dead than this one in the future, so if something happens (e.g. someone drops a player they wanted to keep) I can point to this and tell that owner to deal with it.

I wish you good luck! If you can trade, I'd move Rodgers personally, maybe shoot for Ryan or Flacco + stud RB or WR, could help your roster a TON!

I've been shopping ARod, but I haven't found a deal that works yet, but I've got a couple of proposals out there. My team's not quite the disaster it could be because a lot of my league-mates overbid early and blew their budgets leaving lots of $1 bargains later. I got some pretty decent $1 players, including RG3.

 

[-fish-]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

 

[GregR]

Shouldn't it be 184 buck rodgers?

Indeed

 

[xenith]

I wish you good luck! If you can trade, I'd move Rodgers personally, maybe shoot for Ryan or Flacco + stud RB or WR, could help your roster a TON!

I've been shopping ARod, but I haven't found a deal that works yet, but I've got a couple of proposals out there. My team's not quite the disaster it could be because a lot of my league-mates overbid early and blew their budgets leaving lots of $1 bargains later. I got some pretty decent $1 players, including RG3.

Nice! If you're bold trade a-rod for a stud RB + stud WR, and roll w/ rg3.

Course, I've never done auction, so take it for whatever...almost did this year but it fell apart.

 

[DeeJayK]

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

Had it happened to another owner, I very likely would've stopped the draft and backed out the bid if the owner requested it. For the reasons I covered above, I chose not to take that action on my own behalf.But it IS a bit annoying that ESPN's auction software simply rounds-down an overbid like that. I'm not sure what I would have them do instead, though.

 

[Chazzhawk]

ESPN blows

 

[Joe Summer]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

 

[Saint]

I'm required to ask now, what's the rest of your team look like?

 

[DeeJayK]

I'm required to ask now, what's the rest of your team look like?

It's in my signature.

 

[Quibbler]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

Seconded.Also, kudos for not stopping the draft. If I'd been in that league I wouldn't have objected, since that's obviously your stupid draft software's fault, but I'd still have been annoyed that my (literally!) ham-handed commish was making us reschedule.

 

[Casting Couch]

I'm required to ask now, what's the rest of your team look like?

Actually, you're not.

 

[-fish-]

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

Had it happened to another owner, I very likely would've stopped the draft and backed out the bid if the owner requested it. For the reasons I covered above, I chose not to take that action on my own behalf.But it IS a bit annoying that ESPN's auction software simply rounds-down an overbid like that. I'm not sure what I would have them do instead, though.

reject illegal bids entirely. your bid should have been ignored, and rodgers gone to the highest legal bid.

 

[Henry Ford]

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

Had it happened to another owner, I very likely would've stopped the draft and backed out the bid if the owner requested it. For the reasons I covered above, I chose not to take that action on my own behalf.But it IS a bit annoying that ESPN's auction software simply rounds-down an overbid like that. I'm not sure what I would have them do instead, though.

That's definitely not the worst team I can imagine coming out of that situation. You did a hell of a job getting talent.

 

[DeeJayK]

That's definitely not the worst team I can imagine coming out of that situation. You did a hell of a job getting talent.

Thanks. I think the team I've been able to assemble has at least as much to do with the other owners essentially running out of money during the draft as it does to any work on my part.At this point I'm just trying to assemble as many high upside guys as I can in the hope that one or two of them hits (e.g. Collie, Simpson). Just got offered Stephen Hill for Cedric Benson and I'm considering that offer really hard in that "lightning in a bottle" vein. There's very little hope that Benson becomes much more than the what-the-heck-flex he is now, but there's a chance that Hill could turn out to be a borderline WR2.

 

[Sweet Love]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

This is where I stand...to take it to another level, they actually thought the situation out enough to have a contingency plan, yet the plan is just awful...kind of like packing a water bottle for a long hike and realizing it is piss instead of lemonade.

 

[shadyridr]

cool story

go away. this one is actually a cool story.

i laughed. would love to see the rest of your roster and maybe a quick update at end of year

 

[Saint]

I'm required to ask now, what's the rest of your team look like?

It's in my signature.

Signatures can't be seen from the fbg mobile app. Guess i'll have to check it out later.

 

[doeseatplace]

cool story

go away. this one is actually a cool story.

But I LOVE "cool story" guy; he's so original and always adds a lot to the thread.

 

[massraider]

ESPN blows

Yeah! You should ask for your money back!Oh....wait....

 

[DeeJayK]

I'm required to ask now, what's the rest of your team look like?

It's in my signature.

Signatures can't be seen from the fbg mobile app. Guess i'll have to check it out later.

Here you are:My team: 12-team performance scoring(half point per reception), non-IDP, redraft league.QB start 1:Aaron Rodgers (GB), Robert GriffinIII (Was)RB start 2: Alfred Morris (Was), MarkIngram (NO), Cedric Benson (GB), Jacquizz Rodgers (Atl), KendallHunter (SF), EvanRoyster(Was)WR start 2+ WR/TE flex: Sidney Rice (Sea), BrandonLaFell (Car), Greg Little (Cle), Jerome Simpson(Min), AustinCollie (Ind)TE start 1+WR/TE flex: Kyle Rudolph(Min), DustinKeller(NYJ)Def/ST start 1:New EnglandPatriotsPK start 1: DavidAkers (SF)

 

[texasheat]

I Fat Fingered Rodgers, now I stink

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

It wasn't his choice to reduce the bid to $184, it was the (poorly programmed) ESPN draft software that did it automatically.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I think Draftastrophe is a better team name

Me 3 -QG

 

[JNox3]

Mr. Rodgers and the Stripper Singles!!

 

[-fish-]

Seems like a ####ty league if they don't allow you to retract the bid after you made a clear error like that.

I'm the commish, so I could've stopped the draft and backed out the bid. I chose not to do so for a number of reasons:
[*]didn't want to listen to the other owners whining about it,

[*]didn't want to set a precedent that you could back out of a bid once it was entered,

[*]figured it would give me a good challenge

[*]it's mostly a bragging-rights league with just a small prize pool

ridiculous. there's a $200 limit--a $500 bid shouldn't be allowed at all. Since it's an obvious mistake, reducing it to $184 has no basis whatsoever--you didn't bid $184 or anything close to it. Either the bid should have been backed out or it shouldn't have been considered at all.

It wasn't his choice to reduce the bid to $184, it was the (poorly programmed) ESPN draft software that did it automatically.

right. that's why the bid should have been backed out.

 

[Shutout]

Shoulda done a doublecheck on that bid and got a discount.

 

[mphtrilogy]

interesting team of $1 players, RGIII sticks out..

time to flip A Rod and you may have something here...

and +1 on Draftastrophe, gr8 name

 

[Two Deep]

I had the ultimate draft-astrophe this year. In our live online auction (on ESPN) I went to make a $50 bid on Aaron Rodgers when someone threw him out in the early stages of the draft. Up to this point I had not yet "won" any players so I had my entire $200 bankroll remaining. Unfortunately I fat fingered my bid and entered an extra zero, hitting [Enter] before I'd noticed my error. ESPN's system was kind enough to round my $500 bid down to $184 so that I would be able to fill out my 16 remaining roster spots with $1 players.

Needless to say, my team's pretty brutal, though I was able to sneak out a win in week one. On the upside, I've finally settled on the new team name: Buck Rodgers.

fat fingered.....

 

[Lord Fantasy]

Draftastrophe 2012: The Buck Rodgering

 

[Donsmith753]

Shouldn't it be Auctionastrophe?

 

[DeeJayK]

Shouldn't it be Auctionastrophe?

Yeah, good point, but that doesn't really sound right.Maybe Auctionpocalypse?

 

[DeeJayK]

interesting team of $1 players, RGIII sticks out.. time to flip A Rod and you may have something here...and +1 on Draftastrophe, gr8 name

Working on a Rodgers + Ingram for Shady McCoy + Cutler and I think I just about have it sold. Not so sure I like it as much after seeing Cutler (and the sieve-like Bears O-line).

 

[Rustoleum]

Shouldn't it be Auctionastrophe?

Yeah, good point, but that doesn't really sound right.Maybe Auctionpocalypse?

I'd roll with Oh Aaron