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Is it wrong to be happy CMC went in IR? (1 Viewer)

I don't think you're really happy CMC went on IR. I think you're happy that you have a high-upside starter for at least four games.

It's not the same thing. If you didn't have Mason, would you be happy CMC went on IR? No? Then that's not why you're happy.
what if you're playing against the CMC owner this week and the league champion wins 1 billion dollars? Then you're happy if he goes on IR, right?
 
People are confusing being happy a star player went on IR and taking pleasure in his pain. If I had my way, my opponent's entire roster would be ruled out just seconds before kickoff each game.
Agree here. That's 2 very different things that need to be distinguished here.

As much as everyone wants to say they wouldn't, if an opponents player getting hurt won you a lot of money, you'd all deep down be happy about it. You may have PREFERRED that he just sucked, but you're still 'happy' that he's not playing.

A completely different thing would be if you didn't benefit from it directly. Let's say you just really hate Tom Brady, and he gets hurt and that makes you HAPPY. THAT is weird and worrisome, but I have no problem admitting that I would be happier with 1 million dollars + CMC spraining his ankle, than no money and him not spraining his ankle.
 
I was toggling Javonte Williams and Tony Pollard as my RB2 behind Josh Jacobs who took a big hit with Love down for a few weeks...

RB1- Mason
RB2- Jacobs
and Pollard/Williams go rotate on the bench
That's the difference a week can make

I have a bad feeling this will look ridiculous by Halloween but we'll roll with Mason for however many weeks we can
 
People go way overboard with the "you're a terrible person if you wish for injury" blah blah blah.

I understand that no one really wants anyone to get seriously injured, but I'm perfectly fine with that guy missing the game against me for whatever reason.
 
People go way overboard with the "you're a terrible person if you wish for injury" blah blah blah.

I understand that no one really wants anyone to get seriously injured, but I'm perfectly fine with that guy missing the game against me for whatever reason.

Exactly. It's a brutal sport, guys get hurt and miss games all the time. I know it's going to happen, and I'm allowed to be happy when it happens the week I'm going up against him as opposed to the week before or the week after.
 
I was glad he went on IR because I have Mason. Down both Tua and Love at the QB slot so needed someone in IR to pick up another QB before the games are played.

While not ideal for my teams best (and one of my very favorites) player to be hurt, putting him on IR will help me weather the storm a bit.
 
It would be wrong to actively root for it, but feeling smart and patting yourself on the back for being proactively wise and drafting the backup of an often injured RB in a good offense is just fine by me.
 
I don't think you're really happy CMC went on IR. I think you're happy that you have a high-upside starter for at least four games.

It's not the same thing. If you didn't have Mason, would you be happy CMC went on IR? No? Then that's not why you're happy.
what if you're playing against the CMC owner this week and the league champion wins 1 billion dollars? Then you're happy if he goes on IR, right?
It depends. Do I win or not? What if he had played but left early, scoring no points for my opponent, but instead the guy he used ends up being the difference. In that case I would have been happy if CMC had played and not scored points.

If I win I don't care if he goes on IR or not. If I lose, same thing. I'm happy if I won, unhappy if I lost. It would be better if he didn't go on IR but didn't play, or played a few snaps.

What I'm saying is, I care about me winning. I'm not really happy about someone going on IR. I'm happy at the end of the week because I won. I don't think it's the same thing as being happy someone goes on IR.

Now, say CMC plays a few snaps and leaves and that's the difference in me winning a billion dollars? I'm happy he didn't finish the game, but not happy if it was a Damar Hamlin-type thing. I'd want it to be a precautionary, BS reason. I'd be happy I won, but not happy a young man's life is in jeopardy. I see them as different. Does that make sense?
 
I don't think you're really happy CMC went on IR. I think you're happy that you have a high-upside starter for at least four games.

It's not the same thing. If you didn't have Mason, would you be happy CMC went on IR? No? Then that's not why you're happy.
what if you're playing against the CMC owner this week and the league champion wins 1 billion dollars? Then you're happy if he goes on IR, right?
It depends. Do I win or not? What if he had played but left early, scoring no points for my opponent, but instead the guy he used ends up being the difference. In that case I would have been happy if CMC had played and not scored points.

If I win I don't care if he goes on IR or not. If I lose, same thing. I'm happy if I won, unhappy if I lost. It would be better if he didn't go on IR but didn't play, or played a few snaps.

What I'm saying is, I care about me winning. I'm not really happy about someone going on IR. I'm happy at the end of the week because I won. I don't think it's the same thing as being happy someone goes on IR.

Now, say CMC plays a few snaps and leaves and that's the difference in me winning a billion dollars? I'm happy he didn't finish the game, but not happy if it was a Damar Hamlin-type thing. I'd want it to be a precautionary, BS reason. I'd be happy I won, but not happy a young man's life is in jeopardy. I see them as different. Does that make sense?
lol well obviously you would rather he just suck, or they take him out for precautionary reasons, and obviously it's about winning and not actually being happy that someone has a misfortune.

The whole question is silly because you really have to define "happy". If a player gets injured, but is going to be okay and is rich and has a happy life, and it could win me a billion dollars which I could donate to charities and never worry about money again, then hell ya I'm happy if he twists his ankle.
 
You can't really control your emotions, if you're happy if someone gets injured and that helps your fantasy team that's just how it is. Not inherently right or wrong. You can feel guilty about it but can't stop being happy. I think it's accepted as bad form to come on a message board and gloat about it, so like many things in society it's best to keep these feelings to yourself and close friends.
 
IMO that isn't politeness, it's rooted in a hope that Karma exists (it doesn't).
Karma is the belief your actions in this life effect your NEXT life. Even if it does exist, no one will face it until after they die and are reborn.
Did not know this.
That's what it means in hinduism, but the way it's used by 95% of people you're running into in life is "destiny or fate, following as effect from cause". So if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you and vice versa.

And I'd say karma does/doesn't exist in the same way luck does/doesn't exist. It's just your brain trying to make sense of "unrelated" data mixed with some psychological mechanisms about subconscious/unconscious thoughts effecting behavior thus effecting reactions from your environment.
 
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It’s wrong to root for players to get hurt, but not wrong to feel relieved when a team finally takes action and gives up valuable information so that you can react and make roster decisions accordingly.
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.
 
If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.

:lol:
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.

Adam Schefter just painted a not so rosy picture of this situation. He said he has achilles tendonitis and that rest didn't make it better but it actually got worse. He said he spoke with Damien Woody (I think that's who he said) who had achilles tendonitis and when he tried to play with it, the achilles ruptured. I'm not sure CMC is going to play many games this season and if he does, I think he's looking at a more serious injury with the achilles in the future.
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.
Maybe but it'll be small consolation to people who invested a ton of draft capital in him and will be somewhere around 0-9 by the time he comes back.
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.
Maybe but it'll be small consolation to people who invested a ton of draft capital in him and will be somewhere around 0-9 by the time he comes back.
0-9 seems extremely unlikely for any fantasy team. Also, I'd think about half of the teams with CMC also took Mason.
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.
C'mon, one thing we have learned from this is that Shanny is a big fat liar with injuries.
 
I think McCalfinjury will be back sooner than we think. Allegedly he may have played Week 1 and then they waited until Week 2 to put him on IR.

The injury happened 4-6 weeks ago, right? This stacks on another 4 weeks. If he's not ready in 10-12 weeks, then he needs surgery.


If they thought it would take that long, they would have done IR sooner. At the very least, he's going to be back by Fantasy Playoffs. The guy didn't tear his Achilles, he hurt his calf. 49ers are being cautious, so while everyone else has Mason fever, take a deep breathe and know by at least Halloween it's very likely McCalfinjury will be back on the field.
Maybe but it'll be small consolation to people who invested a ton of draft capital in him and will be somewhere around 0-9 by the time he comes back.
0-9 seems extremely unlikely for any fantasy team. Also, I'd think about half of the teams with CMC also took Mason.
Oooooohhh... you've given me an idea for a new McCaffrey thread.

Two actually!

Thanks!!!

:brush:
 
Just a note about karma:

Dude in my league who mocked me for taking CMC 1.01 the day he went on IR?

The Pacheco shareholder.

The FF gods will smite. Oh yes, they will.
 
Just a note about karma:

Dude in my league who mocked me for taking CMC 1.01 the day he went on IR?

The Pacheco shareholder.

The FF gods will smite. Oh yes, they will.
You seem a little too happy about it.

I feel bad for your 2nd round pick.
 
I don't think you're really happy CMC went on IR. I think you're happy that you have a high-upside starter for at least four games.

It's not the same thing. If you didn't have Mason, would you be happy CMC went on IR? No? Then that's not why you're happy.
what if you're playing against the CMC owner this week and the league champion wins 1 billion dollars? Then you're happy if he goes on IR, right?
It depends. Do I win or not? What if he had played but left early, scoring no points for my opponent, but instead the guy he used ends up being the difference. In that case I would have been happy if CMC had played and not scored points.

If I win I don't care if he goes on IR or not. If I lose, same thing. I'm happy if I won, unhappy if I lost. It would be better if he didn't go on IR but didn't play, or played a few snaps.

What I'm saying is, I care about me winning. I'm not really happy about someone going on IR. I'm happy at the end of the week because I won. I don't think it's the same thing as being happy someone goes on IR.

Now, say CMC plays a few snaps and leaves and that's the difference in me winning a billion dollars? I'm happy he didn't finish the game, but not happy if it was a Damar Hamlin-type thing. I'd want it to be a precautionary, BS reason. I'd be happy I won, but not happy a young man's life is in jeopardy. I see them as different. Does that make sense?
lol well obviously you would rather he just suck, or they take him out for precautionary reasons, and obviously it's about winning and not actually being happy that someone has a misfortune.

The whole question is silly because you really have to define "happy". If a player gets injured, but is going to be okay and is rich and has a happy life, and it could win me a billion dollars which I could donate to charities and never worry about money again, then hell ya I'm happy if he twists his ankle.
If you had a billion dollars, you wouldn't be donating to charity. You'd be going into space or giving half to your old wife so you can get a new trophy. Clearly you don't know how this works...
 

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