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I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
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I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
The bumping is high value discussion? Really? Okay, since you are making me do this, these are just some examples of bumps that resulted in zero discussion:
The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
The forum for NFL talk and fantasy football strategy discussion. Post in The Assistant Coach forum.If you need advice on how to draft or manage your team. Please Be Excellent To One Another. Please stay positive with your comments. If your comment is rude, it gets deleted. If it is critical...QB Bailey Zappe, NE
Will Patriots' Bill Belichick swap Mac Jones for Bailey Zappe? For Mac Jones' sake I hope he can get out of NE before they totally ruin him. Their WRs are not good and he hasn't been given anything to work with. They ruined a year of his development with not having an OCord last year. Each...QB Case Keenum, HOU
If they fire Gruden it's because he refused to put Haskins in - the interim HC will have no choice. Or, indeed, that, too.QB Taylor Heinicke, ATL
Taylor Heinicke completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 201 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the Commanders' 23-21, Week 7 win over the Packers. Heinicke looked completely out of sorts to start the game, completing just one of his first seven attempts with a bad pick six...TE Hayden Hurst, LAC
Hayden Hurst caught 6-of-7 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati's Week 5 loss to Baltimore. Hurst cleared zone coverage on a crossing route before bowling over some members of the Ravens secondary to put up Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game. He also was targeted three times...TE David Njoku, CLE
:towelwave: 4 catches & a tuddy Can’t beat that for a bye week filler
Did we really need a bump about Hayden Hurst (who has caught a whopping 18 balls this year)?
I'm pretty mad about James Cook's 5 point performance yesterday. Can we do something about that?
I feel like I’ve answered this over the course of this thread. I too prefer to have a place where more general fantasy strategy is discussed.I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
The bumping is high value discussion? Really? Okay, since you are making me do this, these are just some examples of bumps that resulted in zero discussion:
The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
The forum for NFL talk and fantasy football strategy discussion. Post in The Assistant Coach forum.If you need advice on how to draft or manage your team. Please Be Excellent To One Another. Please stay positive with your comments. If your comment is rude, it gets deleted. If it is critical...QB Bailey Zappe, NE
Will Patriots' Bill Belichick swap Mac Jones for Bailey Zappe? For Mac Jones' sake I hope he can get out of NE before they totally ruin him. Their WRs are not good and he hasn't been given anything to work with. They ruined a year of his development with not having an OCord last year. Each...QB Case Keenum, HOU
If they fire Gruden it's because he refused to put Haskins in - the interim HC will have no choice. Or, indeed, that, too.QB Taylor Heinicke, ATL
Taylor Heinicke completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 201 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the Commanders' 23-21, Week 7 win over the Packers. Heinicke looked completely out of sorts to start the game, completing just one of his first seven attempts with a bad pick six...TE Hayden Hurst, LAC
Hayden Hurst caught 6-of-7 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati's Week 5 loss to Baltimore. Hurst cleared zone coverage on a crossing route before bowling over some members of the Ravens secondary to put up Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game. He also was targeted three times...TE David Njoku, CLE
:towelwave: 4 catches & a tuddy Can’t beat that for a bye week filler
Did we really need a bump about Hayden Hurst (who has caught a whopping 18 balls this year)?
The "bump" for Hurst you linked was from October of 2022. The last post for Hurst was talking about his amnesia which some felt was something worth discussing. He's obviously not a top tight end, but some folks thought it was worthwhile to discuss.
I'm sorry but I'm still not sure I'm understanding. We had 1 week back in September where we did something out of the norm and a poster was trying to help and posted lots of updates. That prompted the first post in this thread. We agreed that was something we did not want to do as much here so we addressed it and the poster graciously agreed. Since then, I dont think we've had the same problem of things getting needlessly bumped. But I obviously could be wrong so that's why I'm asking.
For sure, not everyone agrees with every post. And I'm not too interested in demanding every post be inspected to make sure the value meets our standard. Part of discussion is different opinions.
If you see needless bumps like a stat line with no other context, please report it.
For your question, "and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?", the answer is yes. If we remove the individual player threads and put them in another forum, what type of threads would you prefer to see?
Thanks for the discussion on this. As I mentioned, my only goal is trying to understand what folks are looking for.
I feel like I’ve answered this over the course of this thread. I too prefer to have a place where more general fantasy strategy is discussed.I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
The bumping is high value discussion? Really? Okay, since you are making me do this, these are just some examples of bumps that resulted in zero discussion:
The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
The forum for NFL talk and fantasy football strategy discussion. Post in The Assistant Coach forum.If you need advice on how to draft or manage your team. Please Be Excellent To One Another. Please stay positive with your comments. If your comment is rude, it gets deleted. If it is critical...QB Bailey Zappe, NE
Will Patriots' Bill Belichick swap Mac Jones for Bailey Zappe? For Mac Jones' sake I hope he can get out of NE before they totally ruin him. Their WRs are not good and he hasn't been given anything to work with. They ruined a year of his development with not having an OCord last year. Each...QB Case Keenum, HOU
If they fire Gruden it's because he refused to put Haskins in - the interim HC will have no choice. Or, indeed, that, too.QB Taylor Heinicke, ATL
Taylor Heinicke completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 201 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the Commanders' 23-21, Week 7 win over the Packers. Heinicke looked completely out of sorts to start the game, completing just one of his first seven attempts with a bad pick six...TE Hayden Hurst, LAC
Hayden Hurst caught 6-of-7 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati's Week 5 loss to Baltimore. Hurst cleared zone coverage on a crossing route before bowling over some members of the Ravens secondary to put up Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game. He also was targeted three times...TE David Njoku, CLE
:towelwave: 4 catches & a tuddy Can’t beat that for a bye week filler
Did we really need a bump about Hayden Hurst (who has caught a whopping 18 balls this year)?
The "bump" for Hurst you linked was from October of 2022. The last post for Hurst was talking about his amnesia which some felt was something worth discussing. He's obviously not a top tight end, but some folks thought it was worthwhile to discuss.
I'm sorry but I'm still not sure I'm understanding. We had 1 week back in September where we did something out of the norm and a poster was trying to help and posted lots of updates. That prompted the first post in this thread. We agreed that was something we did not want to do as much here so we addressed it and the poster graciously agreed. Since then, I dont think we've had the same problem of things getting needlessly bumped. But I obviously could be wrong so that's why I'm asking.
For sure, not everyone agrees with every post. And I'm not too interested in demanding every post be inspected to make sure the value meets our standard. Part of discussion is different opinions.
If you see needless bumps like a stat line with no other context, please report it.
For your question, "and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?", the answer is yes. If we remove the individual player threads and put them in another forum, what type of threads would you prefer to see?
Thanks for the discussion on this. As I mentioned, my only goal is trying to understand what folks are looking for.
Specifically, I’ve created threads about draft strategy, auction strategy, general nfl trends, and most recently a thread for people to discuss what went wrong with their draft strategy for people who did not make the playoffs. These all get some discussion but struggle to stay on the first page for the most part due to all the player discussion. If people would rather have specific player discussion, that’s fine and that seems to be the case. It just kind of kills my motivation to make more non player threads because I know it will be a struggle to keep it active and on the first page over the player threads.
Personally I don’t see the harm in separating player threads from general fantasy or nfl team discussion to their own sub forums since the forum is so active. I feel both could thrive.
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I think the concern about less traffic in a general strategy forum is valid. You either have them in a separate forum that is less active or you have them bumped off the first page. Not sure what the solution is.I feel like I’ve answered this over the course of this thread. I too prefer to have a place where more general fantasy strategy is discussed.I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
The bumping is high value discussion? Really? Okay, since you are making me do this, these are just some examples of bumps that resulted in zero discussion:
The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
The forum for NFL talk and fantasy football strategy discussion. Post in The Assistant Coach forum.If you need advice on how to draft or manage your team. Please Be Excellent To One Another. Please stay positive with your comments. If your comment is rude, it gets deleted. If it is critical...QB Bailey Zappe, NE
Will Patriots' Bill Belichick swap Mac Jones for Bailey Zappe? For Mac Jones' sake I hope he can get out of NE before they totally ruin him. Their WRs are not good and he hasn't been given anything to work with. They ruined a year of his development with not having an OCord last year. Each...QB Case Keenum, HOU
If they fire Gruden it's because he refused to put Haskins in - the interim HC will have no choice. Or, indeed, that, too.QB Taylor Heinicke, ATL
Taylor Heinicke completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 201 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the Commanders' 23-21, Week 7 win over the Packers. Heinicke looked completely out of sorts to start the game, completing just one of his first seven attempts with a bad pick six...TE Hayden Hurst, LAC
Hayden Hurst caught 6-of-7 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati's Week 5 loss to Baltimore. Hurst cleared zone coverage on a crossing route before bowling over some members of the Ravens secondary to put up Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game. He also was targeted three times...TE David Njoku, CLE
:towelwave: 4 catches & a tuddy Can’t beat that for a bye week filler
Did we really need a bump about Hayden Hurst (who has caught a whopping 18 balls this year)?
The "bump" for Hurst you linked was from October of 2022. The last post for Hurst was talking about his amnesia which some felt was something worth discussing. He's obviously not a top tight end, but some folks thought it was worthwhile to discuss.
I'm sorry but I'm still not sure I'm understanding. We had 1 week back in September where we did something out of the norm and a poster was trying to help and posted lots of updates. That prompted the first post in this thread. We agreed that was something we did not want to do as much here so we addressed it and the poster graciously agreed. Since then, I dont think we've had the same problem of things getting needlessly bumped. But I obviously could be wrong so that's why I'm asking.
For sure, not everyone agrees with every post. And I'm not too interested in demanding every post be inspected to make sure the value meets our standard. Part of discussion is different opinions.
If you see needless bumps like a stat line with no other context, please report it.
For your question, "and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?", the answer is yes. If we remove the individual player threads and put them in another forum, what type of threads would you prefer to see?
Thanks for the discussion on this. As I mentioned, my only goal is trying to understand what folks are looking for.
Specifically, I’ve created threads about draft strategy, auction strategy, general nfl trends, and most recently a thread for people to discuss what went wrong with their draft strategy for people who did not make the playoffs. These all get some discussion but struggle to stay on the first page for the most part due to all the player discussion. If people would rather have specific player discussion, that’s fine and that seems to be the case. It just kind of kills my motivation to make more non player threads because I know it will be a struggle to keep it active and on the first page over the player threads.
Personally I don’t see the harm in separating player threads from general fantasy or nfl team discussion to their own sub forums since the forum is so active. I feel both could thrive.
Thanks. I could possibly see creating a new sub forum for strategy. Strategy is far less popular than discussing players for sure though. (as someone who much prefers talking strategy)
My fear in making a strategy sub forum is it struggles to get any traction and fractures the big forum that's wildly active. (even though it's supposedly been dying and near death for the last 20 years...
Let's kick around that idea.
Specifically what type of topics would you pull out of the main forum to have in the sub forum?
I think the concern about less traffic in a general strategy forum is valid. You either have them in a separate forum that is less active or you have them bumped off the first page. Not sure what the solution is.I feel like I’ve answered this over the course of this thread. I too prefer to have a place where more general fantasy strategy is discussed.I already answered that second to last question (put player updates in their own subforum), and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?
The bumping is high value discussion? Really? Okay, since you are making me do this, these are just some examples of bumps that resulted in zero discussion:
The Shark Pool (NFL Talk)
The forum for NFL talk and fantasy football strategy discussion. Post in The Assistant Coach forum.If you need advice on how to draft or manage your team. Please Be Excellent To One Another. Please stay positive with your comments. If your comment is rude, it gets deleted. If it is critical...QB Bailey Zappe, NE
Will Patriots' Bill Belichick swap Mac Jones for Bailey Zappe? For Mac Jones' sake I hope he can get out of NE before they totally ruin him. Their WRs are not good and he hasn't been given anything to work with. They ruined a year of his development with not having an OCord last year. Each...QB Case Keenum, HOU
If they fire Gruden it's because he refused to put Haskins in - the interim HC will have no choice. Or, indeed, that, too.QB Taylor Heinicke, ATL
Taylor Heinicke completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 201 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the Commanders' 23-21, Week 7 win over the Packers. Heinicke looked completely out of sorts to start the game, completing just one of his first seven attempts with a bad pick six...TE Hayden Hurst, LAC
Hayden Hurst caught 6-of-7 targets for 53 yards and a touchdown in Cincinnati's Week 5 loss to Baltimore. Hurst cleared zone coverage on a crossing route before bowling over some members of the Ravens secondary to put up Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game. He also was targeted three times...TE David Njoku, CLE
:towelwave: 4 catches & a tuddy Can’t beat that for a bye week filler
Did we really need a bump about Hayden Hurst (who has caught a whopping 18 balls this year)?
The "bump" for Hurst you linked was from October of 2022. The last post for Hurst was talking about his amnesia which some felt was something worth discussing. He's obviously not a top tight end, but some folks thought it was worthwhile to discuss.
I'm sorry but I'm still not sure I'm understanding. We had 1 week back in September where we did something out of the norm and a poster was trying to help and posted lots of updates. That prompted the first post in this thread. We agreed that was something we did not want to do as much here so we addressed it and the poster graciously agreed. Since then, I dont think we've had the same problem of things getting needlessly bumped. But I obviously could be wrong so that's why I'm asking.
For sure, not everyone agrees with every post. And I'm not too interested in demanding every post be inspected to make sure the value meets our standard. Part of discussion is different opinions.
If you see needless bumps like a stat line with no other context, please report it.
For your question, "and do I really need to go into specifics about NFL threads that generate discussions?", the answer is yes. If we remove the individual player threads and put them in another forum, what type of threads would you prefer to see?
Thanks for the discussion on this. As I mentioned, my only goal is trying to understand what folks are looking for.
Specifically, I’ve created threads about draft strategy, auction strategy, general nfl trends, and most recently a thread for people to discuss what went wrong with their draft strategy for people who did not make the playoffs. These all get some discussion but struggle to stay on the first page for the most part due to all the player discussion. If people would rather have specific player discussion, that’s fine and that seems to be the case. It just kind of kills my motivation to make more non player threads because I know it will be a struggle to keep it active and on the first page over the player threads.
Personally I don’t see the harm in separating player threads from general fantasy or nfl team discussion to their own sub forums since the forum is so active. I feel both could thrive.
Thanks. I could possibly see creating a new sub forum for strategy. Strategy is far less popular than discussing players for sure though. (as someone who much prefers talking strategy)
My fear in making a strategy sub forum is it struggles to get any traction and fractures the big forum that's wildly active. (even though it's supposedly been dying and near death for the last 20 years...
Let's kick around that idea.
Specifically what type of topics would you pull out of the main forum to have in the sub forum?
Examples of threads that could be in a strategy forum.
Overall draft strategy
Auction draft strategy
Zero RB/Hero RB
What to do with with the Xth pick
NFL analytics threads
Making your own fantasy projections
ADP discussion: risers/fallers
Draft dominator tips
Bust candidates
Sleeper candidates
Trends in NFL offenses that affect fantasy
Fun threads like what is your live draft like or what is your league like
Funny fantasy team names
That’s just off the top of my head.
Again I don’t know if a separate forum is the best. All I can say as someone who has tried to make general fantasy threads in the shark pool is that they definitely lose a little visibility due to all the player threads.
I don’t think the shark pool is dying. I think the opposite is true. It’s too busy!
As far as I know, for the most part I've been taking care of it since we had to reformat it. I know Greg said he made an edit recently, so don't want to take all the credit.
