I have always had a huge desire to be in a league with (or against) staff members. I don’t post as much as some (though I do read as much as humanly possible in these forums), but my desire to be in these staff leagues is stronger than anybody else’s out there.
1) I’ve PM’d others who are consistently in staff/member leagues to pick their brains on how to get in (ie, Lhucks can attest to that). (Sorry, no link for a PM.)
2) I tried to get into Shick!’s Survivor league (via the Haiku) - as I submitted entries each round:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...ic=162566&st=35
3) I have entered into several leagues with fellow message board members this year (for fun and figuring that if I kicked enough ####, perhaps I’d get recognized…won’t know if that worked out til this season plays out). From dynasty leagues (in Misfits & Outlaws IV and VII) to survivor leagues (MBSL-2 and MBSL-Quorum) and even contributed to new setups that were being tested by staff members (ie, Colin’s mock pariah drafts). (As just one example:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...pic=171447&hl=)
4) When I do contribute on these boards, I don’t discriminate (I hit up a vast array of subjects in all the forums):
4a)
The Shark Pool
- Started a Priest Holmes thread back in May before Holmes/Johnson threads were posted on a daily basis by guys that finally “come back” to the boards in July and August. (It focused on how age has correlated to effectiveness in RBs over 30.)
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...opic=157228&hl=
- Spoke out about Henry’s dynasty value back in May (year round on these boards for me!!) when some were suggesting he had no future now that McGahee was the man in Buffalo.
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...opic=159180&hl=
4b)
Footballguys Free for All- was active in threads ranging from an Average Beer Man’s draft (I still think I drafted the best

(
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=153861&hl= ) to betting strategies in baseball (
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160773&hl=).
4c)
The Assistant Coach - I even pop in here once in a while to see if I have an opinion on someone’s query that hasn’t been posted a thousand times already. (No exciting links as that tends to be straight forward stuff as opposed to strategizing or debating.)
4d)
The Dating Game - that's how I got into the Misfits & Outlaw leagues (will be involved in rookie drafts

this Saturday with several other board members).
4e)
Mock Drafts R Us(see above - MBSL-2, MBSL-Quorum, Pariah, etc) (As one example: Shick!’s pariah:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...pic=160587&hl=)
5) I know how to poke fun (ie, when someone once tried taking credit for predicting the winner of a sports event AFTER it already took place, that was just unacceptable.) (And no, I am not even kidding - I wish I were:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...&st=&p=entry)
6) I do not just hang out on these boards directly before the season (August) and drop off after the NFL regular season is over (January).
6a) Immediately after the regular season ended, BAM, there I was in January engaged in a fun debate with another board member about players for the
next season -
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...opic=138679&hl=
6b) In perhaps one of the slowest months on these boards, there I was in March starting a thread about which RBs (of starting caliber) would get screwed based on situations 7 months before the 05 season started:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...opic=146724&hl=
7) Speaking of being here year round and thus, being a true die hard, how many others “black-dotted” the thread on “A Way to Watch Blacked Out Games, Over the Internet” just to see if in a couple months after it was tested, if it had any validity:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...opic=146724&hl=
8) And who else has taken the time to write something like this up?!
Please select me for this league - you will not regret it!
I would LOVE to test my skills and experience in FF against the staff!!