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Captain Spaulding

Captain Spaulding

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Does the commish seem to win more than other owners in your league? I've played in 3 different leagues over the years, talked to a few friends in other leagues and it seems like the commish has a much higher % of success than other owners. So if there truly is a coorelation between running the league and winning (forget cheating/fraud and such), what are the factors that make being a commish help him more successful? I recall this topic on the board in years past numerous times, but figured I'd start over for the newbies.

 
The owners that are most involved are the ones that win. The commissioner is forced to be involved and therefore is ahead of the lazy owners on waiver wire, trades, and matchups. After drafting some owners think their work is done.

 
Factors besides pure time,

1) the commish often has written the rules, or if not should be the person most familiar with the rules, so he should have an advantage in making a call between this player or that one.

2) Often he is one of the most experienced players, which should translate into a better player.

3) Normally just a person who cares more than much of the league which translate into time and paying closer attention.

 
It's never happened in about 10 fantasy seasons I've played. Best was a 3rd that I can remember. Last year he finished dead last.

 
coolnerd said:
Factors besides pure time,

1) the commish often has written the rules, or if not should be the person most familiar with the rules, so he should have an advantage in making a call between this player or that one.

2) Often he is one of the most experienced players, which should translate into a better player.

3) Normally just a person who cares more than much of the league which translate into time and paying closer attention.
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Knowing the rules can't be overstated. I'm surprised by the number of owners who don't know if return points go to the individual or the Defense, whether it's full PPR for every position, the various lineups that are possible (even if they think they do, some just see the max # of RBs they can start and ignore other ways to complete your lineup), points per TD for QB, defensive scoring, and even yardage (1/10 or 1/20...). The commish won't be the only one that knows the rules, but he often has thought more about them.

 
In most b&m leagues, the commissioner knows all the owners, but some of the owners don't know each other. When the commissioner says, I have someone to fill this spot, and it's a close friend of theirs, nobody really puts up a fight, because it's "his league". Sometimes, that team is the commish's farm team. Other times, it's just that the commish talks to everyone on the phone or in person more often than anyone else. The best trades are often the ones where two owners are talking to each other off and on for a few weeks and finally decide to make a move. That doesn't happen if you're not talking off and on for a few weeks.

Also, the guy with the most interest in starting a new league or keeping a league together over the years is a good player. Someone who has never played before isn't likely to organize a league at work. Someone who struggles year after year isn't likely to volunteer to commish the league to keep the thing together. It's kind of like that one guy you know who owns his own poker table/paintball equipment/bowling ball/pool table/whatever - if you're good at it, you're probably going to try to get your friends to do it. So naturally the commish is going to be one of the better players in b&m leagues.

On the other hand, in leagues where everyone is active and knows each other, or online leagues of relative strangers, the commish really doesn't have much of an advantage.

 
coolnerd said:
Factors besides pure time, 1) the commish often has written the rules, or if not should be the person most familiar with the rules, so he should have an advantage in making a call between this player or that one. 2) Often he is one of the most experienced players, which should translate into a better player. 3) Normally just a person who cares more than much of the league which translate into time and paying closer attention.
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ThisIn money leagues I'm always surprised by a few teams that do not know some of the basic rules.
 
i commish and ive never won, but my teams have always been playoff teams. I feel that i have a better understanding of how the scoring system and starting lineup requirements make some players more valuable than others but that's just a feeling that i have.

 
coolnerd said:
Factors besides pure time, 1) the commish often has written the rules, or if not should be the person most familiar with the rules, so he should have an advantage in making a call between this player or that one. 2) Often he is one of the most experienced players, which should translate into a better player. 3) Normally just a person who cares more than much of the league which translate into time and paying closer attention.
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:goodposting:
 
FantasyTrader said:
In general they tend to be some of the most active owners. And active owners win championships. I think it's that simple.
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Most active owners, most invested in Fantasy Football, and probably most familiar with the Rules/Scoring (since we wrote them).I don't change anything without a league vote, but I do drive most of the rule changes we have had. However, I often go out of my way to ensure ANYTHING involving me (trades, etc.) are totally transparent and 'cool' with the league....to the point where I am more strict on myself than others.That being said...I have made the playoffs all three years, but only won for the first time last year.
 
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Commish tends to know the scoring better than most. This will help in a way for getting the best value.

Commish often is more of a trader as he has to be a people person and more hands on with his owners. Easy communication lines.

Commish like someone said above if often VERY active and Experienced, which helps in the long run.

 
Commish probably knows most if not all of the people in the league. I am going into my fifth year of a partial FBG league and I can tell you I have only spoken with about three of the peopl (of course including the Commish) over the phone. My guess is that he has spoken with everyone multiple times. He is always making trades and I believe it is easier for him since he knows everyone.

 
Well, you cannot be a commish if you know nothing about football.

you are expected to veto unfair deals, and if you cannot spot one, you shouldnt be there.

As such, I'd expect the commish should be one of the better fantasy football managers.

 
Sweet Love said:
Commish probably knows most if not all of the people in the league. I am going into my fifth year of a partial FBG league and I can tell you I have only spoken with about three of the peopl (of course including the Commish) over the phone. My guess is that he has spoken with everyone multiple times. He is always making trades and I believe it is easier for him since he knows everyone.
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I think that this is the most significant advantage. I commish my main league and I talk with all of them on a regular basis. If one of them feels a need to talk football, they call me first. Because of that, I ususally have a pretty good handle on how everyone feels about their team and what they feel their weaknesses are. Sometimes people looking to make a trade will call me to see if I have heard of anyone who is interested in dealing.
 
Our commish always #####es because he feels rushed at the draft - trying to post everyone else's picks to the big board, while also trying to keep track of his next pick. He doesn't pay an entry fee though, so he can suck it.

 
Captain Spaulding said:
Does the commish seem to win more than other owners in your league? I've played in 3 different leagues over the years, talked to a few friends in other leagues and it seems like the commish has a much higher % of success than other owners. So if there truly is a coorelation between running the league and winning (forget cheating/fraud and such), what are the factors that make being a commish help him more successful? I recall this topic on the board in years past numerous times, but figured I'd start over for the newbies.
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I've been commish of my dynasty league for 8 years, and have never won the championship. I've made the playoffs every season, but always seem to lose because some player on the other team has a career game.If you think your commish wins because he cheats, quit the league. However, if you realize that most commish's love the game, and so are very active in it, it makes sense that they would have good teams, doesn't it?
 
I commish about 7 leagues... some simple as setting up a starting line up, some are much more involved with contracts and salaries.

All my leagues are very competitive; Past 3 or 4 yrs I have

I would say I make the Playoffs about half the times

Been in 2 Championships - won one and lost the other

Finished 3rd once

been KO'd in the 1st Rd more times than I care to talk about... seems to be a killer for me.

I say knowing the rules is a big part, as well as experience. Not a lot of people play in contract leagues or salary leagues so when they join my leagues I see a bunch of rookie mistakes and lost money on rosters.

I only play in 2 leagues that I don't commish... and yeah the other commish made it to 3rd place in 2007 but missed in 08 due to Plax and Brady. Funny thing was when he didn't make the POs last yr we all had to give $5 extra in our future dues to have a toilet bowl championship.

 
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We always joke that our commish stacks the schedule in his favor, playing the strongest teams when their best players are on bye. Our commish has never won our league in 10 years.

 
Bad tip, IMO. I've been in one league for 11 years, and the commish made the Super Bowl in year 1, where he promptly got smashed by me. Since then, he's been a near perrenial league doormat. I don't think he's made the playoffs in 5 years, although he has won the toilet bowl the last 2 years, so he's got that going for him.

Only thing even remotely shady he's ever done is ruled in his own favor when Michael Clayton had that crazy fumble return for a td years ago (IMO he made the correct ruling), but the site never adjusted the scoring for his team, so he ended up losing anyways. :confused:

Out of all the leagues I've ever been in, I think he commish has only won twice, and only one of those championships had anything to do with the guy being the commish (my logon and password was resetand I wasn't able to get a hold of him which led me to lose a game mid-season, which in turn caused me to miss the playoffs by 1 game where I would of had the high score every week had I qualified).

 
California said:
We always joke that our commish stacks the schedule in his favor, playing the strongest teams when their best players are on bye. Our commish has never won our league in 10 years.
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I am a commish and hear the same stuff. I went to the trouble this year to find a completely independent schedule and the matchups were based on the draft order (selected at the time of the draft) I STILL ended up with what appears to be one of the easier schedules :D
 
We've had 2 commishes of the course of 14 years. Between them, they have 3 championships, and they only one once while commish.

So, "no" I don't think so. You'll have to find a different excuse.....

 
Mmen of Steel said:
My work league ( a whopping $5 entry) had a commish that gave himself the #1 overall pick every year.It was his gift to himself for organizing the league/collecitng money. :rolleyes: He is 0-6 heading into this year. :lmao:
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