OSFL 2008 Draft Discussion

[Sgt Tomorrow]

pick made.... autodrafter turned back on

[Guest]

Phoenix gets four linemen, two each offense and defense, that we sorely need to help establish and stop the run, pass protect and attack. Now hopefully, I can score some skill positions I have my eye on. It has actually turned out to be a deeper draft than what I first thought.

[aholbert]

Clay is up.

[Acid]

Just imagine if this was Matt stalling the draft.

He'd be tarred and feathered already.

[Delandis]

Just imagine if this was Matt stalling the draft.

He'd be tarred and feathered already.

If it was Clay's 4th time, he would too.

[aholbert]

Just imagine if this was Matt stalling the draft.

He'd be tarred and feathered already.

The scoreboard is currently Matt 4, Clay 1. I'm hoping that Matt doesnt make it 5 because his preference list is still off.

[Acid]

The thing I don't get, why do people expect everybody to pick in 3 minutes? If the draft clock is 6 hours, they should be allowed to use all 6 hours. It doesn't make sense to get mad at someone for using the alotted time.

[aholbert]

The thing I don't get, why do people expect everybody to pick in 3 minutes? If the draft clock is 6 hours, they should be allowed to use all 6 hours. It doesn't make sense to get mad at someone for using the alotted time.

Acid, are you serious? I've been monitoring this board since the beginning and no one here complained if a pick was an hour or 2 late. Matt took almost 7 hrs to make his first pick (part of that was because of a trade but he didnt let us know that until hour 4) and last night he took almost 5 hrs to make his 3rd rnd pick. Its indefensible and thats the main reason Matt hasnt made a comment on this board about it.

If everyone took their 12 or 6 hours to make a pick, we would be running the draft for well over a month.

[Acid]

Acid, are you serious? I've been monitoring this board since the beginning and no one here complained if a pick was an hour or 2 late. Matt took almost 7 hrs to make his first pick (part of that was because of a trade but he didnt let us know that until hour 4) and last night he took almost 5 hrs to make his 3rd rnd pick. Its indefensible and thats the main reason Matt hasnt made a comment on this board about it.

If everyone took their 12 or 6 hours to make a pick, we would be running the draft for well over a month.

That's the thing though, just make the time limit 2-3 hours, to avoid any bitching.

Why have it set for 12 hours in the first round if people will be pissed that someone used their alotted time? It doesn't make sense to me.

[aholbert]

That's the thing though, just make the time limit 2-3 hours, to avoid any bitching.

Why have it set for 12 hours in the first round if people will be pissed that someone used their alotted time? It doesn't make sense to me.

The time limit will be changed next year. I plan to put that up for a vote before the end of the offseason. The reason it was at 12 hrs this year is because that was the time limit last year and I didnt see a reason for it to change since we got the draft done in a year.

I just dont get your point. Using that logic, if everyone used the full 12/6 hrs, it would take over a month to finish the draft. You are telling me you would be OK with that?

[Acid]

I just dont get your point. Using that logic, if everyone used the full 12/6 hrs, it would take over a month to finish the draft. You are telling me you would be OK with that?

Well, knowing that the time limit was 12/6 hrs, I'd just have to deal with. I just don't see why people get so pissed about someone taking their time within the allotted time, if they went over the allotted time, I'd understand.

[SoMiss2000]

The thing I don't get, why do people expect everybody to pick in 3 minutes? If the draft clock is 6 hours, they should be allowed to use all 6 hours. It doesn't make sense to get mad at someone for using the alotted time.

we did the draft in 3 days last time. We'll be looking at damn near a week in a bit. We should've gotten a lot further on Sunday. It's amazing we've moved fast during the week when guys have school or work or both than we got all day Sunday. No one expects anyone to pick in 3 minutes. If the majority of the league is using the utility properly, than that should be the norm. There shouldn't be any exceptions. Most people are home now and should be able to manage a few minutes at the computer.

[Acid]

we did the draft in 3 days last time. We'll be looking at damn near a week in a bit. We whould've gotten a lot further on Sunday. It's amazing we've moved fast during the week when guys have school or work or both than we got all day Sunday. No one expects anyone to pick in 3 minutes. If the majority of the league is using the utility properly, than that should be the norm. There shouldn't be any exceptions. Most people are home now and should be able to manage a few minutes at the computer.

I'm pretty sure last season's draft was an anomaly.

[Guest]

Well, today I did laundry, vacuumed, fed the dogs walked the dogs--there's an Aerosmith song in there somewhere--took out the trash, washed dishes, made some helmets, cooked dinner gameplanned for the NC championship game in the UFL, got my butt handed to me in the VNFLHist league, took my daughter to the homecoming bonfire, picked her up

and drafted two defensive tackles from Arizona. . .

so yes, it does seem slower. . .I should at least have had one more draftee in there. ..

[aholbert]

I'm pretty sure last season's draft was an anomaly.

Not for other leagues. Other leagues are able to complete drafts in 3-4 days. We are entering day 6.