Posted by Bilfert on 3/16/2011 2:03:00 PM (view original):
Posted by mattedesa on 3/15/2011 2:03:00 PM (view original):
I know it's disappointing when someone disappears, but I try to hold off being too hard on someone who suddenly disappears. He might be laying in a hospital bed somewhere...
I appreciate that we all have lives, but it is very unlikely that the number of Progressive and Regressive owners that get overwhelmed and disappear are all "in a hospital bed." This theory is used as a defense alot. I find that most guys that are in a hospital bed (and bored) post that they are indeed in a hospital bed. I am frustrated and I know that I am not alone. My league seems to have been unlucky enough to have two owners find themselves in a hospital bed during the draft. What are the chances...
Yeah, but there's a difference here... this is an owner who has a history of playing in progressives and being very reliable -- even with 40+ progressive leagues. He's been active in progressives for as long as I can remember. This is highly unusual, almost as unusual as johngpf's disappearance. The other thing to remember is that not all hospitalizations are equal and honestly, for as many users as there are on here, we don't see very many sudden and serious hospitalizations. I hope that's not the case here, and that it is just work & other life related. In which case, I can also understand. I've been there. I had a really crazy schedule about 2-3 years ago and went AWOL myself. I had every intention of posting a quick message or sending a quick sitemail, but the energy it took to even get to my computer was daunting when I just wanted to sleep every moment I wasn't working.
I co-run one of the leagues shawbigred is in heading into our draft and I'm just taking over his team myself in the hopes he is able to reclaim it down the road because the last thing I'd want to do is give up his team to someone else only to have him show back up. He's a good owner, I think he deserves a little more respect here.