Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 10/28/2009Looking for opinions. Don't have to be a commish.Backstory: I commish a couple of worlds. Both have experience/success requirements for entry. One is you can't have a season worse than a blind, one-nut monkey could have(55 wins). If there's a legit reason(mid-season takeover, injuries, first HBD season, etc.), I might overlook it. So, when someone struggles or starts trading away all their BL talent, I remind them that they need to field a competitive team or their time in the world will be limited. Most take it well and say "I've got blah, blah, blah". One hasn't. He started slow, 2-16 or something, has a very low payroll and a ton of unused payroll. I watched him attempt to dismantle a team in a world I don't commish that had made the playoffs 5 straight seasons(I think he had half a dozen trades get vetoed. He blamed me for leading the charge as I kept pointing out that he wasn't getting value in return) in a hissy over losing out on a FA. So I assumed he'd think I singled him out. If anything, I sent my "be competitive" reminder early in order to give him more time to right his ship. I didn't want him to be 30-90 when I said "You need to be competitive or you're gone".FWIW, I don't care how you run your team as long as it's competitive. I you want to have a 20m payroll for a few seasons while winning 60 each year, knock yourself out. If you want to have a payroll of 130m and punt the draft, have fun. But field a competitive team. I know 20 games is a small sample size. But, if your payroll is low, and you're winning 20% of your games, it smells like a problem.Did I overstep my bounds? Should I have waited til the halfway point? Would you want your commish to tell owners to "be competitive"?
Mike, I don't think there is anything wrong with what you did. Your looking out for the league and that's a redeeming quality for a commish to have.
By the way, what the hell is a 'hailstorm of fish'?