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vandydave
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gin is a fantastic and consistent HBD Gm and coach, anyone faulting his strategy must not enjoy winning.
9/24/2007 12:40 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By vandydave on 9/24/2007
dblaine is a fantastic and consistent HBD Gm and coach, anyone faulting his strategy must not enjoy winning.
ftfy
9/24/2007 1:46 AM
hatt11
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Quote: Originally Posted By vandydave on 9/24/2007
gin's only redeemable quality is his creative team-naming ability.
ftfy too.
9/24/2007 1:47 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By jclarkbaker on 9/24/2007
So let me get this straight, "massive backloaded contracts to free agents and dropping the league to avoid paying them"=bad, but spending no money on HS/college prospect/prospect payroll because your team was **** in season 1 and the only way to win was to hit the free agency market every year for a few seasons="perfectly" fine.
Since we're fixing posts...this is now correct.
9/24/2007 7:11 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By gin_caesar on 9/23/2007
Quote: Originally Posted By div1991 on 9/23/2007
ok good to hear. Just wondering though, does anyone else think thaceo is this guy's alias?
He is, it's been confirmed to me through an anonymous source (jlovicz)


hehehe!
9/24/2007 8:11 AM
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I quit, I give up, nothings good enough
9/24/2007 9:15 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By jonboynky on 9/23/2007
I don't know what dblaine did in Shitckless, nor do I care, but I will say that in 5 seasons with him in No Quitters there has never been any problems or issues at all. Quality owner IMO.


I have been in No Quitters since the beginning of the league and never had any problem with him. A good owner.
9/24/2007 9:27 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By gin_caesar on 9/23/2007
Really? No deals to 33 year olds that have them getting 16.6 mil at 36 years old?
If this isn't occuring in other worlds, it just goes to back the fact that he was giving those deals because he never intended to pay them out.


Checked a few contracts in No Quitters. Nothing of the sort. At the beginning of season 4 , he offerred a 1 year contract to a declining 35 year old first basemam for $1.6 millions. This guy was making $3.4 mil. the preceeding season. A very normal contract for such a FA
9/24/2007 9:35 AM
jclarkbaker
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gin, the problem is, if you leave the league in a year or two, your lack of signing young talent will screw the next guy to take your team. It is the same thing. And what is wrong with sucking up a couple of bad years to build a team that was, in your words, "**** in season 1"?
It sounds like you have gone for the quick fix as well. The only difference is that you claim you are staying and the other guy is leaving. Of course, he hasn't even yet. Jumping the gun a little?
What you say about him may be absolutely true, but you bringing it up and making such an issue of it is a little ridiculous, based on your current budget.
And lets be serious. people dump leagues for all sorts of reasons. Further, if people want to sign players to dumb contracts, I say, good for me and the rest of the guys in the league. And the next guy to take that guys team gets a challenge. What is wrong with that?
9/24/2007 9:36 AM
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There's enough vinegar in here to douche a herd of elephants.
9/24/2007 9:55 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By thaceo on 9/23/2007
Im actually called ThaCEO because it was the name I used as a rapper. My real name is Grant Gurtin...not sure why I would go by dblaine
You should have gone with Grandmaster G, obviously.
9/24/2007 9:56 AM
sergei91
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or make lots of salt and vinegar chips
9/24/2007 9:57 AM
tylermathias
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Quote: Originally Posted By r0b0t on 9/23/2007You're a worse rapper than Grandmaster B
Heh.
9/24/2007 9:57 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By div1991 on 9/23/2007I'm gonna post this again...


Gin, please answer this question truthfully. Did you think "thaceo" was this guys alias before you posted this thread? Please tell me the truth man
Yes, I really thought so.
9/24/2007 9:59 AM
dmurphy104
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Quote: Originally Posted By wolvie14 on 9/24/2007
Quote: Originally Posted By gin_caesar on 9/23/2007

Really? No deals to 33 year olds that have them getting 16.6 mil at 36 years old?
If this isn't occuring in other worlds, it just goes to back the fact that he was giving those deals because he never intended to pay them out.



Checked a few contracts in No Quitters. Nothing of the sort. At the beginning of season 4 , he offerred a 1 year contract to a declining 35 year old first basemam for $1.6 millions. This guy was making $3.4 mil. the preceeding season. A very normal contract for such a FA
My concern with dblaine was this post:
dblaineflying monkeys7/10/2007 11:56 AMwith jerks like you i can now change my budget stategy


coupled with the big contracts, and that I had heard from other owner(s) that he said he was leaving. I sitemailed him asking what he meant by that post, and he never gave a response.

Definately me the feeling that he was looking to make a short term run, and then bail.
9/24/2007 10:18 AM
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