Chicago Venue apology/stance
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:53 pm
Fellas, 1st I'd (chris) like to wish everyone good luck this year. Have some competitive teams and a lot of parity out there!
Second, Fanball did a great job in Chicago. For ANYONE to sit and say that Fanball was "egging on our team" is just flat-out full of crap. And for those who don't agree w/ them asking to interview us after the 2nd draft, they did it for the right reason. As Greg pointed out, we have won Championships the last 2 seasons. The interview wasn't done to "boast and/or brag." We were approached with the idea of getting our feedback on the drafts, so we delivered. AGAIN, fanball didn't approach us looking to "add fuel to the fire."
Now, with regards to the noise, I will be the 1st to agree that we were prolly too loud. And NO, it wasn't because of the alcohol. Those who guessed us to be 30 are correct, and we can hold our liquor as we aren't in high school. The truth is this: we do these LIVE drafts to have a blast, see the other owners, and to talk some FUN smack.
As a few posters have pointed out, had people asked us to quiet down, we absolutely would have. Our goal is to have fun and compete as well as network and make new friends. In no way, shape, or form were we loud or disrespectful to ANYONE on purpose. Jerks are the worst!
I want to clarify for EVERYONE as to what happened with the other owner asking to be moved. When I first sat down, I nicely asked the gentleman how he was doing and if he was ready for the draft. The response I got was, "Bro, not to be a dick, but please don't talk to me." Sorry fellas, but that just didn't seem like good "Sportsmanship" to me. And before his 2nd pick, he asked to switch sides because of "noise." The funny thing is that 3 or 4 teams approached us and said they couldn't even hear us talking. Regardless, we apologize .... Blame us, but do NOT blame Fanball. Even the Fanball guys said we weren't even that loud at the beginning (when the guy asked to be moved).
Yes, we have 3 owners. And yes, there was PLENTY of room for everyone at the tables. There wasn't ONE team that had to sacrifice "comfortable space" to accomodate us. Lets put that to rest right now.
To sum it up, we want to apologize to any team that was truly upset w/ the level of noise that we brought to the drafts. As I think most of you know, we only want to make it a fun day w/ some good razzin'.
Next year we'll be sure to make it up to everyone and make a conscious effort to hold down ANY/ALL extra outside noise.
And for what its worth, Mike did ask us to keep it down during the 2nd draft at one point.
Good luck to all, and again fellas, please accept our apologies if we were too disruptive to the point where your "good time" was compromised.
Sincerely,
Chris, Dan, Brett
Second, Fanball did a great job in Chicago. For ANYONE to sit and say that Fanball was "egging on our team" is just flat-out full of crap. And for those who don't agree w/ them asking to interview us after the 2nd draft, they did it for the right reason. As Greg pointed out, we have won Championships the last 2 seasons. The interview wasn't done to "boast and/or brag." We were approached with the idea of getting our feedback on the drafts, so we delivered. AGAIN, fanball didn't approach us looking to "add fuel to the fire."
Now, with regards to the noise, I will be the 1st to agree that we were prolly too loud. And NO, it wasn't because of the alcohol. Those who guessed us to be 30 are correct, and we can hold our liquor as we aren't in high school. The truth is this: we do these LIVE drafts to have a blast, see the other owners, and to talk some FUN smack.
As a few posters have pointed out, had people asked us to quiet down, we absolutely would have. Our goal is to have fun and compete as well as network and make new friends. In no way, shape, or form were we loud or disrespectful to ANYONE on purpose. Jerks are the worst!
I want to clarify for EVERYONE as to what happened with the other owner asking to be moved. When I first sat down, I nicely asked the gentleman how he was doing and if he was ready for the draft. The response I got was, "Bro, not to be a dick, but please don't talk to me." Sorry fellas, but that just didn't seem like good "Sportsmanship" to me. And before his 2nd pick, he asked to switch sides because of "noise." The funny thing is that 3 or 4 teams approached us and said they couldn't even hear us talking. Regardless, we apologize .... Blame us, but do NOT blame Fanball. Even the Fanball guys said we weren't even that loud at the beginning (when the guy asked to be moved).
Yes, we have 3 owners. And yes, there was PLENTY of room for everyone at the tables. There wasn't ONE team that had to sacrifice "comfortable space" to accomodate us. Lets put that to rest right now.
To sum it up, we want to apologize to any team that was truly upset w/ the level of noise that we brought to the drafts. As I think most of you know, we only want to make it a fun day w/ some good razzin'.
Next year we'll be sure to make it up to everyone and make a conscious effort to hold down ANY/ALL extra outside noise.
And for what its worth, Mike did ask us to keep it down during the 2nd draft at one point.
Good luck to all, and again fellas, please accept our apologies if we were too disruptive to the point where your "good time" was compromised.
Sincerely,
Chris, Dan, Brett