Calling all the experts!!!!!

[BillyWaz]

Originally posted by SNAKE:
...getting back on topic for the moment, SNAKE believes very STRONGLY that total points really is the best barometer to use over the full course of a season in determing which squad is best in any given league...HOWEVER, having stated that, SNAKE also is of the STRONG belief that over the 13 week season that H2H should ALSO count for something as it is very relevant to a teams overall strength over the ENTIRE COURSE OF THE 13 week season (not any given single week though)So what you are saying is that a team who has the best record AND best total points over a 13 week season is CLEARLY the best team in a head to head format???

I didn't get your "not any given single week though" statement.

[ToddZ]

A)...Mr. Zola...drafting a team with the playoff weeks in mind (Weeks 13-16) or late season in mind (Weeks 10-13) with all the twists, turns, byes, injuries, performance, lack of performances, etc., etc., etc. (ad nauseum) that occur during an NFL season is probably the most self-destructive strategy that an owner can employ to insure that an owner MISSES the playoffs ISHO...while you're waiting for that ONE Joseph Addai to break out and win the starting RB job and become a viable RB2, there are at LEAST THREE Lendale White's, Cedrick Benson's & DeAngelo Williams' to be had...simply trust SNAKE here, as he knows this...and DON'T ask why...
All depends on the league format. I play in a couple of leagues where 6 of 12 teams make the playoffs, at times with a 6-7 record. Here it is quite possible to enter the playoffs with 3 or 4 of the top-12 RB at that time, with favorable matchups. How do I know? Because my niece and nephews reap the rewards come holiday time when their Uncle spoils them with gifts galore from league winnings.

I play in another league that only lets the 3 division winners and 1 wild card into the playoffs. Here, the margin of error is MUCH less as a 10-4 or 9-5 team usually is the wild card.

In my first 2 years of the NFFC, I feel I was much too conservative with my picks, using the style that brought me success in my private leagues. I did not fare so well. Granted, LJ has helped my cause this season, but I decided I was going to draft high risk, high reward no matter my spot this season.

[3INTBOY]

Originally posted by SNAKE:
...getting back on topic for the moment, SNAKE believes very STRONGLY that total points really is the best barometer to use over the full course of a season in determing which squad is best in any given league...HOWEVER, having stated that, SNAKE also is of the STRONG belief that over the 13 week season that H2H should ALSO count for something as it is very relevant to a teams overall strength over the ENTIRE COURSE OF THE 13 week season (not any given single week though)...so in essence, The SNAKE Classic League format (the Auction format) where BOTH total points winners and H2H winners are rewarded incorporates the best of BOTH worlds ISHO...also let us not forget one of the MAIN reasons that all here (at least SNAKE anyway) play this game, and that is for the sheer FUN and JOY of it!...and SNAKE, like most seasoned FF vets alike here to be certain, having played in ALL of the different formats available, believes rather STRONGLY that H2H is indeed the most fun (especially in a league where the comrades are known to one another)...SNAKE Snake, gotta agree.
I have been saying this over in the WCOFF as well for a while.
Teams with Best Record and Most points should split the total league prize pool for those two spots equally.
It's a moot point to argue what team is better, because you're rewarding both. So each gets equal winnings for the effort and move on to the Championship Round here.

Nice and easy, and rewarding for both. And before it's even asked, no best record/most point teams wouldn't get it all.

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