2009: Skill versus Luck (Revisited)

ultimatefs · Post by **ultimatefs** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:29 pm

Originally posted by Bullgod:

IMO anyone that drafts can win, I don't believe in "dead money" because no one is drafting K's and DST in the first 5 rounds and anybody can have injuries! Is this close enough for you??? LAST YEAR right before my Cutler pick...

7 14 Todd Heap TE Lucky Dogs
8 1 Nick Folk K Lucky Dogs
8 2 Jay Cutler QB 69TH PLACE

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:42 am

The Cutler pick would fall under the "luck" part John, as NO WAY Cutler should have fell that far. He obviously wasn't a target for you, or you would of taken him well before that.

Cutler went in the 4TH of my league.

Old School · Post by **Old School** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:17 am

Originally posted by Derek Anderson:
All I can say is:

One Auction Championship
One Primetime Main Event League Championship
Two Classic Main Event League Championships
Four Draft Champion Championships
One Classic Event Consolation Championship
One Primetime Championship Top Five Finish
Three Classic Championsip Top Ten Finishes

It definitely must be luck!

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson That's pretty impressive. Do you know how many
leagues you entered overall during this time frame?

lumpy463 · Post by **lumpy463** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:22 am

There always will be dead money!

I hope I get luckier with league placement this year compared to last year.

I ended up in the showcase leagues in both events of the BWazz vs Z-man battle.
That was brutal.

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson

Coltsfan · Post by **Coltsfan** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:42 am

Originally posted by Derek Anderson:
All I can say is:

One Auction Championship
One Primetime Main Event League Championship
Two Classic Main Event League Championships
Four Draft Champion Championships
One Classic Event Consolation Championship
One Primetime Championship Top Five Finish
Three Classic Championsip Top Ten Finishes

It definitely must be luck!

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson Now that is a lot of luck!

(You know I"m just kidding you.)

I believe the skill is putting yourself in position to win. Once there you definitely need some lucky breaks for it to happen. So my take on it is that it takes some luck to win one particular league but it takes a LOT of skill to put together the track record that Derek Anderson has. Does that make sense?

Wayne

lumpy463 · Post by **lumpy463** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:48 am

Thanks Wayne.

I like our track record too.

Kyle and I have never played in the WCOFF.
Someday maybe we will.
Then we can get lucky again and maybe make the top 3000 list of fantasy players in the world.

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson

Gordon Gekko II · Post by **Gordon Gekko II** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:05 am

Originally posted by Derek Anderson:
All I can say is:

One Auction Championship
One Primetime Main Event League Championship
Two Classic Main Event League Championships
Four Draft Champion Championships
One Classic Event Consolation Championship
One Primetime Championship Top Five Finish
Three Classic Championsip Top Ten Finishes

It definitely must be luck!

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson derek - you have one of the best track records of anyone in the event. you know i think you are one of the best players in the event. great job Lumpy!!

mikeybok · Post by **mikeybok** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:01 am

Originally posted by D-Day Heroes:

In 2008 when Brady broke a leg in the 1st game and was out for the year , how many teams with him WON ?
Last year (2008) we drafted Brady in a DC ( a live $650 DC league where we have no free agency pickups to replace a QB when they are lost like Brady ) ... and we won the league in spit of the loss of Brady.

One pick does NOT make a team IMHO

ultimatefs · Post by **ultimatefs** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:47 am

Originally posted by BillyWaz:
The Cutler pick would fall under the "luck" part John, as NO WAY Cutler should have fell that far. He obviously wasn't a target for you, or you would of taken him well before that.

Cutler went in the 4TH of my league.

That "luck" is part of every draft.

I will tell you there is no luck in having Lynn Renfro (last yr) and Derek and Kyle (2 yrs ago) sitting to my right at the draft.

[ August 31, 2009, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: John Z ]