I've thought about this and have decided I just can't admin this comp as it should be at this point and as it has been over the years.I've got too much personal stuff going on atm and it's causing me to lose any love for fantasy that I've had beforeSo if there's anyone that wants to take over that'd be really great,everything is in spreadsheets so it's easy enough to do.
Hi all, I've got an important announcement to make. It's gonna be slightly long, as I want to break it down properly. I understand some people won't bother to read it, but it would be very much appreciated if you did.In Round 12, Atto made an unacceptable and late submission which can be seen in the screeny below:It was posted on the Friday just before AFL Sunday benches dropped, Atto was online shortly after but named the above. There were several issues with it as you can see below:Among the issues, there were including Webster and Zaharakis (as captain) who were both injured), Perryman, O'Brien and Mayes weren't in their 22s that their AFL sides name and Ben Jacobs was an out. Atto was incredibly lucky that his emergencies were just enough to cover some of his outs, but still copped donuts from Perryman and Jacobs. He also had to name Murdoch as OOP ruck because he missed naming Nankervis, his first choice ruck who played on the Thursday. This also meant he was unable to play Shaun Grigg as well, one of his perfectly capable starting mids. As a result of that, I followed up with a PM to him on the forum which said: As you can see, the PM I sent was basically immediate so he had time to fix it if he saw it, but it appears he named his team and went straight offline.I like to be honest and not sugarcoat things. Admin work of these comps can be tough. I want to run this comp to the best of my ability and carry on the fine work LF put into this comp and apply the same standard of fairness but when this is breached by coaches, we have to follow through with the consequences for their actions, or lack thereof. Atto made his team submission the following week. Again on the Friday, missing out of any Swans/Cats players. Fortunately, the only player he really appeared to miss at all may have been Murdoch. However, naming the teams on a Friday evening isn't a great habit to have. While I didn't take much issue with that submission, he failed to reply the PM from the previous week which both LF and myself felt was poor on his behalf even though he managed to come and name his team. I don't like to assume, but either Atto read and didn't reply/acknowledge or ignored it altogether which is disappointing.I followed up with last Friday's submission with a PM to him on Facebook asking him to please reply or acknowledge the PM sent to him on FF. The FB message was sent at 11:23am on Saturday morning (because I went to the footy on Friday night). He is yet to reply that message and hence a decision has been made.LF and I have spoken about this in length and I had hoped to never do this, but unfortunately Atto's actions (and in some instances, lack thereof) have left us with no action but to terminate him as a coach in ADT. It wasn't an easy to make and I sincerely hope we never have to do it again.
We've been proactive in finding a replacement for the team so it doesn't remain without a coach. A while ago, Barra informed of me that his assistant coach would be interested in a position should one open up. So it's with great pleasure that I welcome bchester23 to ADT as new coach of the Dallas Coyotes! Good luck for the rest of the season, and in the future!
Fair enough Nige, and understand that was no easy decision.I guess I can count my lucky stars as I went MIA in 2016 for 4 or so rounds as I was away in Europe. Didn't tell the admins but was meant to have a friend to login and post my teams for me when I was away, which they didn't. I lost the SC Americas team because of that. I would say it wasn't fair on other teams as arguably my team was the worst that season, but it definitely was exaggerated with no submissions. Luckily I was able to touch base with LF and she let me stay.Hard call Nige, but a fair one and good to get an eager coach in bchester23 to come in.Congrats bchester23, all the best for you in future seasons.
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