Looks like i am talking to myself, but my analyst tells me this is good therapy. our new arrivals have been making some moves, and perhaps there is a bit more clarity:
first, a thought for Senecaville: he is hoping to move more than $300,000 off his payroll. but if he has mispriced his players, then he has to foot that salary bill come Monday morning. i don't know if there is anything else happening this weekend that is quite so dramatic.
for me, Super T-Rex has officially moved into the realm of Scary Teams. i am partial to teams that have depth, and he fits that bill. the players he has moved were well-rounded, skilled players, another bias of mine. but what floored me were the revenues from his first home game, over $400,000. this is well above what i thought the league's revenue cap was (i figured around $360,000), and positions him to make some money (i figure $50,000 a week plus Cup winnings) even while carrying a hefty payroll (offhand, i figure around $430,000 or so, once that PG goes). in addition, that PG may go eventually go for 5, 6, 700,000 or more, giving Dino boy even more cash to play with. this week will be revealing, for T-Rex tackles ATL and Ron Swanson as well as a DIII Cup game. Regardless of the outcome this week, i expect T-Rex to finish in the top 5 in the Big 8.
i thought Lion Pride's pickup, a very capable big man, was very good. given a different set of circumstances, like refs who did not think breathing by the visiting team was a foul, then his squad would have whipped mine.
The King and I has a USA NT PG, talent at the other positions, and Kraig Starks, an immensely talented player filling the Juwan Howard role on the team, looking nice in his Brooks Brothers suit down at the end of the bench, high-fiving Walter when he comes out of the game. i tackle this squad at home this week, and i don't expect to win.
and the Bruins have begun to make their adjustment to DII, hoping to move Boudreaux and his $222,222 salary. (i imagine the market for such a player is very small, but competitive.) even subtracting such a player leaves a squad i can only envy -- but, as is the story with a number of teams in this league, once you get past the first six or so top players, it gets thin very quickly. when i see a number of good managers doing the same thing, maybe i should take notes.
best of luck to one and all.