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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.

Yeah, I was surprised that the "Ginger Giant" sold right before the economic update and injured. Hope he enjoys playing in China!

Tonight's action has all sorts of parallels between the two conferences -- kinda weird:

The most obvious, i suppose, is that each conferences's current sixth and seventh-place teams face off tonight.
Senecaville at Footpath Leapers-- Seneca is still bleeding cash, that's the bad news. the good news is those fine players are available for tonight's game. Footpath has to be kept from sharp objects and needs to be escorted across bridges -- dark thoughts of ending it all frequently cross his mind.

Thunder Gods at Tucumcari -- Tucumcari opened the season beating Lion Pride, which is impressive, even if it was the unimproved version of the Pride. Thunder Gods have a modestly tough Cup game (which means the opponent may try his hardest to win) and a week from hell next week -- the Bruins and TKI. (Wait -- that was my week this week!) Gods succumb to the desert Whalers.

Then there are the battles between 2nd and 3rd.
T-Rex at Ron Swanson -- the rising star plays a carefully managed squad. i think the coaches favor the same sort of player; it's just that T-Rex has more of them. i am guessing T-Rex wins by a margin similar to their victory over ATL.

The King and I at Eugene -- another rapidly improving team against a stand-pat squad. i juggled my lineups so that i could have something in the Cup game and really hoped to win this one. but i think TKI is just too good. i expect TKI to win in low double-digits before an empty house, as fans give up on the team that got clobbered by the Bruins.

the games for the first place teams are interesting, as well.
Kentucky hosts Rdkin -- both of these squads are good, very good. i don't see Kentucky losing two games in a week, but stranger things have happened.

Bruins at Window Lickers -- the post-Boudreaux era has begun. with Boudreaux, we are all children playing a giant; without Boudreaux, who knows? tonight's game will indicate whether anyone else has a chance at stopping the Bruins this season. Window Lickers are a good team, but have had the misfortune to face TKI on the road and lose by two to Lion Pride. i suppose i expect the Bruins to win, but if the margin is in the low teens or lower, then i think that means the Bruins can be challenged.

ATL will build up its enthusiasm against the Flash Mashers, while the Pride will take care of the Knights. Those 8th place holes are getting deeper.

Good luck to one and all.

Bruins at Window Lickers -- the post-Boudreaux era has begun. with Boudreaux, we are all children playing a giant; without Boudreaux, who knows? tonight's game will indicate whether anyone else has a chance at stopping the Bruins this season. Window Lickers are a good team, but have had the misfortune to face TKI on the road and lose by two to Lion Pride. i suppose i expect the Bruins to win, but if the margin is in the low teens or lower, then i think that means the Bruins can be challenged.

Yeah, I bought Boudreaux kind of as an experiment to see how really high Inside Shooting would do against the top competition. He always had really high FG%...but not out of this world numbers. But he kind of grew on me, so I kept him around for a while. Kind of expensive for this division though...

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.

Not just a foul, but if last season is any indication, wearing a LionPride road jersey is considered a felony now in several states. But at least oriolekid is rocking a tasteful Princeton offense so far.

Your post makes me scary. I will be very surprised if my team can take tonight's away game.
I also have an away cup game against my former III6 fellow who theoretically will put more effort in the game. Definitely I don't want to stop earning $50K/wk so early. So.......

Dammit. This season Porru (11319793) has suddenly went from being aggressive to a fouling machine. Over the previous 3 seasons, he fouled out 3 or 4 times per season and averaged around 3.5 fouls per game. This season he has 23 fouls in 4 games. I don’t know what is going on, but I can’t take this fouling.

It is probably just a coincidence, but his Shot Blocking is only Inept, so I wonder if the game engine changes have somehow ramped-up the fouling for poor shot blocking big men? Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

Yes, you were down by only 4 when he fouled out with about 7-8 minutes left and lost by 15. Before that it had been pretty even.

Not to brag or anything but I still have the largest point differential in the entire league

Ha! Not for long, that's my team goal this season.

that would be unanticipated, if the changes to the game engine concerning SB included a "punishment" for low levels as well as the expected benefits for higher levels.

but it is too early to say -- chalk it up to a statistical fluke. i have a couple of players whose FT ratings and results are quite at odds so far this season.

Yes, you were down by only 4 when he fouled out with about 7-8 minutes left and lost by 15. Before that it had been pretty even.

You have a great team, and he most likely would not have made a difference in the outcome. I just wanted to whine a little about my player’s behavior change. : )