Alright, successful troll is successful.
Why I have the roster I do, why i demoted, etc.... : (
"Why carry the highest team salary in the league all season if it were going to be such a tragedy if you won II.3?") Overly wordy reply coming.
TLDR: It's pure indifference / inaction. Nothing more. Went on hiatus for a while, didn't even bother to replace star PF unloaded way back in July, blah blah blah. Didn't care to make a single move to avoid demotion, & hardly care to make a move to influence promotion now. Roster is what it is... because it was what it was... whenever i lost interest.
Roster Overview:This is basically my same team from my
first time in D2. Have signed only 1 non-$1k scrub since
October of 2011!!! And kept that player for less than 2 weeks. (23 year old MVP, FWIW). As said above, didn't even replace the back to back MVP of this very league (S16 & S17) . And sold the guy way back in July. Yeah, it's my 1st season w/ a relatively high payroll. Weird feeling. Still only have
3 players making over $39k. Only 1 making over $75k. Hardly a roster of league inappropriate players. Even with Alas, it's not like i'm doubling anyone's payroll or anything. Being $50k over another team's rotation is hardly like suddenly jumping close to $300k over the best team's starting 5 late in the season.
Demotion / Not Caring:Look i truly didn't/don't care. Didn't even bother to schedule a single scrimmage during the entire regular season! Logged in once a week or so while still in the cup, to let people know when i'd be throwing a game out of courtesy. The cup champion intentionally dropped into relegation ($1mil payroll) so that was kind of flukey. Would have been another season or 2 otherwise. But if i didn't care enough to add a single player to avoid his team & demotion... Why would i suddenly care about promotion now? I'd probably just re-demote honestly. What you don't get is that while we may both happen to be in the same league...
I'm not competing with you.
This SeasonBeen trying to revive my interest this season: Watched a few games live, forced myself to start posting again, etc. But it's still kind of "meh" as to my care level. Said as much to most of those that messaged me. Other than rolling out 40 year olds. That's always awesome. Learning the whole Kentucky back-story (had no clue before) was pretty damn cool. & They handled my team even with a $2k SG, Tanner at PG, and less effort! Definitely saw them winning it all. Honestly I
wouldn't feel good about beating them, & would seriously consider throwing a game 3 if it came to it. Or at least make an offer to. I'm serious when i say they should win. (baring injuries).
But seriously, GL on the next level. Yeah, i may not be a fan of the method, but that's the way the game is. Fun trip down memory lane for me, boring for everyone else!
edit: fyi I am from Milwaukee, we could potentially duke this out (with words) over a beer sometime if you wanted, unless of course you are actually in shikago?
I fancy myself as the Greta Garbo / Syd Barrett / Howard Hughes of BB. Appreciate the offer, but I'll politely decline for now. For the record, I hail from Parts Unknown.