Well its the best week of BB. All Star week... Week to throw off training, hurt teams financially that play on the road saturday (non home game on a finance period), and make you alter training plans because you have 1 less game! Ah its an amazing week! But needed because it keeps us at the 22 game schedule that allows us to play everyone twice on our side and once on the other! With all that being said this week's 5 is gonna do some reflecting more than predicting.
1. Remember when you kind of knew who the HAVE's & HAVE NOT's were in the league? Well thats a long gone memory because as this season progresses i can't tell you what's the best way to build a team. Use to be if you looked over overall team salary you had a pretty good idea but this league has proven that Chemistry and fit have more value than the $$$ of a player.
2. Remember the days of knowing a game was a for sure win? I dont know about everyone else but there's really not 1 game exception of the Red side 8 seed... where i say ok i dont have to set the lineup or change my tactics and this is an automatic win no matter what. This league is so good top to bottom I feel like any wrong tactic, or misplay on TIE vs Normal, or Guess incorrectly on someone's game plan is going to result in a loss. You have to almost manage perfectly which is difficult!
3. Remember when BB league's had maybe 4-5 managers that actually checked and the rest just let it run itself? Well based on the forum, the changing of offensive tactics game by game, and the proper handling of game shape. Would lead me to say that this league's managers are active, checking in probably weekly at least and all have plan or plans for their team this season and next.
4. remember when the 5th seed didn't have a Relegation game? Now some may say that the implementation of the 5th seed relegation game could be the cause for such jocking and battling (Especially on the Blue side) but what i can tell you is that it does create an interesting dynamic that could see a single side lose 4 TEAMS in one off season. Talk about quickly changing the landscape. Now projections would say the 5 seed playing the 7 should be a no brainer sweep/lock to stay, but imagine this Serapo could "technically" meet a team in his relegation series with a better Point Differential! How crazy.
5. Unpredictable... Lastly and this could be fun if People participate.... Who can properly guess BOTH the red and Blue side Playoff tree? Before Saturday's game who can accurately place the 4 blue teams and 4 red side teams that will make the playoff and what see they will hold in the playoff opening day? I think its damn near impossible!
Good luck league!