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From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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Date: 3/12/2025 9:20:21 PM
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As Commissioner, Wagner, I think you should make any decisions you deem necessary (Re rules, threads, labelling etc) and we will support you. :-)



My fellow Home-Grown managers,
March 12, 2025 marks a happy day for (hopefully) many of us, as I can tell you that HGL now officially exists. :)

While still work in progress (I suppose I should take a day off from BB though as this time I spent about 13 hours working on it almost in one go xD), there is already "some" content on a new Home-Grown League (HGL) Season 1 Official Thread (326589.1) and on HGL Scores Season 1 Official Thread (326590.1)!

And more to come, but luckily we're are not in absolutely terrible rush, because I can't take another 13 hours day in a row. ;)

From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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324689.407 in reply to 324689.405
Date: 3/13/2025 7:43:42 AM
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Hi Wagner. I just read the entirety of your new thread and I must say you have done a brilliant job, Wagner! Well-written, succinct enough and informative so that both competitors and those managers interested in HG, will be clear on what is occurring.

On behalf of those of us competing, thank you for your significant effort and time and I think you, as Commissioner, is a perfect fit.

+1

Thank you very much, MrJ!
And also thanks for all your contributions, which have been very helpful as I've mentioned many times.

I hope you all enjoy HGL as much as I will! I think we have something great on our hands in form of HGL that, if given the care and commitment it needs, has a great potential to make this HG community even more active (in forums) and more invested in their homegrown team projects in the long run, and could also work as a means/as a tool to bring other interested managers into the positively addictive world of homegrown teams!

From: T-Lit

To: MrJ
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Date: 3/13/2025 7:48:21 AM
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...On another exciting note, my team, the Swan River Serpents, will become 100% HG as of 5pm this Saturday!

We will be running a 7-player squad for the relegations series before picking up 3 new draftees, making it a 10-player roster for Season 68.

It is going to be a tough 1st season as a HG team and we will certainly be looking forward to adding 3 more players each season as we improve in depth and quality.

I am excited by a 5/5 draftee and hope to make him the 'center' of our core moving forward.

My new motto, and tag-line...

...Home-Grown or Go Home!


CONGRATULATIONS!!! And thank you for making the sales and sacrifices to do that! I know you had some difficult decisions to make! Thank you and congrats!! :-)


From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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Date: 3/13/2025 8:00:28 AM
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Thanks, T-Lit. Looking forward to the challenge and journey...

I'm going to get pretty badly beaten up in the first season of the HGL, but I look forward to the day when I'm in the mix.


This is the spirit that I appreciate, and I'm really glad that you show many managers a good example by participating (especially as you are one of the most active managers of the HG community, and I believe your participation/presence will have a major impact in HGL by making this community more active) while at the same time realizing, that you're not going to be winning the title in HGL yet on this season...
Part of being homegrown, I think, is understanding that it's a process that does have different stages. You can't "buy yourself out of trouble", but you need to slowly dig yourself out of the pit, which is a lot more satisfying feeling as you eventually manage to do so.

From: T-Lit
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Date: 3/13/2025 8:10:14 AM
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"Part of being homegrown, I think, is understanding that it's a process that does have different stages. You can't "buy yourself out of trouble", but you need to slowly dig yourself out of the pit, which is a lot more satisfying feeling as you eventually manage to do so" ~ Wagner

Thank you for the kind words, but THIS EXACTLY, it is the process and journey! There is a cycle when even the long time home growners will have ty cycle out their squad, just is the nature of the beast, and maybe they dont get great draftees. I totally agree with Wagner, that you cant buy yourway out of an issue or even worse, injury.

This process is just like how you would have to eat an elephant.... one bite at a time, one season at a time!

Excited for this new journey with you all! :-)

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