I can't do this any more. I can't be phony like this any more.
Confession, and on some level I apologize and whatnot.
I have known byennie since freshman year of high school. And I'm darn lucky to have known him. I was not buddy buddy with him, and we didn't hang out much, if at all, and we generally hung out with different crowds. Byennie had a strong reputation as a guy who got along with everyone. I never heard ONE mildly controversial thing about him EVER. He is extremely intelligent and finished third in his class. If you can possibly believe this I was ...um...awkward in high school (can you believe that? EJA? EJA shot his mouth off? In high school? And weirded people out? I must be shocking you) and as a result some people didn't want to have much to do with me and still don't (can you blame them?), but byennie never treated me like that and sometimes worked with me when others wouldn't have wanted to. (We were in a lot of the same classes and debated that darn other kid that thought our community should have a McDonalds! A McDonalds I tell you! No WAY. We lived in a rural community and there was no WAY it should have had a McDonalds.) You can't really get anything past him and he sorta spotted me here and we are Facebook friends. (I think the tip off was that I'd say stuff here and then copy/paste it to my Facebook page. After 4 or 5 times of that I think he established a pattern).
His positive traits of fairness, giving people a shot and a 2nd shot, keeping his cool, and intelligence led me to nominate him as commish, and I'm glad I did.
I have not ever received any special treatment from byennie. In fact he is an extremely busy guy that is hard to reach, but arguably I had slightly better access to him. However, realistically I had better access to all of you than to him. I have had infinitely more discussions with Y'all and Toines, and LarBrd, than I have had with him.
I felt that you all deserved an explanation. I did not find this to be important previously, or even germane to the conversation until now. I felt we had too much bickering to worry about stuff like this.
Some of you may be wondering if byennie and I eeeevvvvveeeerrr were even tempted to even consider any kind of shenanigans. I don't blame you.
I keep pretty detailed notes on my team and trades. Here is a list of (I think) every trade I have made with him over the years straight from my spreadsheet
Jimmer for Ubuntu Yalls 2014 two with Jackalopes
Dec 22 Glen Rice Jr and Jon Leuer for Kyle Singler, Tony Snell, and Ubuntus 2014 two with Jackalopes
Hmmmm...that's odd...I coulda sworn I had more than two
Anyway...I am not sorry for my actions, only sorry for what has occurred. ....byennie is facing a situation that is absolutely none of our business but when I heard I almost threw up. He is in fine personal physical health, he is not being sued, he is not going bankrupt, and he is not facing jail time to my knowledge. This league has suddenly become a first world problem for him. I think he will want to keep his team and I think he should. I told him not to worry about anything and that I'd take care of this.
At this point I open the floor for nominees for new commish
Y'all....he's here a lot and runs a good team
mkogav....same
eja....he's here all the time, already has access to the spreadsheet, and his relative closeness to byennie may help with transition
Birdman...he's around a lot lately with a lot of enthusiasm. I can't remember him having lots of issues with anyone
If it's me I make the following promises...first....during the draft I will drink far less than I did at the H2H draft, although I might drink tonight. (hey...I'm Irish.) Second...I'll do my best and give explanations and reasons. Third....I will seek out opinions and advice and whatnot. Fourth...I'll be more honest and whatnot. Fifth...I will most likely keep all future posts shorter than this.
We should take 48 hours to think this over.
Topic: Lucky17's Yahoo! Points Hoops League: 2015 Offseason REBOOT (Read 102397 times)