** UPDATE - FINAL GMs AND ALTERNATES - ACTION ITEMS **

 

I have gotten the last of my emails back and would like to announce the final 9 GMs and list the alternates.  I made these decisions with a few things in mind..  Above all, I wanted to try to find GMs who I feel could help me prove my theory that online mock drafts don't have to be an utter nightmare.  I leaned towards some of the more experienced posters, but included some members who don't dominate the message boards as much.  I would also like to reiterate the importance of ALTERNATES as the poop can hit the fan really quickly if GMs are absent and I want to have a backup plan just in case.

 

FINAL GMs

 

904Funk

Snicklefritz  (Season ticket holder 1995-2011)

jessepeck1213

huttops

hailtoyourvictor (because I want to see how many Big 10 players he drafts)

J-Mizzal

Etdavis2006

Markulous

BritishJag (much respect to the fans across the pond)

 

ALTERNATES

 

1. Mdunc88

2. Teal Curtain

3. Fred Jones-Brunell

4. gatorbait025

5. TeenageMutantNinjaBortles

6. Jack City

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

1. The first order of business is determining how and when to do the draft. I have proposed the aggressive plan of doing this in three separate rapid fire rounds (each 96 minutes in length).  I think it can be done if planned properly.  The issue is..  getting 32 people on the same page across time zones.  We have GMs on the east coast, the west coast and abroad.  If we cannot come to an agreement on a date and time which work for the majority of GMs, we can try to do this the slower way (of which I have previously expressed my misgivings).  The good news is we have some real flexibility on our side as we do not have the same deadlines as 32 NFL teams do.  That said, my first proposal would be to do this on three consecutive Saturdays at 12:00 pm EST.  This would be 9:00 am PST and dinner time for our European GM. 

 

2. Picking teams.  As mentioned, I plan on doing this by true random selection (having my daughter draw names from a hat). Unless someone speaks up, this is how it will be.  I have not heard any pushback on this piece of the equation, but realize not everyone is so trusting.  I am open to other, less clandestine, methods of RANDOMLY selecting teams if anyone has ideas.  Otherwise, I will select teams AFTER all of the other details have been ironed out.  Once teams have been randomly selected, if you would like to trade teams with another GM (maybe you grew up a Jets fan for example..), I am fine with that.  Just let me know who has what team and be civil with each other.

 

3. Penalty Option - Do you want everyone to have skin in the game or is this just for kicks?  It was proposed in the thread last year which prompted this that we would vote to see who had the worst draft and assign some penalty to that GM (i.e. - sig/avatar bet - for one week that GM would be at the mercy of whatever the rest of the league decided to change it to).  This was inspired by some truly unrealistic and dumb selections right around the time the wheels came off on last years mock draft.  If you guys want to do this, let me know. If you don't that is fine too..  so long as you show up prepared and on time.

 

4. Alternates - If a GM drops out or no shows, we will try to replace them based on the Alternate list provided above. 

 

Thoughts? Ideas? Questions?

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