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Thank you to everyone who has already joined the draft room on Couch Managers. We still have 5 teams yet to join. If the remaining managers could all do this today (takes ~2 minutes), it would be much appreciated, as late tonight / early morning tomorrow is my best window this weekend to port over all the rosters.
Link: https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=1067
Password: "12up"
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If Dukes can finalize cuts in short order and everyone can sign up on the site, I'll get rosters imported over the weekend and then I'd suggest we get started with the draft next Wednesday 2/19 (giving everyone a little breather to get caught up again post the long weekend before we get started). Should probably take 1-2 weeks to complete the draft. Any questions or concerns on any of this, let me know.
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I think there is also some noise around SP/RP eligibility. So to avoid issues, I set the standard lineup in the draft room to show only 1 catcher position and 10 starting P positions (can be SP or RP). Please just keep the actual Ottoneu lineup settings in mind as you draft (i.e., 5 SPs, 5 RPs, option to fill a second catcher spot).
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A couple notes on the setup. For the lineup settings, I've found in the past that if you are too prescriptive with the positions, you end up forcing people to make choices in the draft that they wouldn't have to in a live Ottoneu draft (for instance, if you list 2 catchers in the standard lineup, everyone will have to leave the draft with 2 catchers, but you might prefer to use limited draft spots on other positions and just add a second catcher in-season...
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Apologies, password is "12up" with no space in between
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For now, can everyone please go to the site, create a free account if you don't have one, and then join the draft room I set up? Password is "12 up", here is the link:
https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=1067
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Nice! Welcome to Da' Dukes. Good to have our last team filled.
Dukes - please disregard the draft day banner at the top of the page, we will be doing a slow draft for this league using Couch Managers. Now that we have you on board, we can get things rolling as soon as you complete your round of penalty-free cuts. Looks like you've already started on that front - can you let us know when your cuts are complete? At that point I can finalize the draft setup (importing rosters, etc).
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Welcome, new blood! Let's get this thing started!
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welcome new team
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Trying to get him to commit
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@Men Without Shame, is your person interested? I posted in the league finder article
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The league finder article just went up on fangraphs yesterday - I posted an opening and got 4 interested responses within a day. That’s a good option for finding someone quick.
Batboys on
February 12, 2025 7:24 PM
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I’ll hit the Twitter X machine
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Anyone have any leads on a 12th manager? If not, I can post to Slack later tonight
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I might have someone
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yes he expired, it may not take long to fill, I appreciate you doing the slow draft, which we do in a few of my leagues..
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Welp looks like we lost a manager. I don't have access to see finances but I guess he never paid? We'll need to put the draft stuff on hold until we get a 12th.
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Couch managers slow draft is fun. I do it for another Ottoneu league
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Sounds complicated but it’s pretty straightforward – very easy to just check in on the site, scan the list of auctions that are running at any given time, and decide if you want to bid $1 higher on anyone. The only issue is that position eligibility on the site is not identical to Ottoneu position eligibility, so you have to be mindful of that. Should take a week or two to get all the rosters filled once we get started. More to come on this in the next couple days. Any questions, let me know.
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In terms of how this works… Each player nomination starts with an 8-hour clock. Every new bid restarts that clock. The individual auction is completed and the player assigned to the winning bidder’s team when the clock runs out. There are always multiple auctions running (I think every team starts with 2 nominations, so there can be up to 24 auctions going at once). We can set the draft to sleep overnight (midnight to 7am ET pause is what I have used in the past).
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Based on that, let's move forward with a slow draft. We’ll do it on Couch Managers (www.couchmanagers.com), a site I have used several times before for Ottoneu slow drafts. Everyone will need to create a free account, after which I will load rosters and then we can get started. I’ll set it up today and post a link here in the next 24-48 hours, at which point you can create an account.
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A few updates on the draft. I reached out over the weekend to a few of you to see if there was any flexibility on live draft dates where we were close to having full availability (based on the poll results). I haven't received a response from anyone. There were also only 9/12 responses to the poll, so it's probably a futile exercise anyway.
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Carriage, I sent you a message with details about the submissions.
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Each team could nominate 3 players auction would run a set time like 8rs when price was raised clock would go back to 8rs..when your nominee comes off board nominate someone else..ive done a few they go very smooth
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out of curiousity - how would slow draft work in this format? Run a few auctions at a time to see winners, then repeat? I've never done one with an auction, only standard.
Batboys on
February 4, 2025 10:59 AM
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I can’t see the results of the poll, but as a first step, were there any other times where we had all but one or two voting yes, where we could check in with the “no” votes on potential flexibility, including if we tweaked the times on the dates in question? If not, I will set up a slow draft. I don’t have time this week so I would need the weekend to set it up.
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I've never done one and always had proxies drafting for people who couldn't be there so I wasn't trying to jam anything through. If you want a slow draft, by all means, you can organize it. I mean that with no sass or resentment.
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I’d suggest a slow draft. I understand that scheduling is difficult but that’s not a reason to jam through a live draft date that not everyone can make. I’ve been playing Ottoneu since 2018 across a lot of leagues and have never had that happen before. The one time I had a league where there was no mutually agreeable date, we switched to a slow draft and it worked fine.
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hey I get it, I don't have issues with any of it, was just asking a question..finding a time and date for all isn't easy..that's why in some of my leagues we slow draft to avoid all that
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We can move it up a couple hours but this is why we all voted. If 9pm et was too late, it shouldn't have gotten the most votes. There was no option with 100%.
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so if Generous can't do 16th what's next and 9pm is late for some
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7 or 8 works better unless it’s a Friday or Saturday night . I get up at 3 am weekdays
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I can’t do Sunday the 16th, will be out of the country
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By the voting, the winning date/time is Sunday, March 16th at 9pm EST.
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Keeper deadline is tomorrow, if anyone forgot.
Fedde Wap on
January 30, 2025 8:37 AM
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I can do pretty much anytime
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I generally can't do weeknights, unfortunately.
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Are Mondays thru Thursdays not an option?
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I've got responses from 7 teams so far, 5 to go. Please let me know your availability prior to Jan 31. Just a heads up - we already do not have a date/time with 100% availability. After the 31st, I will pick the date with the most selections and anyone who can't make it, I can help find a solution for you.
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I claimed it! Side note, if anyone is interested in a $50 5x5 league, I've got two openings in Boys of Summer.
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if anyone is interested a league I'm in has a team available $100 league league name "League of Gentlemen"
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7h2sTyHwN1afk6ofovPqauIUPHPAXendK7Ym4ZeHc9pVMdg/viewform?usp=sharing
Here is the poll! Please note that the draft is not March 1st - that's another placeholder date - once we get 12 responses, or on Jan 31 if we have at least 8 responses, I will select the date and time with the most selections.
Please note that all times are in US Pacific time because that's where I'm located.
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I'll send out a poll on Tuesday for dates and set a new date in Ottoneu. That new date that you see will be a placeholder also until the poll is done.
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No, we havent picked a date yet..thats just a placeholder
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to confirm, the Draft is Feb 1st
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Welcome Small but Slow! Sorry you have such a limited time for moves. When I'm back in front of my laptop, I'll add back all the players your prior owner cut.
I'll send out the draft poll on Tuesday
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Welcome Small but slow
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Welcome to the new owner of small but slow . And Thanks Horton . Looking forward to the season
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Thanks for getting us through the draft, Horton. And looks like we have a new owner - welcome, Small but Slow!
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I can't do the role long-term (having a baby this summer and buying a house right now), but I can at least get us through the draft. MWO said they'd transfer commish to me for now. Once we have a 12th, I'll create a poll for draft date.
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