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The "real" value of "mock" drafts!?!?
« on: May 13th, 2003, 12:48pm » |
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Mock Draft! (You read the word "Mock" as if it were an adjective.)
(Now, read it like a verb!) Mock Draft!     (Hey, it's the "Comedy Club Gang"!)
This has been a play on words on fantasy footballers for years! 
Anyway, really, I think their "real" value is overrated. I think doing a couple can be helpful, but, ultimately, you have to "tackle" the guys in your respective league, know their propensities and so forth. Mocking against outsiders, so to speak, makes you learn and adjust to those guys' tendencies, which actually may be counterproductive to your goal of adjusting to the tendencies of the specific set of guys in your league. Now, that recognized, if you are doing them for the fun of it, then have at it. They are fun; drafting is fun; I would just turn a slightly weary eye towards the "real" value of mock drafts. They are also good for newbies  to do before they take the real plunge. But, generally, I think time is better spent on the horn getting to know the guys in your league and their thoughts on players... in a natural way. We have one guy in the GBRFL, who came by way of the internet, and he is just TOO obvious in his "feeling you out... and up so he can bend you over"! Point is, you gotta' be sincere or people are going to have you pegged sooner rather than later! Ultimately, expending your fantasy football energies sincerely in this manner is VERY productive.
On that note, as my Korean EFL students used to ALWAYS say, "And you?"
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Re: The "real" value of "mock" drafts!?!?
« Reply #1 on: May 13th, 2003, 1:32pm » |
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When I do a mock, I allready know what the teams in my leagues tendency's are. Plus, I have a pretty good idea of what a few of the teams allready have planned, because I hang out with them on a weekly basis. I also get inside info on a few of the other teams from another person in our league who hangs out with some of the other guys in the league. The ultimate value of the mock is not to figure out who is taking who, it is to see what players are going to be available when you pick. I do this by taking teams reserves and just plug the best available player on my board, at the postion they need, into their draft slot. Since I use my board, this gives me a worst case scenario of who is going to be available when I draft. I also take into consideration how many players at each postion where taking every round for the last four years. My mocks don't always get right what players go to what teams, but they are very accurate a predicting who will be available when I pick. I then use this info to set up my draft strategy.
Plus, I just love to mock! 
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« Reply #14 on: May 14th, 2003, 9:49pm » |
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on May 14th, 2003, 6:56pm, theWave wrote:My heart is beating faster just thinking of draft day. I can just hear it now. "Duzerdogz, you're now on the clock." "Shit, Morris was this guy taken??" "Yes", I said. "How about that guy?" "No", I replied. "The Duzerdogz select Koren Robinson". "Great Pick!", a voice yells from across the draftroom. I think to myself, how in the hell did this guy win the SuperBowl??  |
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! Yours is a good ididdle! 
If your draft is boring, maybe you should try to find a new league!
I'm gettin' tingly thinking about it now!
, or players I may have overlooked in my preparation. If I can see that a particular player continues to be drafted, I'll take a closer look at him and try to figure out where these people are coming from. 
SHIT, MOTHER FUCKER! 
