“Grandpa told me he wants to play fantasy football…” – Maucus
#weeksixteen
Rave of the Week I
In the second worst Superbowl game I’ve ever put forth (the
other resulting in a loss), the Heartbreak Kid becomes the first back to back
Superbowl champ. No one else would knew this, but midway, I was THIS close to
calling it a season. Seriously. I was in 9th place through seven
weeks, even if I won the next week I’d only be 3-5…what possible chance did I
have at even making the playoffs? It’d be easy to say now that I knew it all
along, but I did not…(I knew I had a high scoring assemble of players) Giving
up should never be an option, not in life, not in fantasy football because you
can never know what will happen.
Last week Hery wrote a comical post about how if I won I’d,
“thank my twitter followers, take a picture and etch my name, again…” all true.
Therefore I decided to do something different this year...I went to public
school throughout high school which meant I didn’t get to play any varsity
sports due to religion. I’ve always wanted to own a letterman jacket and while
I was scrolling through GQ I noticed Cam wearing a custom jacket. I did my
research and came away with a fantastic idea…”I’m going to make a letterman jacket with all of my winnings on the
sleeves!” Brilliant. On the left sleeve I’ll place two “2009” (I played won
two leagues that year) and on the right sleeve I’ll place “2012” and “2013.”
They all will be in the shape of footballs and will include the championship
score! I haven’t decided if I’ll put an “H” or “R” on the front…but hopefully
it’ll be complete by the start of next season (I’ve already ordered the
jacket).
Rave of the Week III
On another note, my step-grandfather is also a diehard
Chiefs fan. He knew I had Charles and he knew the second half of the season
success I was having which prompted him to reach out to Maucus because he wants
to join our league. As flattering as that sounds, he won’t be joining the
Elite. However how cool would it be to say your grandpa plays fantasy football?
So next year I’m going to start a family league; there are enough of us for 8 man
league plus 2 guys trying to marry into the family. I don’t know why I’ve never
thought of it before, but it should be fun. The bravado in my family…(evil
laugh) I’m going to crush them like grapes.
This year I learned a very important lesson…don’t be
selfish. At face value I drafted a good team: Charles with the fifth selection,
Eddie Lacy in the sixth round, Ryan Matthews in eighth round (all three
finished the year top ten at their respective positions). Then things got
better when I selected Josh Gordon and Zac Stacy off waivers. From day one I
had a solid team, but I wasn’t satisfied with solid, I wanted a “great” team.
When I traded away Gordon and Lacy it was because I thought Steven Jackson
would give me a SUPER team. There’s nothing wrong with enhancing components
that are weak, but if you get to selfish, karma will find a way to foil your
greed. Going forward, I’m simply playing
the game to win, no more Super anything because after all of my foolish trading
away, the team that won it for me wasn’t even that super.
In conclusion, as I said at the finale of the regular season,
it’s been a great, great year.
I’m out like 2013…see you next year boys!
HBK aka The Comeback Kid
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