Following is a post from Gopher:





Connie never did get his draft list... and I called his cell this morning and left a message. We have decided to use the ADP for Gopher's draft list. Since the timer expired, the Jennings and M Barber picks will stand, then commisioner selects S Smith, WR, Car before Fraz's two picks at 2.12 and 3.1 based on ADP ranking.

This seemed to be the best way to handle Gopher's limited internet access problem for the time being. Gee, this commisioner thing is SO much fun! I took yesterday afternoon off to deal with the Eraser problem, and now I'm off to a late start being backed up from yesterday... enough whining... is this solution OK with everyone?

Sorry... After all of the issues getting this draft started, I didn't know it would get back to me so soon. I did leave a post yesterday afternoon, as well as an email to Connie, letting her know which phone number I could be reached at. Maybe she is not around, though... Oh well. I'm fine with the Smith pick , but I'm not quite sure why I was given Boldin after only 30 minutes on the clock? I guess I'll do my best to work with it. Should be back to regular access tomorrow night, and I'll pre-draft round 4. Otherwise, call 925-817-7089.

Maybe so as not to hold up the draft another 12 hours?? But if you want to trade him, give me a shout.

Not an easy situation for the commishes to be in. No draft list as promised and a different cell phone than previously provided...I probably would have done the exact same thing, John.

And he still ended up with two WRs I would have been happy to have myself at 3.06!

Good call.

Difficult situation for sure. Afraid I would not have been so generous.

Connie made a decision to draft Boldin for Gopher... in hindsight, waiting 12 hours might have been the way to go, sorry Gopher.

Gopher, in the meantime, you are up to pick again, and MFL bypassed your pick with a "timer expired" message... no clue whyy you did not get the 12 hours, MFL screwup.

Just spoke to Gopher... rough connection, but I will make a pick for him tonight. hoping to hear from him once more before making the pick. Told him who was available... his pick will be made tonight.

Gopher made his pick.... turmed the pause off (I think ) at MFL.... picks can continue.

I had looked for the email gopher had sent me with a different cell # and couldn't find it anywhere, I was looking thru 3 different email addresses. I see that Karl is back up and I have called and left a message on the correct celL# and asked him to call me with his pick

Thanks again everyone with your patience -growing pains of a new league

OK, so I'm finally back into civilization... Drove literally straight through from San Jose, CA to the eastern side of MN, about a 30-hour drive, on Saturday/Sunday. Along the way, I checked on the status of this draft probably 30 times (had internet in and out during the trip through my Iphone). Last time I looked (before losing all connection with the real world), we had made it through five or six picks... and that was technically 30-40 hours into the draft. Drove into the nearest town to check in again Monday morning... still absolutely ZERO progress. It was at that point that I posted this in the draft thread, or the closest thing we had to one:



in reference to this phone number:



I thought I emailed Connie as well, but it may have been a text that I sent instead (I think I replied to one that you sent me??). Anyway, needless to say, after almost no movement for about two and a half days, I was pretty surprised to find out that I had timed out on Tuesday morning... with no phone calls to the number I had requested. Regardless, I'm not going to make a big deal out of this, or point the blame at anyone but myself.... As a couple of people have noted, I never provided the draft list that I had hoped to complete. I simply ran out of time, trying to get a bunch of stuff done before going on a somewhat complicated vacation. I'm not exactly thrilled to have gotten Boldin after 30 minutes OTC (and no, it can't be justified based on the fact that my previous pick timed out... that's BS), but I'll make it work. Nothing can be done about that now, but no excuses... I still plan on building a successful/competitive team in this league.

As far as the three people who have offered to trade for Boldin... I'm always open to trade offers, but I'm not going to sell a WR cheap just because I'm a little weak at the RB position. Sorry. Anyway, sorry for the holdup... never intended to be that person who can't be reached in the middle of a lengthy draft. I should be good to go, going forward.

By the way, thanks to John and Connie for doing everything they can to keep this moving smoothly, despite the difficulties so far. John, you were more than helpful on the phone last night, despite the crappy connection... I literally had to stand in one particular spot, in the middle of a bunch of pine trees... moving a foot in either direction caused our conversation to cut out, as I'm sure you noticed.

Gopher, no problem, was glad to help out a little. To be honest, I don't think you made out too badly... I almost took S Smith over R Wayne right in front of that pick I made for you based on ADP. Connie must have thought you were completely out of touch on the Boldin pick, but T Jones isn't a horrible RB to have, having led the AFC in rushing last year, Lynch would have been a second round pick if not for his 3 game suspension, and LJ could bounce back with a very good year.

Your pick of Willis in the first really changed the complexion of you roster. Had you cone RB there, your rosted would look very different I think. Glad you are back in civilization....

We tried to be fair, and I was not about to let your picks get forfeited. BTW, I am interested in Boldin too.... let's talk after the draft is done!

By the way, my post above was meant to an explanation of sorts, and definitely not a complaint in any way. I just wanted to let everyone know that I WAS trying to check in and keep things moving, and did attempt to leave contact information that would have helped the situation if it had been used earlier. Also, I was able to locate the email to Connie that I was referring to... it was in my "Sent" file in my Hotmail account from my Iphone. I couldn't see it in my regular Hotmail account, though, which may explain why Connie apparently didn't receive it. Not sure why/how that would be the case... this using email/internet from my phone thing is still somewhat new to me.

Anyway, it appears we're making decent progress, and my team is starting to take form... I'll start a Draft Commentary thread for more on that.

I was thinking about starting a draft commentary thread too. I can see big variations in draft strategies in this draft. I think drafting RB's as late as you did still got you good value at the position.

For me, I wanted to lead the LB run, and am pretty happy with Beason and Ryans, but it cost me at WR, especially going heavy on RB early.