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Originally Posted by Amish
Ok, you can call me a cheater Brian fair enough. Thank you for talking to Frank and me first before announcing your ideas to the league.
I have the same argument as Frank as far as this being the only week not submitting a full "ideal" lineup. As far as Harrison, I had a wedding on Saturday and was out of town, and I didn't change that.
As far as it affecting the overall scores, I wouldn't have beat Wonder Mutts.
So, I guess I don't have any defense but the way it was brought up was poorer judgement than my lineup setting.
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So to summarize: "Yes, I'm intentionally tanking (cheating, if you like), but you're a jerk for pointing it out."
Why the co-manager of the league (I don't know Brian's official title, but it seems to me that he and Mike run this thing) can't bring problems to light when he sees them is beyond me. To suggest that him pointing out you tanking is worse than you tanking is, frankly, ridiculous.
To intentionally throw games is very lame, IMO. And yes, when you do the following, you are intentionally tanking:
1. Start Garrard over Manning
2. Bench Parker (17.6 PPG) and Graham (16.6 PPG, and 21.9 PPG since becoming the starter) in order to start Lamont Jordon, who lost his starting job in week 7, got completely benched for two weeks in weeks 10 and 11, and returned in week 12 to have 3 carries (opposed to starter Fargas' 22). You benched two STUD RBs for a non-starter and absolute non-factor in Oakland. All Brian did was point out the obvious - you didn't even try to disguise your intentions by playing arguably plausible players.
The fact that some teams (beyond the team that does it) think this is fine is a bad sign.