BJWilliams wrote:Fine, whatever...if I fall out of the A-League and abdicate commissioner after this year maybe you can take over and allow "dibs" and all that crap (which I know you made up all that historical nonsense because you're enjoying seeing me act this way...and I don't but into all that nonsense about the "dark side" either)
BJ, as a real life Commissioner in a sport that also doesn't matter yet people care way too much about, I want to give to you (for FREE) some advice as to how to deal with these whiners.
1) Set up a "Committee" or "Board of Governors" with members that you appoint. Appoint a combination of fictitious people, people who have vanished off the face of the earth, and people who have experience on the field who can give your commission legitimacy. You don't want them to be actively involved, because then you can't do whatever you want.
*
- A Committee consisting of Kelsey Goss, ToTheLeft, and John Madden would be a fantastic start.
2) Any time some idiot complains about the way you do things, tell them the Committee will consider those concerns and give you a decision. Make sure to use calming phrases like, "just because that's the way we've done it doesn't mean that's the right way," "I'm open to that idea," "I'm not opposed to that suggestion" and my personal favorite, "I would love to discuss this further over a beer or 10."
3) "Go to the Committee" - I mean they don't exist anymore, but you need to wait it out a couple of days before telling people their ideas suck. And when you do give them the bad news, agree with them in theory. But don't blame their dissatisfaction on the Committee or else people will want new (and possibly real) people on the Committee.
4) Make up rules that secretly screw with the whiners and give credit to the Committee. "Calling DIBS will result in the DIBCALLER being placed in the lowest available league" is a great rule. Those DIBCALLERS will have NO IDEA what you are up to.
* - Be careful how you make rules to benefit yourself, tho. The whiners are gunning for you. A proposed rule stating that "Commissioners may not be relegated, ever" might raise some flags. Instead, consider changing the draft type to AutoPick so that all of the teams are stuck drafting the same way you do and can't gain a competitive advantage.
5) This job you've taken on is a thankless job. I mean it - NO ONE will ever thank you. So you better make sure you benefit from being Commissioner while you're stuck here.
have no sway on the whims, machinations or justice doled out by the Spirit of DIBS. The Visgoths knew this and fled! If only the likes of the Roanoke Colonists, the crew of the Titanic, Jimmy Hoffa, Elvis and the good Citizens of Atlantis had taken heed, the world would be in a much different place. So mock, shun and guffaw at the Rites of Dibs, others have before. Others who now wish they had not.
- By aredd33
- By ballah09