It should not take that much to base up a team
 

It's very frustrating when you hear guys say "Oh, it's gonna take me some time to create this team and run the bases." I know guys egos are so big that they don't want to lose but when you are in it not just to win, that should not matter. Granted, no one likes to lose but the reality is that if you know what you are doing, you can create a team in a matter of 4 hours or less.

Three weeks ago, the SWC started its season. Coming into the game, I had not even had a team ready to play. I just like to act like I've got the teams prepared as I try to hype the game and get people enthused about playing. In my first game against "Rookie" and his Texas Tech Red Raiders, I had no sleep as I rode to Austin that evening, reffed a game, went to sleep for about 2 hours, and got up and base up a team that had nothing on them in 2 hours.

By game time, I was exhausted but felt an obligation to play games and wanted to. One of my opponents did not want to play, which frustrated me in driving 4 hours, and the other one, Rookie, later admitted he was in no rush to play the game but felt he had an obligation to play me because of the drive. Well, Rookie won the game as he played brilliantly.

I walked away with my thoughts about why do people do that, not play games when given the opportunity. It frustrated me because if one of the purposes of the game is to interact and have fun, are we putting our own self-serving interest of wanting to win over just the camaraderie?

Now I am faced with a similar situation with Notre Dame. Iowa was by all account, railroaded into playing the game and played admirably. Iowa coach, Ernest Claiborne, in turn set up a game between the Fighting Irish and Volunteers for this weekend. Many people want to watch the game. Unfortunately, the game will not happen. I can't understand why as it takes just a few hours to put a competitive team on the field.

I am just wondering do others feel this way or am I a lone wolf. Granted, by some accounts, I am not a great player so it should not be even worth not getting ready for and getting a win off me. But for me, I just want to play the games and finish the season without rushing at the end.

Do you experience this?

Reg

Regniald

I don't think it takes that long to get a team ready if you are just switching bases and painting up a few members of your team.

I have talked to RD many times about what he is doing with his ND team and in defense of him he has been working late at work and gets home around 8:00 to 9:00 . I dont think he is just taking bases from the Raiders and switch them over he is rebaseing a new team of Fighting Irish and painting alot of players.

I think he deserves some more time to perpare his team. He had plained on not playing until after our game . I hope you don't make a big deal out of him playing this weekend since there are other teams to play that are ready today.

You guys are right down the road from each other and can play any weekend in the near future , the hard game for you to play will b ethe S.A> guys because of travel and RJ .

In good time that game will be played

Good luck

PS :
Why dont you ride to Valley Mills and ride with me to Austin sat. then Me, you and Mike can drive to SA sun morning ???

I am thinking about it
 

I am thinking about it although my wife may be a little TO'ed because it's San Antonio and she was not too happy with me getting one game in on my last ride south.

I won't even speak of that game anymore. I may see if Earnest want to schedule his other game with me since he will be home for that game and his team has 5 years plus experience.

Reg

Why dont all you guys move to Waco and we can play like baseball
162 per season

That would be a blast games every day.

WE just need to schudule better , RJ may be there I heard

If all six showed up we could play two games at a time

We could really knock out some games that away.

Sat night
Tenny vs. Texas I ref

Sun Morn
Tech vs. Col. state RR ref
RJ vs. Tex John ref


Tenny vs. RJ Mike ref
Tech vs. Ark Vill ref

Tenny vs. ARK I ref
Col State vs. Tex RJ ref

Tenny =3 games
Texas=3 games
Tech =2 games
RJ= 2 games
Col state=2 games
Ark= 2 games

Perfect

ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$

Not Enough Time
 

If one has nothing else to do, yes a team can be put together in a matter of hours. As an example, I am working on a new video. I haven’t begun shooting yet because of the number of teams that have to be painted. I started preparing for the video back in January of this year. Because of work, chores, working out, school, personal pet peeves, and family time, I have only 7 teams painted. I intend to paint 5 more teams then I will begin shooting. I have to have all of those teams to support the video. I am grinding to make each of them. Reggie your enthusiasm is tremendous but, I refuse to lose sleep over this hobby. Don’t take it wrong. I just want to keep things in their proper perspectives.

In regards to winning and losing, I consider myself a balanced person in that area. I do all that I can to increase my chances of winning at the same time I am not overwhelmed by winning. I can move beyond losing. I take it like a man and keep it moving. Like I said, I don’t lose sleep over this hobby. Some people are overly possessed about winning to such a point that they resent the fact that they were beaten by someone. Believe it or not, some people take losing so badly that they literally flee from any situation that appears to be competitive.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

Well said! ppls$ ppls$

1 hour and a half
 

It took me to build the team that went to this years miggle superbowl that lost to jim in overtime, so I agree Reg, it don't take long at all.

P.S. Right after miggles dinner, I sold my power team and built a fast team with alittle strengh, WISH THAT RIGHT CB WAS ABIT MORE STRONGER THOUGH (smile).

2 weeks ago me and jim took 2 of my UNTWEAKED college teams of 22, we set the clock to 45 minutes, I was done with the whole team in roughly 37 minutes, we both built complete teams and played a game, it was ALOT of fun.

P.S. If we would have bulked them up to 4.0 they could easly have played against any CBSMF team.

Norbert Revels

But norbert

Most people are not super heros like you and Jimthmbsp$ thmbsp$

RD is just a mortal with a long day
not alot of extra time to paint, base, and tweak

DO I SMELL....
 

BLOOD IN RAIDERNATION? DO I SEE A LITTLE YELLOW STREAK GOING DOWN YOUR BACK..... COME ON RD GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN....

Doug...
 

excuse me if I may...can you let RD speak for RD? PLEASE!!! I'm starting to think you are still in "Raider Nation!" :nhnh: :rtfl:

I really do hope that RD is working on his squad and getting them ready for play. Its just that most people do get caught up on winning and in the rankings that they would much rather play what they consider to be the "loose end" of their schedule first to build up some wins and momentum. Also, Doug RD must understand that when you join a league shortly after the season kicks off that there will be a sense of urgency to get the games played. Especially, when goin in you know that you have joined a league with a short season. We only have 5 weekends left in the season. The conference Championships all have to be played by the weekend of July 24th. We have selection show Sunday on the 26th. Canton is 2 weeks after that. That is not a lot of time. 5 weekends, with one being the conference championship weekend and we have the Oklahoma trip and another Gameday with all the teams that need to be scheduled. Very tough to accomplish my friend but we'll see!

Mike

First You are slowing down the Red Raiders Practice!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Second
The main reason I am in the protection mood is mainly from what I saw on this site yesterday.

It looks like we lost a very good player out west because of some comments that hit a core with him. Not saying it was right wrong or whatever .

I was trying to stop any hard fellins on someone being called out .

I think RD and Ernest are playin in this league to help us out and play some games more for us than them.

I could be wrong but I dont want them to get mad and not play over some comments, both got a late start ( Ernest was able to use his Pitt team which made it easy for him) Rd is painting and tweaking and trying to get a new team, this has nothing to do with what nation I am in but more about us playing these game .

You are correct in the fact that I should not be speaking for anyone but I was trying to defuse what I saw as maybe a problem , I am probally wrong.

The time is slipping away I didnt thank that it would be here that fast.

I will take my nose and stick it back where it belongs and hope all goes well/.


By the way Reginald ask for responces from others

I am part of the OTHERS:nhnh: :nhnh: :nhnh:
Sometimes i fell LOST ppls$ ppls$

I need a fix

By the way again
we could have taken this off line :nhnh: :nhnh: :nhnh:

Doug...
 

:rtfl: That was funny! It was also well taken! I understand completely and if this takes you away from practice then I'll keep typing. :nhnh:

As for RD...you know him better than anyone and I know Reg better than most. I'm sure Reg was trying to ruffle RD feathers enough to make him want to play. Perhaps that is not the approach for RD. I don't know but what I do know is that time is of the essence at this stage and we have very little of it to complete the season.

By the way...you're not an "OTHER" you're part of the "HOSTILES" or are they one and the same? Now I'm "LOST". I need a fix too...sheesh!

And no, there is too much taken off line these days. The community needs to see this! (Someone told me this in a post b4) :nhnh:

Hold on Harrell I will be back in a min.

Call your on plays!!!!!


I was thinking Reggie was trying to get under some skin he knows how to get em out and playin.

But I just wanted all of us to get to play a bunch.


thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$

ALL IN THE CBSMF
 

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THE JABS OR POSTINGS OF MYSELF SERIOUSLY....I THOUGHT THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT I TALK JUNK TO WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAZZING.... I LIKE RAZZING SOMEONE JUST AS MUCH AS REG AND OTHERS...SOMETIMES I GET UNDER PEOPLES SKIN AND IF SO...OH WELL THAT IS WHAT TRASH TALKING IS ABOUT.......TO MAKE YOU LOSE FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND.....

UNDERSTAND .....THIS GAME WAS HERE BEFORE US AND WILL BE HERE AFTER WE ARE GONE....THE BEST THING IS TO ENJOY THE MOMENT...BECAUSE TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED.......

I MYSELF ...DO NOT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON WINNING...I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE MOST PART THAT THIS IS A GAME.....
MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE FELLOWSHIPPING....THATS WHAT I ENJOY....AND NEXT WEEKEND WHEN MY EXTENDED FAMILY COMES TO NY AND WE HOOK IT UP.....NOTHING BUT LOVE WILL BE IN THAT ROOM.....WIN...LOSE...OR DRAW........

My only thing is that...
 

RD spent several (an I mean several hours) scrimmaging Earnest to get his team prepared to play me. If you can scrimmage, you probably can play too because you are not putting scrubs up against Earnest. You put your Raiders or Irish that you have done, up against him to give him hints on what to do to stop me.

Well, let's just say Earnest was not too pleased over taking a tongue lashing from RD and then RD unwillingness to play right away. I imagine in Earnest eyes, "Heck, RD scrimmaged me so why would he not be ready?"

We don't have much time and I know guys are busy. I am too! Like y'all, I am just as dedicated of a family man too. Electric Coach, I understand on keeping things in perspective, and RD has the enthusiasm. This is a part of my life and it is a hobby but we do have a league that needs to finish in a timely manner.

I originally got the call from Earnest that RD would play me Sunday. I thought that was okay because when it was Earnest time to play last week, I got the call from RD that Earnest will play. So I thought this SHERNROB, Inc. organization worked hand-in-hand.

For me, I just know how I am. If a guy ask me to play, I don't spend much time thinking about it. I say, "Give me an hour or two to put some bases on the players and I will see what I can do". There's never a long thought about having to build a team over days, let alone weeks to play a game that I love.

For the most part, I never know when I will have another chance to play so I try to take advantage of the time that I can. That's all.

Mike, Doug never left the SHERNROB camp! I thought you knew that!!!:rtfl: :rtfl: :rtfl: :rtfl:

Reg

Mozeek

All is good here!!!ppls$ ppls$ ppls$


Are the bears PLayin in the Bam?????ppcrn ppcrn ppcrn

Yes
 

As The Carolina Panthers

I dont get it ????

As the Panthers??

YES
 

HIS BEARS WERE NOT FINISHED ...AND HE HAS A PANTHER TEAM ALL READY......

I see

Basing might not take too long for me.....but painting and detailing and customizing sure does:eek: So...if I had to start from scratch to put my Utes together, it would take me weeks to finish. I don't always have a lot of time to devote to the hobby...especially since I have other hobbies!!!mgngcrz

Basing isn't too difficult for me now....but it used to be. The best advice I can give here is TAKE WHAT THE BASE GIVES YOU and don't try to make it something it isn't. If a base is naturally fast or strong....enhance that. If the base tends to loop, fine, don't work too hard to straighten it out....use that loop for a blitzer or back who can attack the perimeter of the "D." This method speeds up basing a team....and in the end, probably makes it a better team

Funny
 

Ah the wit is coming out...enjoying the banter...I look forward to the response of RD, talked with him many times as a long distance tweaking mentor and fishing as well...I look forward to his response, however, I really look forward to watching Tenn vs. ND whenever it's played on the CBSMF network:)

Joe Ram

I personally don't look forward to his responce.

I don't think he will find this topic very witty.

I just want to play all of the coaches that have said they will play.

We will see how this turns out .:rnt; :rnt; :rnt; :rnt; :rnt;

Thats the BIGGEST BUNCH OF"BS", I've read that you have written Norbert. To me getting a team ready is much more than just basing them up. It is customizing,painting,tweaking, and decaling a squad of 52 players, if you did all that in 1 1/2 hours then I'll kiss your backside. Enuff with the BS.

RD

Speaking of building mometum, kinda like your trip to LA??

Comon MIke, you have almost never shown a sense of urgency before.

RD

Wow. The scrimmage was with my oakland team not Notre Dame. Oh and by the way. When we play I'm gonna hang 10 on you, as in 10 per quarter!!

This is all very very amusing to me. First let me say the following. What does getting a team prepared mean to me?

1) Home Field:Many in the hobby have someone else build their field. I choose to do it myself. I always like my team to have a home field, Therefore I built a Notre Dame custom field so we could play in, I now have a home field. Step 1
2) Customizing figures: Some in the hobby buy custom figures. I choose to customize them myself. Step 2
3) Painting: Some in the hobby choose to have others paint their squads. I choose to do it myself. Step 3
4) Decaling: Some in the hobby choose to have others decal for them. I choose to do it myself Step 4
5) Tweaking: Some in the hobby choose to buy bases already tweaked. I choose to do it myself Step 5 This is the part I really enjoy, I helped Boston 21 tweak nearly his whole team, and I will tweak a complete roster of 52 Fighting Irish, so if you don't wanna wait I'll give you an easy way out Reg, I'll just hand you a forfeit.

As for getting a team ready that is what I do to get a team ready. I'm involved in every facet of what it takes to build a competeive team from the ground up. As for Reg getting his team ready very quickly, Tenn runs on mostly the same bases as his Cowboys in the DFW, naturally it doesn't take a "Rocket Scientest" to switch bases over.

And the funniest thing I took from this post was that we are scared and are dodging Reg and his Tenn Vols, why would anyone think that. Reg and his Cowboys have lost 11 games in the DFW(Tenn has basically the same bases) in the past 2 years, having lost to MIke and Barry by a combined score of 62-14, so what makes you think were scared, I'm confused. And he lost to as Reg calls him now, Mr. Shanefelt in the opener of the college season, so why be scared of Tenn? If you wait till were ready Reg you will be in for one heck of a game. I promise you, we will hang
"10" on you, as in 10 per quarter. The following words will be ringing in your head following our "Game", if you choose to play

Notre Dame
"Notre Dame Victory March"

Rally sons of Notre Dame
Sing her glory and sound her fame
Raise her Gold and Blue
And cheer with voices true:
Rah, rah, for Notre Dame
We will fight in every game,
Strong of heart and true to her name
We will ne'er forget her
And will cheer her ever
Loyal to Notre Dame.

Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame,
Wake up the echoes cheering her name,
Send a volley cheer on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky!
What though the odds be great or small,
Old Notre Dame will win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory!

GO IRISH!!

Oh and by the way Norbert, I think you've lost 3, maybe 4 games up there in the "Big 10" already, maybe you should have taken a little longer than 1 1/2 hours to put that team together. Just my 2 cents.

Big country, calm down, at the miggle tournament, you can only use there teams, mine allready had facemask and decaled numbers on them from last year, so for me it was easy to get them ready, it really only took me 1 1/2 hours to base them up.

Norbert

I fully agree buddy.

Norbert

WHY FORFEIT?
 

I WISH I HAD A BUNCH OF "EYE SPIES" TO CALL ME UP WHEN PEOPLE POST ABOUT ME.......BUT ENOUGH GIRL TALK....
WHY ARE SOOOOOOOOO MANY COACHES WILLING TO FORFEIT A GAME? IS IT SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OUT LATER ON......RD PLAY THE GAMES I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS...SO JUST PLAY THE GAME WHEN YOU ARE READY...YOU KNOW ALL THE JABBERING ON THIS POST WAS TO GET YOU TO RUSH INTO SOMETHING UNPREPARED.....BUT I UNDERSTAND.......LOL WOULD ALL THE SO CALLED BEST PLAYERS ON EARTH STOP FORFEITING OR RETIRING...IT MAKES YOU LOOK SCARED...ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET ON HERE PASSING OUT WOLF TICKETS.....AND CONTINUE TO DO IT ON A STEADY BASIS.........
LET'S SEE WHO IS REALLY THE BEST "THIS YEAR" IN CANTON
BE THERE........IF NOT THEN STOP GETTING ON HERE FLAPPING YO JAWS

understandable

Why did I mention a forfeit B/C those words are spoken often by coaches if you cant play when they think a game has been scheduled, if you know what I mean.

YESSIR
 

Know what ya mean

What I did
 

I had my team already decaled from last year. I know for me it took forever for me to do a team. From a basing standpoint I don't want my team to done as a coach. That way, I can continue to improve the team as I go for a better end product.

The tail end....
 

Uncle Reggie,

Once again, I got suckered into joining one of those revolutionary leagues.
I had to take a very good non weighted team and transform them into a weighted team. I was amazed! I had very little time to do anything but I was able to create a very competative team. Of course there will need to be additions and adjustments,but I pulled it off. However, i'm finding it harder to tweak bases these days. I don't know if it is the bases or me. Too bad i'll never get to play with LSU any time soon.

ppcrn :rtfl: ppcrn hlmt$

Tron, I miss you Bruh
 

Tron, I miss you my scientific friend.

Reg

It does take a long time to base up a winning team
 

I have not read all the posted replies, but this item can be answered in 2 formats

NO - it don't take long to base up a team in theroy, but to be successful, you have to put in some time to find the right players to play your schemes.

OR

YES - it does take a long time to base up your team. you have to have the right WR or "train" your OT to slid or pull at the right speed and angle to be effective...that takes more time to fine-tune it.
Then there is the OLB aka Looper - you have to 1) choose the type of base for that position; 2) fine-tune it's angle of pursuit..... all time consuming process for most.

let's not forget the superstar RB - or stable of RB.... each one was be 'trained" to do a function within your offense... also a place to spead time doing until you have what you want carrying the load......

I can go on and on.....you get the picture......

K-Lo

NO - it don't take long to base up a team, I did my miggle team in about 5 hours, 1st i make a strong OL and strong DL then i make very fast DB and
then i make my LB'S fast with some power and then i go do my RB'S one that go to the left and one that go to the right and two that are fast and strong and the QB has to be fast and the WR'S i have to put in the most time to find the right ones.

and that's it 5 hours and a miggle title with a little luck.
but that's just me you do what you do.
to me the fun part is to make a team when i get to a tournament and see how far i can go with a team i just maid, that's fun to me.

ps
my home team is my home team i don't play with them away from home and i don't take any players from my home team to play with. when i play away from home i base a team up when i get there or make a new team to play with like i did when i played in the DFW.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME.