Schedule

[joeshmoe]

Chris,
I don't know what else I can do to try to help you understand how this scheduling thing works so i've made you a temporary Commish.
What you need to do is go to the FGM Fantrax site hold your mouse over "Commissioner", click on "League Setup". From that page click on "Teams and Schedules"; about 1/3 of the way down the page click on  "Matchups". Scroll down below the matrix and you'll see " Select Scoring Period to View/Edit" The pull-down will allow you to select Week 9- The scoring period that will be completed at the end of today's games.
That will show you every single matchup for the week. Fantrax is not versatile enough to allow our schedule to be set at the beginning of the year. We can, however pre-program 60 match-ups. That would be 4 games for each team. Since we play 8 games/Week the other 60 matchups have to be entered manually.
Glancing at it, in the top 60 matchups (automatically generated) you played inter-division (Rox, Giants, Dodgers and D'Backs). In the next 60 matchups (manually entered to accommodate our schedule) you played Blue Jays, Yankees, Angels, and Mariners. Why would your winning pct. stay the same?
I hope maybe this will help you understand the complexity of the situation

Rick I will take a look at the fantrax site tomorrow but a large confusion comes from games being added and adjusted midweek and mid season. I believe that is a new practice for this league in its 5 years I've been here.

Some weeks I played my interdivisional opponents twice early in the season and that seems weird as well.

[joeshmoe]

I have looked at the commisioner mode for fantrax. Let us simplify using San Diego for period 11 (June13th-14th).

-There are currently only 4 games scheduled per team.

-Unless the schedule is completed and merely needs to be entered into fantrax we have a competetive balance issue.

-Creating matchups midseason, after teams scoring and balance has been clearly defined, is dangerous.

-The schedule should be completed ASAP in its entirety, for the seasons remainder, to maintain any competetive balance remaining (before injurys and scoring runs/droughts).

-I had a schedule solution and brought this to the league without changing any of the standings that had occurred upto that point. I was shrugged off. Then standings were altered and the schedule still seems incomplete. We should at least do something for next season before we have another season like this. I question the league standings up and down.

[BHows]

I have looked at the commisioner mode for fantrax. Let us simplify using San Diego for period 11 (June13th-14th).

-There are currently only 4 games scheduled per team.

-Unless the schedule is completed and merely needs to be entered into fantrax we have a competetive balance issue.

-Creating matchups midseason, after teams scoring and balance has been clearly defined, is dangerous.

-The schedule should be completed ASAP in its entirety, for the seasons remainder, to maintain any competetive balance remaining (before injurys and scoring runs/droughts).

-I had a schedule solution and brought this to the league without changing any of the standings that had occurred upto that point. I was shrugged off. Then standings were altered and the schedule still seems incomplete. We should at least do something for next season before we have another season like this. I question the league standings up and down.

- Fantrax, by itself, will not allow for our schedule. Games MUST be entered manually.

- Games don't necessarily have to be entered prior to the start of the scoring period. Fantrax will adjust score to changes in the schedule,

- Matchup have never been changed, only added to accommodate our schedule

- Each team will end up playing the schedule that is put forth. Injuries, scoring droughts, etc, can pop up at any time during the season.

- I started asking for help on this in February. Your suggestion came in somewhere around Week 6. What you proposed entailed going back and changing 1440 entries. Yes Chris, each and every one of those 120 matchups/week would have had to have been changed for every week that we had played.
AND FOR THE LAST TIME- I'm not sure that any standings were changed. Records may have been altered because I correct a half dozen matchups to ensure every team played the same amount of games
 

[joeshmoe]

- Fantrax, by itself, will not allow for our schedule. Games MUST be entered manually.

- Games don't necessarily have to be entered prior to the start of the scoring period. Fantrax will adjust score to changes in the schedule,

- Matchup have never been changed, only added to accommodate our schedule

- Each team will end up playing the schedule that is put forth. Injuries, scoring droughts, etc, can pop up at any time during the season.

- I started asking for help on this in February. Your suggestion came in somewhere around Week 6. What you proposed entailed going back and changing 1440 entries. Yes Chris, each and every one of those 120 matchups/week would have had to have been changed for every week that we had played.
AND FOR THE LAST TIME- I'm not sure that any standings were changed. Records may have been altered because I correct a half dozen matchups to ensure every team played the same amount of games

Rick your missing the point entirely. As for my schedule, no it didn't change any scoring outcomes; you didn't even look at it. And help late is better than no help at all.

Oh well we have no problems with the schedule at all. You're right. Nothing wrong with assigning match ups at the end of a scoring period!

[BHows]

Rick your missing the point entirely. As for my schedule, no it didn't change any scoring outcomes; you didn't even look at it. And help late is better than no help at all.

Oh well we have no problems with the schedule at all. You're right. Nothing wrong with assigning match ups at the end of a scoring period!

I half way agree. It's not the ideal situation but in the end the schedule obligation is met

[joeshmoe]

I half way agree. It's not the ideal situation but in the end the schedule obligation is met

Who is in charge of making match ups right now? The matchup maker is king?

[joeshmoe]

Whats even worse is; my method for correcting this SNAFU could be implemented today without changing a scoring period of yesterday at all. It would give us match ups on paper for the rest of the season. And would have met the schedule demands of the rules set forth. All by rolling a die and assigning numbers.

[BHows]

I give up, need some help

[joeshmoe]

I give up, need some help

I've got to head to work now but if you're willing to honestly come to terms that we need a schedule not an ad-hoc whatever we have now; I'd be happy to work something out together. But I'm not going to put that time in again to have it count for not.

[Flash]

For what it's worth, I think we are fortunate to have Colby actively working with Rick to set-up our weekly schedule.  It has not the problem it's been made out to be in this thread. 

In the past, we relied on another veteran league member to set-up the schedule, however, this season he has not worked with Rick to set-up the weekly matches.  Rick worked diligently to solicit that member's help, and when that help was not forthcoming, Rick asked Colby to help. 

As many of you know, Colby has had to deal with a ProFSL reorganization because of a massive defection, but in spite of that, he has willingly helped Rick with the weekly scheduling.  I know it has caused some concern, but it's being handled on a weekly basis by Rick and Colby and there has not been any adverse effects on our weekly standings.  Sometimes the matches are setup later in the week, and sometimes they come early (like this week).  Rick and Colby have done a great job and there is no reason to cast aspersions.

This season we have some teams that have improved their rosters to the point where we now have a greater level of competition.  We still have some teams in the midst of rebuilds, but every division, with the exception of maybe the AL Central, there are some very competitive races.  As a league moderator, I have the utmost confidence in the commitment of Rick and Colby and I welcome the return of Colby as an active league participant.