Happy Springtime!

 

Just checking in with some updates on where we are here in 2023. Last summer I vowed to make this whole commish thing an easier gig and I've stuck to that and succeeded for the most part. Without a ton of time or effort, we are about 95% ready for the fall and our 44th draft. The only tasks ahead will be generating the draft order and a few other mundane eve-of-the-season items like adding back some in-season modules. Hallelujah. 

Just to catch everyone up, here is where we stand and what I've taken care of after migrating to the 2023 season site:

1) I updated all the info that is contained in the Links section. All our historical data (all-time records, playoff history, etc.) is up-to-date. 

2) Randomly shuffled the non-division schedule weeks. It's ready to go.

3) I went under the hood and changed the scoring system to reflect what was decided on i.e. the decimal scoring system. I also changed the TE requirement and lineup configuration page. Hopefully, we can keep this system in place because sorting through the options, making the changes, and then testing them is kind of a pain. It's one of the downsides of MFL's incredible flexibility as they try to accommodate all the different options people want. It was still a thousand times easier than calculating, checking, and rechecking draft values though. LOL 

4) Updated the rules page (also in the Links section) to cover the changes for 2023. More importantly, I formatted it to be (hopefully) more readable. That was overdue. I also tweaked the tiebreaks page and did the same reformatting.

5) I worked on the Championship News page. I dug up some old ones, created some for years that were missing, and rearranged them all in chronological order. This was the only time-consuming job I attempted but it was well worth the effort for me as the Hughes Newsletters are something I really enjoy. 

6) I spent about 15 minutes tweaking the site's appearance. I uploaded a banner and swapped out a few team helmets. Mostly because I was looking for something to do. I like the color scheme and besides that, changing it entails changing a whole bunch of other graphics. Last year I declared gold and navy blue to be the 'official' league colors so we could just call it a day.

That's pretty much everything. If you go and check the site please let me know if you find anything that looks wonky or broken. I always appreciate the help. Talk soon!

I love k.d. lang's rendition of Hallelujah:

BTW...if you have access to Netflix this is worth a watch. Leonard Cohen was a unique talent.

Finally...I stumbled across this pic of Johnny U. playing hoops for the Colts off-season basketball team. They played around the Baltimore area in charity games. Hard to imagine that sort of thing happening nowadays.

Oh, and a few of my angel: