Should I fire myself?

damientheomen3 · 03-13-2010, 04:06 PM

I got bored a while ago so I made a league. 4 teams per conference, with 1 team per advancing to a 7 game championship series. I took over a team fromm thet start of the league called the Philadephia Crackers, and traded away all of its good players. We went 53-109 the first year, and 38-124 the next year. Then, I got serious about it. I pretended that the manager granted me a bit of a 'grace period'. Anyway, third year, we went 58-104, a 20 game improvement from last year. Next, 71-91, 13 games better. All four of those seasons, we finished fourth in our conference. Next year, we went 86-76, second in the division by 6 games.

Then, it all clicked with my team. We went 98-64, tied for the top spot in the conference. Yep, that's right, a 60 game improvement in 4 seasons. We were winning the tie-breaker 3-2 through eight, but we allowed a 3 run homer in thr 9th to lose it 5-3. We were soooooo damn close. So then we have high expectations for next season, but an 83-79 season, finishing second by 6 games. I strongly considered firing myself then, but I didn't do so. The next season, we went 90-72, 8 games behind, our fourth consecutive second place finish. I decided to expand each conference to 6 teams, and add a second team from each conference to the playoffs.

We responded to this by going 105-57, first place and in the playoffs. However, we were defeated in the series, 4-3, by the #2 team, and we also went 1-3 at home. Next season, huge expectations, but we went 92-70, 4th place by 4 games (yep, that was a hell of a season). Then, a 103-59 record got us first, but again, downed in the first round in 7 games, this time going 0-4 at home. I thought of the next year as a do or die sort of year, but we were able to come back from being 6 games out of a playoff spot at the start of september to go 90-72 and make the playoffs in the second seed. We lost the series in 7 (surprise, surprise) and went 1-2 at home. If you were the owner, would you fire me? (FWIW we are an average market team and have a budget of about $95 mil)

Qwerty75 · 03-13-2010, 04:39 PM

You consistently get into the playoffs, so I wouldn't fire you.

lighthousekeeper · 03-13-2010, 04:47 PM

all you can try to do is get your team to the playoffs. after that it's up to luck.

NYY #23 · 03-13-2010, 05:13 PM

Unless you worked for "The Boss" it seems like your job would be safe.

AESP_pres · 03-14-2010, 01:47 AM

I vote yes only because you can't win under pressure or better worded your player can't win under pressure when the real season began. But you're lucky I ain't the real boss...

damientheomen3 · 03-14-2010, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYY #23

Unless you worked for "The Boss" it seems like your job would be safe.

If I worked for The Boss Id've been fired 19 games into my first season

bubba22plus · 03-14-2010, 02:02 PM

I voted Maybe.

zyberianwarrior · 03-14-2010, 04:53 PM

As King George would say the only thing that matters is the RING!!!!

You're FIRED!

damientheomen3 · 03-14-2010, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zyberianwarrior

As King George would say the only thing that matters is the RING!!!!

You're FIRED!

Believe it or not, I decided not to fire myself, went 105-57 the next year, and won the league championship, so I got the ring

View Poll Results: If you were the owner, would you fire me?
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03-13-2010, 04:47 PM	#3
lighthousekeeper All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 716	all you can try to do is get your team to the playoffs. after that it's up to luck. __________________ OOTP Companion Utility: dat file reader, Team Rater, Player Dev Tracker, and HOF Analyzer for OOTP10 & 11

03-14-2010, 02:02 PM	#7
bubba22plus All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Equestria Posts: 808	I voted Maybe. __________________ OOTP Resident Brony

03-14-2010, 04:53 PM	#8
zyberianwarrior All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Columbia TN Posts: 1,523	Roflmao As King George would say the only thing that matters is the RING!!!! You're FIRED!

03-13-2010, 04:39 PM	#2
Qwerty75 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 817	You consistently get into the playoffs, so I wouldn't fire you. __________________

03-13-2010, 05:13 PM	#4
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	Unless you worked for "The Boss" it seems like your job would be safe.

03-14-2010, 01:47 AM	#5
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,060	I vote yes only because you can't win under pressure or better worded your player can't win under pressure when the real season began. But you're lucky I ain't the real boss...