Famous Dream Team Coaches

[pillager]

Raw Majestic Talent - Well Done.

Hahaha.

Can the mods please do this?

 

[Juzz]

Wonder what the "odds" are on Team Director using his first Trade(s) prior to Rnd 6?

 

[Cartman121]

Took him til RD 8 last year IIRC.

 

[Ausyid]

He's in a great position but he's bloody lucky if you ask me. No Riewoldt was a mistake and he got let off big time. In fact he gained a massive advantage because of it.

If you look at my three trades: two were forced because of injury/suspension to two good picks (Connors and Riewoldt).

The other trade was fixing the only real mistake in my starting squad, Sam Wright, and I think we can all agree that Director is disadvantaging himself by not doing the same with someone like Medhurst or Tippet. He will trade one of them eventually and will have lost points and cash in not doing it earlier.

Overall he is incredibly well poised, and I think he chose a terrific starting squad. Also, he is obviously proven to be very good at this game given his success last year. However, in saying all of that, if he is relying for the rest for the great luck he has had to continue, I don't think he will finish as high as he did in 2009.

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Took him til RD 8 last year IIRC.

I believe he used his second trade to upgrade (edit: I meant downgrade) before Round 6 and then used 13 trades over the next 7 weeks to completely transform his team.

Given the Farmer and Duncan are in his team, he presumably intends to take advantage of DP later in the year by bringing in DP guns into his midfield.

 

[pillager]

I believe he used his second trade to upgrade before Round 6 and then used 13 trades over the next 7 weeks to completely transform his team.

Given the Farmer and Duncan are in his team, he presumably intends to take advantage of DP later in the year by bringing in DP guns into his midfield.

I am seriously considering having a very strong mid on the bench as cover for both forwards and mids with the use of DP.

Example:

Mids
Bartel, Swan, Selwood, Gibbs, Didak, Barlow, L.Davis, Cunnington.

Fwds
O'Keefe, Pavlich, Harvey, Brown, Gia, Higgins, S.Johnson, Duncan, Podsiadly.

It will probably cost an extra couple of trades to set it up but it may well be worth it, especially when gun players get rested later in the year. I would rather have a premium player filling in than a rookie. The probablities of Davis being used in this example are high as he would be covering for both the forwards and the mids. Therefore it is not such a waste having him on the bench.

 

[Juzz]

Given the importance of Captain selection, is there any way of including the Captain choice each week for the 'famous' dream team coaches which are being monitored? IMHO this is yet another strategic variable which would be of interest to Learners such as myself - given I "missed out" on close to 150 points last week due to the very poor choice of Goddard, I would be interested to see if the lock and leave, or weekly switcheroo option, is more preferred by these astute DT'ers

 

[Notorious_29]

Considering most have Ablett I don't think any captain changes would be happening.

EDIT: Well after checking it seems the majority of the 10-12 have gone for Swan over Ablett.

 

[Jolldo87]

Given the importance of Captain selection, is there any way of including the Captain choice each week for the 'famous' dream team coaches which are being monitored? IMHO this is yet another strategic variable which would be of interest to Learners such as myself - given I "missed out" on close to 150 points last week due to the very poor choice of Goddard, I would be interested to see if the lock and leave, or weekly switcheroo option, is more preferred by these astute DT'ers

You missed out on nearly 75, not 150 points because you still would have had Goddard in your team regardless of captaincy selection.

 

[Waverley99]

I am seriously considering having a very strong mid on the bench as cover for both forwards and mids with the use of DP.

Example:

Mids
Bartel, Swan, Selwood, Gibbs, Didak, Barlow, L.Davis, Cunnington.

Fwds
O'Keefe, Pavlich, Harvey, Brown, Gia, Higgins, S.Johnson, Duncan, Podsiadly.

It will probably cost an extra couple of trades to set it up but it may well be worth it, especially when gun players get rested later in the year. I would rather have a premium player filling in than a rookie. The probablities of Davis being used in this example are high as he would be covering for both the forwards and the mids. Therefore it is not such a waste having him on the bench.

I can't say I am sold on this strategy as it is a lot of cash to be sitting on the pine in the event of a future contingency (guns being rested or injured) that may or may not happen. I think you will be sacrificing too many points over the course of the season by employing this tactic. I also play fantasy nba, so I know all about teams resting key players late in the season or sending them in for surgery early. The best way to avoid this risk is to try not to pick too many players from the top 4 or bottom 4 sides. Ideally, if you are 50-50 between two players, opt for the one whose team is likely to be playing hard until round 22, fighting it out for at finals berth. This should help avoid situations like late last season when the Saints rested 7 or 8 key players and decimated everyone's teams.

I think the DP will be best exploited late in the season if you have spare trades, and you can use the gun-rookie DP pairing which has previously been discussed in this thread.

 

[afl16]

Took him til RD 8 last year IIRC.

I'm pretty sure he traded in RD 4, can't remeber who he traded out but he brought in Beams

 

[Cartman121]

I'm pretty sure he traded in RD 4, can't remember who he traded out but he brought in Beams

You are correct sir, my bad.

Round 4: OUT Anthony IN Beams

Round 6: OUT Skipworth IN Warren

Then double trades every week from RD 7-14 (excluding RD 9 where he only made 1).

 

[matt73]

Its hard to fault Team Director as he obviously knows his stuff but i still cant work out why he didnt do the predictable PODS trade last week. Would have given him much needed cash to upgrade with and the added bonus of the increase in cash earnt by Pods (assuming ppl who got him did so with a view to eventually trade him out)

I traded Ziebell to PODS for about 200k profit but in my mind it was more like a 300-400k profit assuming Pods can get to say mid 250-300k..


Would be interesting to here from him as to why he didnt!

Having said that, with his current position and 20 trades remaining he is right on track for a great year again!!

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Its hard to fault Team Director as he obviously knows his stuff but i still cant work out why he didnt do the predictable PODS trade last week. Would have given him much needed cash to upgrade with and the added bonus of the increase in cash earnt by Pods (assuming ppl who got him did so with a view to eventually trade him out)

I traded Ziebell to PODS for about 200k profit but in my mind it was more like a 300-400k profit assuming Pods can get to say mid 250-300k..


Would be interesting to here from him as to why he didnt!

Having said that, with his current position and 20 trades remaining he is right on track for a great year again!!

Still requires another trade to realise that addition profit - either through an upgrade or a downgrade

 

[Majestic1]

You are correct sir, my bad.

Round 4: OUT Anthony IN Beams

Round 6: OUT Skipworth IN Warren

Then double trades every week from RD 7-14 (excluding RD 9 where he only made 1).

So he had used 17 trades before round 15 leaving him with just 3 for the remaining 8 rounds.

 

[Ollies]

You've got to tip your hat to him. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Last week he had 22 playing and backed his original squad rather than make an unforced trade. Even with Medhurst and Tippett on the park he pulled out a 2200. It looks to me like he has the philosophy that he'd rather back his original selections as long as there's no donut and that if one of his squad loses value over the first few weeks its better than trading unnecessarily. He's waiting for his cash cows to mature as per his plan.

 

[OneEyedPie7]

Whatever happened to lukehodge15? He was the first gun DTer I can remember on here. Does he have a new BF username or just CBF posting?

This is a great thread actually. It's good to know where the well known or long-time gun DTers are, also where I would sit on the ladder in comparison. I'm in between Chook Raffle and Calvinator ATM.

Pretty sure he spends his time drinking Corona's and eating seafood these days.

 

[makingmemark]

Given the importance of Captain selection, is there any way of including the Captain choice each week for the 'famous' dream team coaches which are being monitored? IMHO this is yet another strategic variable which would be of interest to Learners such as myself - given I "missed out" on close to 150 points last week due to the very poor choice of Goddard, I would be interested to see if the lock and leave, or weekly switcheroo option, is more preferred by these astute DT'ers

Good suggestion and something I'd like to do.
However, it's not that easy to compute. I can get each coach's team,all their players and their total score but there is no way of specifically knowing which players played. IF I knew their emg's, then it would be easy enough to work out the captain....

 

[m0nty]

Pretty sure he spends his time drinking Corona's and eating seafood these days.

He's more of a Bacardi Breezer type of bloke, actually. Loves his alcopops.

 

[Budgie63]

For all this talk of Director's 20 trades and given his donut-averse coaching policy, the absence of Hitchcock, Duncan on extended IC and with Gia a possible late withdrawal we may well see TD make his first trade this round (that was a mouthful!).

 

[54Dogs]

He's more of a Bacardi Breezer type of bloke, actually. Loves his alcopops.

Yep, a true Metro.

IMO needs more time on the golf course and less time texting the hard working guys.

 

[BigVic]

Did the Peterson to Davis trade this week and made a 213K profit to spend on in coming weeks.

Who did Team Director traded out this week?

 

[bones25]

Its hard to fault Team Director as he obviously knows his stuff but i still cant work out why he didnt do the predictable PODS trade last week. Would have given him much needed cash to upgrade with and the added bonus of the increase in cash earnt by Pods (assuming ppl who got him did so with a view to eventually trade him out)

I traded Ziebell to PODS for about 200k profit but in my mind it was more like a 300-400k profit assuming Pods can get to say mid 250-300k..


Would be interesting to here from him as to why he didnt!

Having said that, with his current position and 20 trades remaining he is right on track for a great year again!!

Some people need to learn some basic accounting/maths, Ziebell has not made $, he is in fact in the RED at $5,900, any trade with him is a LOSE not a profit.

 

[bones25]

You've got to tip your hat to him. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Last week he had 22 playing and backed his original squad rather than make an unforced trade. Even with Medhurst and Tippett on the park he pulled out a 2200. It looks to me like he has the philosophy that he'd rather back his original selections as long as there's no donut and that if one of his squad loses value over the first few weeks its better than trading unnecessarily. He's waiting for his cash cows to mature as per his plan.

Thats my predicament this week, do I trade for the sake of it or continue being patient. Would love to know what he is doing with Medhurst, I have for now, benched him and playing Pods due to the Richmond factor and Medders stinking it up.
I can't decide if I really need Davis or JKT, no rookies are ready yet to be ejected. Decisions decisions.

Still holding 20 trades

 

[woofta]

Did the Peterson to Davis trade this week and made a 213K profit to spend on in coming weeks.

Who did Team Director traded out this week?

Surely this thread is for discussion about teams of the 'famous DT coaches';not about the teams of those who think they are or want to be.