Name: Dave Shick
Home: Bellingham, WA
Credentials:
- Founder / Commissioner of Bellingham Fantasy League (1993)
- Took 15th out of 90,000 in Sandbox Coach's Clipboard in 2000. Took a screen snap shot for framing. (Won $25 from an online store)
- Masters Degree in Technology.
- Smart enough to marry a woman that digs fantasy football. She won our local league the past two years.
Keys to FF Success:
- Doing your homework. All the guys who make NFL rosters are studs. Many of them just need to the *OPPORTUNITY* to succeed. Knowing where these opportunities exist is the key to finding quality sleepers.
- VBD. God I love Excel.
- Understanding your scoring system.
- Running Backs, Running Backs, Running Backs, Running Backs...
Quote: "Sports do not build character, they reveal it". - Heywood Broun
Pre-game Ritual: I don't care what ESPN calls it. I still call it "Gameday".
Sex or Football: Yes to both questions.
Favorite Players:
- Bo Jackson: MVP of Pro-Bowl and All-Star Game. Best all around athlete ever?
- George Blanda: A fantasy quarterback that got all those kicking points too.
- Kenny Easley: He gave WR's nightmares about going over the middle.
- Marshall Faulk: Not for the points. Anybody else remember the game where the clock was ticking down and Torry Holt got hurt? In order to save a timeout Faulk literally picked up Holt and *planted* him on the line of scrimmage so Warner could spike the ball. Dude is a gamer.
Favorite Plays:
- Every hook and ladder play ever attempted.
- Randall Cunningham bouncing off of a ferocious hit from Carl Banks, steadying himself with one hand on the ground, then throwing a TD pass.
- Fredd Young's destruction of Jessie Hester on a kick return in the mid 80's. I thought Hester was dead. Really.
- Jim Everett's table flip incident with Jim Rome on camera.
Favorite days of the year:
- Day one of the NFL draft.
- Day of our local league fantasy draft.
If I were Paul Tagliabue I would:
- End franchise free agency. Teams wouldn't be able to sell themselves to other cities.
- Award bonus points for long Field Goals.
- Recognize the train wreck that is about to happen with veteran minimum salaries and do something about it.
Redraft or Keeper? Redraft. To dominate year after year in a redraft is much more challenging.
Favorite FF Team Names:
- Big Train (after the Frank Thomas commercial)
- Bad Things Man
Why I would be a great GM:
- I want to win, not make my owner money.
- I would hire more position coaches. Mark Cuban in Dallas is on to something. Why not spend a few bucks more on your investment of several million.
Ginger or Mary Ann: Mary Ann (by a large margin).
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