ATD 2023 Draft Thread II (see post 1,069 for ATD Final voting result)

[tony d]

Reminder pms have been sent out. Still can't send anything to @Hitru but to you and any former drafters who wish to vote this time you have until 12 PM EST on Thursday June 8th to vote.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Very good teams and very tough to pick a winner - again!

 

[Habsfan18]

Voted.

Thanks again @tony d for taking control and sending out the PM’s. And thanks to @Theokritos for tallying yet again.

Apologies for the lack of activity. Real life takes precedence over HF Boards. But the ATD seems to be pretty dead across the board. Hopefully it’s just an “off year”.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Voted!

 

[tony d]

Voted.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Votes in

 

[Theokritos]

11 ballots so far. Still time to vote.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Have voted. Things really fell off, lots of regulars left for one reason or another - life can do that - and that obviously slowed a process that's better when it's regimented to keep everyone on their toes and active. Still, always a good experience to team build, and probably best to take the summer off and talk about how or what should be shifted for 2024 to improve the process.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Vote coming shortly

 

[tony d]

How many votes in now @Theokritos?

 

[Theokritos]

With 13 ballots submitted, these are the results of the conference finals:

Red Fisher Conference: Chicago Shamrocks vs Saskatoon Sheiks 3-4
Jim Coleman Conference: Guelph Platers vs Nova Scotia Voyageurs 3-4


Voters:
@BlueBleeder, @BraveCanadian, @Claude The Fraud, @Dr Pepper, @Habsfan18, @Hawkey Town 18, @Hitru, @nabby12, @Professor What, @ResilientBeast, @tinyzombies, @tony d, @Transplanted Caper

 

[BraveCanadian]

Nothing going on so we should probably stick a fork in this thing for the year, yeah?

 

[Habsfan18]

Nothing going on so we should probably stick a fork in this thing for the year, yeah?

It’s sad to see the lack of activity, but I’m glad there are at least a few members who have stuck around to continue voting.

I myself haven’t really been active either. My wife and I have a 4 year old, I work full-time, I have things I’ve been doing around the house, and I’ve been in the process of helping my cousin move into her new house over the past two weeks. Real life just gets in the way of these activities, sometimes. And I imagine many GM’s are similarly busy.

Plus..it’s one thing for me to campaign for mine and TC’s team, but I don’t particularly care to campaign against IE’s team when he’s not around to campaign back.

If everyone is ready to vote, that sounds good to me.

 

[tony d]

I can send reminder pm votes out tomorrow if needed.

 

[tony d]

So same deal as always? We send our votes to @Theokritos and a Thursday deadline of 12 PM EST?

 

[Theokritos]

As far as I'm concerned: yes, go ahead.

 

[tony d]

Okay, I'll send voting reminder pms out this afternoon.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Voted. Low participation this year, but some really solid teams and team concepts. Well done on that everyone.

 

[Theokritos]

10 ballots submitted. Results of the 2023 Milt Dunnell Cup Final:

Nova Scotia Voyageurs defeat Saskatoon Sheiks 4-3

Voters:
@BraveCanadian, @Claude The Fraud, @Dr Pepper, @Hawkey Town 18, @Hitru, @nabby12, @Professor What, @ResilientBeast, @tinyzombies, @tony d

 

[Dr Pepper]

Congrats to @Habsfan18 & @Transplanted Caper on their W, and thanks to @Theokritos for keeping this one running by being in charge of votes!

 

[Elvis P]

Congrats to @Habsfan18 & @Transplanted Caper on their W, and thanks to @Theokritos for keeping this one running by being in charge of votes!

Agreed

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Woah! Thanks all. HabsFan18 absolutely drove the bus on this thing and did the lion's share of the work and deserves the credit, but still, always nice to see your name in lights nonetheless.

 

[Habsfan18]

Wow, checking in quickly from work here but thank you to everyone who continued voting right to the end. Participation was at an all-time low and that was tough to see, but a big shoutout to @tony d and @Theokritos for keeping this thing running along.

I’m glad the Voyageurs were well received by the voters. TC and I had a vision in mind for what we wanted to build and we saw it through. I think that although it may not have been the sexiest looking and most exciting team on paper, it was a team built to compete and win, and one that relied on its strengths with a head coach that was very well suited to the club he was managing. We talk about every team looking different stylistically with a specific overall identity in mind. I think the Voyageurs were one of those teams that when you look at what it should be able to do, it should do it very well. At least that was what we believed, and it’s rewarding to see that the majority of voters agreed with that, even if this was mainly a write-off by the end with even less participation than usual.

Thank you again to all, and congrats again to @ImporterExporter on yet another finals appearance. I know it must not be easy getting so close but there’s no doubt in my mind that you’ll win one day. You’re an incredible GM and even though there was no debating and back & forths between you and I , it was an honour to be in a final against you.

Woah! Thanks all. HabsFan18 absolutely drove the bus on this thing and did the lion's share of the work and deserves the credit, but still, always nice to see your name in lights nonetheless.

Give yourself more credit! It was a team effort and you played just as big of a role in this. Congrats on the co-win!

 

[Habsfan18]

Also, I should say that even if activity was down, there were MANY very strong lineups build this year. I think as many as 10 teams could have conceivably won this thing.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Congratulations to @Habsfan18 and @Transplanted Caper! Nice run!