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Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:55 am
by Wascawy Wabbits
I'm just wondering if it's possible to have a minor scheduling update happen next season.

Looking at all of the schedules, the following divisional opponents are matched up twice in the first 3 weeks.
MW vs Vit, PP vs Saber, LB vs Degen, Poker vs LVE, WW vs BTP, Exec vs Amish, DD vs DMoC, TC vs FRA

It'd be nice to see that 2nd game moved to the 2nd half of the season when we have our 2nd matchups against our other divisional opponents.

I don't know how difficult it would be to move around the base schedule, and I don't know if others would also like to see their 2nd game against their div opponent later in the season, but it's something I'd like to propose.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:37 pm
by bonscott
I think it was all messed up this year because of the expanded bye weeks and Brandon tried to move things around them. For example not all teams have double-headers the same weeks.

This indeed really needs to change. Bye weeks be dammed we really need to just go back to a consistent schedule like we had before this year and not try to hand pick what weeks a team will have a double header. Had to do it in all my other leagues, it's just the way it is.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:58 pm
by Wascawy Wabbits
The schedules last year and this year, I think, are identical outside of the week 12 double headers BYE week issue.

The two games vs the same team in the first 3 weeks happened last year as well.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:06 pm
by braven112
Yeah I agree its not ideal. We use to do division games the first 3 games of the year and the last 3 but we also have in our rule book that division games and double header weeks won't be on bye weeks whenever possible. Couple years ago the NFL moved their bye weeks and we had to adjust.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:46 am
by Wascawy Wabbits
Ahhh... Ok
Thanks Brandon.

I looked at the schedule for the 2011 season and noticed that it was different compared to the 2012 & 2013 schedules. Stupid week 12 BYE...

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:26 pm
by bonscott
Honestly I think we just need to deal with divisional games in bye week 12. When you start trying to custom schedule games in hopes of finding a week where the bye's "don't hurt" you are really going down a slippery slope there. Especially when trades and injuries change all that anyway. Set the schedule and forget about it, we just need to deal with it and not worry.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:57 am
by Wascawy Wabbits
Just giving this a bump an wondering if a potential change could be to rotate who we play in week 3 from within our own division instead of playing the same team twice in the first 3 weeks every season

Just swap out that team with another division matchup later in the season.

Re: Minor Schedule Tweak for next season?

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:50 pm
by braven112
Once we figure out the other schedule vote we can tackle this one, but I think that is pretty reasonable.