Response to Anonymous Poster

Dear Anonymous Poster,

I’ve decided to answer your questions in a separate post of my own, as you had plenty of questions that had some detailed answers.  Hopefully my answers are what you're looking for.

·          What are your thoughts on Thursday NFL games? And how often do they have Thursday games? And do you think playing on a Thursday has any fantasy impact or is it inconsequential?

o   I myself don’t mind Thursday NFL games, as I think it has almost no impact fantasy wise.  Only things you have to worry about are that it’s a short week for the teams that play, so they have fewer days to recover from injury, and that you have to make your decisions on who to start/sit in a shorter amount of time.  As for the players themselves, I know they aren’t huge fans, for the same reason, no injury recovery time.  But the NFL isn’t going to change that, specifically because the games are on the NFL Network, so they want to make that money.  Starting in week 10, the Thursday games happen every week through the rest of the year.

·         At the end of this football season, will you be ranking the drafted college players...and picking some potential future studs?

o   I have big plans for the offseason.  One of the things I like most about fantasy football is the offseason analyzation that I do, looking at stats throughout players careers, seeing how they performed this past season, and looking at the crop of incoming new players.  You did hit spot on with your idea about college players.  I was already planning at least one article or more devoted to the incoming draft class, so stay tuned for those around April, May, and June.

·         POSTING COMMENTS & REPLIES: How do we get a reply (from you) to our comments? Do we just check back where we wrote the comment & that's where you respond to? Or, do you email a reply?

o   As far as me replying, for my response to this, I will dedicate a separate post, otherwise I don’t think you would see an answer.  The best way to do it I think is to post a comment and leave your e-mail address, that way I can respond to you directly.  But I suppose the purpose of a blog is for everyone to see all comments, so maybe responding to your comment with a comment of my own on the blog is the way to go.  For now I think e-mailing would be the best and most direct route, but I’ll have to think of something better than that.  My e-mail address is mattymccall@gmail.com.

·         Who is your favorite coach? and why?

o   As for favorite coaches, I myself over the years have been a big fan of Bill Parcells, Mike Holmgren, Bill Walsh, Mike Ditka, and Jon Gruden.  Nowadays, there is a new crop of coaches that have come around that I really do like such as Rex Ryan, Sean Payton, Jim Schwartz, John Harbaugh, and Mike Smith, but I’d have to say my favorite is a guy who has been with the same team forever.  His name, Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans.  Fisher is currently the longest tenured coach at 16 years straight with the same team.  That means the man knows what he is doing.  He has an extremely good football mind, he demands respect and gets it because he cares for his players on a deeply personal level, more so than I’ve ever seen from any other coach, and he’s fantastic with the media.  All that makes him a great coach in my opinion. 

·         Is it better to ask one question at a time OR should I lump them all together in one post (like I did in this one)?

o   As far as asking questions, you can ask as many as you want in one post/e-mail, or you can go one at a time.  I have no personal preference, so it’s whatever you feel like doing.