Post by Mark on Nov 9, 2007 18:26:10 GMT -5
What the hell? Did that really happen? It’s been nearly two years since BBS2’s introduction into the sim world – and a nearly identical amount of time since its closing – and yet many are still stunned at the events that took place in the sixteen hours that the league was open for business. To be fair, the league was thought up with good intentions and high expectations. Commissioner Aaron Jesse Haberman and “co-commish” Mark Kelley (though Kelley wanted little to do with the league from the get go and therefore spent almost no time on it at all, seemingly recognizing how pitiful it was obviously going to become) thought up the idea in their junior year Spanish class with Senora Arbues. Senora seemed less than thrilled with the two students as they argued vehemently on ratings for a league that clearly had no shot, and when reached for comment initially balked, not wanting her name tied to the mess in any capacity before finally obliging.
“Yeah, Aaron and Octavio (Kelley’s Spanish name), they were always screeching in the corner about depth chart tactics and rookie ratings. That was fine with me. But when the conversation turned to their own league, well, I knew this was only going to end up poorly. Aaron always had these great ideas, but they never came to fruition. He wanted to make a name for himself with this league – to prove to the sim world that he was more than just a post padder – and all he did was reveal his ineptitude in the ensuing meltdown (hence the title). But hey, remember how hot my thirteen year old daughter was?”
Senora went on to whisper sweet nothings about her now nearly-legal daughter, though the comments have no place in this argument (rumor has it that James has a top-10 coming up with these comments as basic premise of the article). Yet, even without Senora’s blessing, the duo went on with the idea anyway. Angry Dan Basone was more than happy to comment.
“BLAAAAAAZASSSSSSS!”
What? Basone’s mindless repeating of his team name, while hilarious, had nothing to do with the question asked of him. Kelley didn’t hesitate to give his take on the league.
“It was pathetic,” Kelley said. “Aaron wanted to create a league, which was fine. It’d have been awesome to really run a league, and to get all of the perks that comes with running a league – looking at real potential, an in-depth look at ratings, and the altering of potential based on who trades for which player. But there comes a point where that isn’t worth the time the league was going to have to take. The funny thing is, Aaron didn’t even do anything with his time. If I remember right, this was when he was unemployed, having been fired (or quit, I don’t remember and I don’t care) from Baskin Robbins for not showing up because he wanted to watch a Yankees playoff game and before being hired from Cosi (really?). Yet with that, I had people instant messaging me constantly asking when this kid was going to sim. He never did. Ever. We spent 90% of our time on a creation draft, and then Aaron vanished until we all agreed to forget about the league. I got rejected from three colleges for having just been apart of it.”
Haberman’s master plan to once and for all eliminate Spence failed miserably. His league was such a joke that fifty percent of GM’s don’t even remember it. The ones who do remember it have likely pushed the memory into the back of their mind. He didn’t sim. He had no ideas. He had no site. All he ever really cared about was his YMCA basketball team, and aside from dismantling Basone’s team (where all Dan would do is launch), that was a huge failure this past year as well. Aaron only had two words to say when cornered at Binghamton:
“I’m sorry.”
We think he means it.
On tap for next week? Why Spence should have been fired after the Baron Davis debacle.
“Yeah, Aaron and Octavio (Kelley’s Spanish name), they were always screeching in the corner about depth chart tactics and rookie ratings. That was fine with me. But when the conversation turned to their own league, well, I knew this was only going to end up poorly. Aaron always had these great ideas, but they never came to fruition. He wanted to make a name for himself with this league – to prove to the sim world that he was more than just a post padder – and all he did was reveal his ineptitude in the ensuing meltdown (hence the title). But hey, remember how hot my thirteen year old daughter was?”
Senora went on to whisper sweet nothings about her now nearly-legal daughter, though the comments have no place in this argument (rumor has it that James has a top-10 coming up with these comments as basic premise of the article). Yet, even without Senora’s blessing, the duo went on with the idea anyway. Angry Dan Basone was more than happy to comment.
“BLAAAAAAZASSSSSSS!”
What? Basone’s mindless repeating of his team name, while hilarious, had nothing to do with the question asked of him. Kelley didn’t hesitate to give his take on the league.
“It was pathetic,” Kelley said. “Aaron wanted to create a league, which was fine. It’d have been awesome to really run a league, and to get all of the perks that comes with running a league – looking at real potential, an in-depth look at ratings, and the altering of potential based on who trades for which player. But there comes a point where that isn’t worth the time the league was going to have to take. The funny thing is, Aaron didn’t even do anything with his time. If I remember right, this was when he was unemployed, having been fired (or quit, I don’t remember and I don’t care) from Baskin Robbins for not showing up because he wanted to watch a Yankees playoff game and before being hired from Cosi (really?). Yet with that, I had people instant messaging me constantly asking when this kid was going to sim. He never did. Ever. We spent 90% of our time on a creation draft, and then Aaron vanished until we all agreed to forget about the league. I got rejected from three colleges for having just been apart of it.”
Haberman’s master plan to once and for all eliminate Spence failed miserably. His league was such a joke that fifty percent of GM’s don’t even remember it. The ones who do remember it have likely pushed the memory into the back of their mind. He didn’t sim. He had no ideas. He had no site. All he ever really cared about was his YMCA basketball team, and aside from dismantling Basone’s team (where all Dan would do is launch), that was a huge failure this past year as well. Aaron only had two words to say when cornered at Binghamton:
“I’m sorry.”
We think he means it.
On tap for next week? Why Spence should have been fired after the Baron Davis debacle.
