ShawnGlade

On 5/1/2024 at 5:42 PM, Gustav said:

 

Oh, for sure. I think most of what I've written here so far can be read from the standpoint of "there are real people on the other end of the screen." That can be positive (as in, "you wouldn't believe the difference you can make it some people's lives here") or negative (as in, "stop being assholes to each other"), and I think you caught a lot of the negative. You're not the first person I've seen saying that a lot of what went down in the S60s did not make you want to stick around too closely, and I understand that.

 

I think that isn't something I picked up on as a new player, but I hope I didn't contribute to it too much. Looking back, it was definitely more normal to go after specific teams or people--not even to be mean, but just because that's how it was and that was how you could be seen as funny. I definitely think you had it worse than I did in this regard, but it did hurt to really try to make things work and then open Discord to find people talking about how I sucked as a GM.

 

It's also really hard to lose a negative label as a GM once you get it. I remember lots of people wanting to play for me at first, even wanting to sign with me in FA, and that's something that disappeared as I kept losing. Well, that's fine and people get to do whatever they want--but then isn't that another obstacle when no one wants to sign with you? That's just a practical aspect of it, too. It isn't fun to watch people not even take your moves seriously because "there he goes again" or whatever. I'm not convinced I'll ever want to GM again, and that's a big part of why.

GMing is just so hard in the VHL because to be successful, you need to have a high reputation. Which, yeah that makes sense, but people like you and I may never have a successful GM stint again because of it. It is what it is, I've realized the league is more fun when I'm not in charge of something. Logging in multiple times a day and not paying attention to my own player is no fun. I'd be willing to take on another job on the site, but unlinkely GMing anytime soon

And no, you didn't contribute to my hatred of the site lol. I frankly didn't really know you when you took over for me, but every interaction since has been good

7 hours ago, Gustav said:

Cue @ShawnGlade fucking up.

 

I mostly joke because I think I would have been moved up sometime not far from S70 anyway. At one point, I was the one @Advantage wanted to take over Malmo eventually, and had the league known that he'd be giving up the team right after S70, they definitely would have waited a little bit on hiring me and done that instead. I almost could have flushed Malmo's hopes and dreams down the toilet too--could you imagine? At least two franchises should be glad I was unlucky.

 

But anyway, back to what I said earlier. When I joined the league, I knew Shawn as the builder of a solid player and a passionate GM in Davos who made a lot of moves that people questioned. Davos got made fun of a lot, even when they were good on paper. So did Shawn, by extension. Even when the team was good on paper, they just couldn't seem to piece it together. Which, by itself, wasn't a negative reflection on his management. With that being said, it certainly meant that when there was an actual shortcoming, the league picked up on it and ran with it.

 

After pinging Shawn, I hope I can keep it clear that I like him a lot while also fairly saying that I don't blame league leadership for considering it a red flag when he missed a couple drafts in a row without notice. Which is essentially all that presented a serious issue to the league. Things happen, and sometimes things matter a little more than this website--so when that runs to enough of an extent that the league has to BPA your picks and your players start leaving in free agency (future HoFer Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen was a big loss), it's enough for the league to also consider that maybe your team could use a bigger loser with more time and energy to devote.

Oh phew, it had been a couple months since my Davos stint was mentioned, I was starting to get worried

Jokes aside, I will say I think both sides could've done better. The site has seen multiple users pour their hearts out in posts about how shitty it is to be the butt of a joke or have your entire existence being memed, and those users have gotten support.......except I was told to suck it up. Some other GMs who I worked alongside (who will remain nameless) were actually kinda dicks about it too. People can question my trades and whatnot, but truth is I did what I thought would be best.

Something I see people bring up a lot is that I traded my own player through Davos to contenders for personal gain. Without context, sure that seems to be the case. Except both times I traded for my own player, I gave up Davos assets because my player was the exact player Davos needed. People forget that in the mid-late seasons of my tenure, Davos was a playoff team, in fact if memory servers, we were one win away from a finals appearance at one point. Those teams were offense heavy with subpar defense, and my player was a top dman in the league at the time. Figured I'd trade for myself and BOTH stints he had with Davos sucked, so he was a deadline deal both times to recoupe something. Yes, my player went on to win a cup both times he was traded away, and honestly for that I'll just call it blind luck.

ANYWAYS, it was shitty to go through what I did, I didn't even wanna log on to the site or discord anymore. With the drafts, what had happened was I wasn't available to make the time for a draft one season and instead of trying to find a different time like we usually did when the league was smaller and had less schedules to work with, but I was pretty much told I was fucked and I had to be there. Well I was on vacation so didn't have a PC to sit there forever and make it a list, so I just typed something up on notes and sent it away, and put "BPA" at the bottom when my list ran out, which is what happened. Sure enough, the next season I couldn't make the live draft again, and was again told I was shit outta luck. So I figured, what the fuck ever who cares then, and no showed. I could've handled it better, but it was a not-so-secret that I was on the chopping block regardless of the draft, so I figured I just didn't care anymore. Not justifying what I did and ultimately it was wrong, but it's the truth.

I'm pretty much over it now. It was an overall shitty time in my life and I was happy to move on from something that brought me no value. I just can't get over how public everything became. Did my best to keep things private and behind doors, but everyone in the community knew what was happening because nobody really kept their mouth shut. It's pretty damn hard to do ANYTHING  when that kind of info is out there, but GMs like Bush can get away with being genuinely MIA for over a season. Just felt like every little thing that happened to me was some big story that had to go public

Anyways, rant over

EDIT: Yikes, I forgot about those threads I created. Oof, yeah I don't have much to say about those, those are pretty bad and cringey to read looking back

I stay disrespected

Fully agree. It's puzzling that we have 3 leagues with over 30 combined teams, and not a single team in the rocky mountains. Even though the Pro-Am was a disaster, I thought it was really cool that two Denver-based GMs got to run the Denver team, and even though my loyalty to Halifax runs deep, I have always said that I would be interested in coming back to management if Alaska or Colorado got a team

checks out tbh

It's always the ones you most expect.

I'll apply, would be cool

I'd like to apply, hey 10th times the charm right?

awkward

GO HALIFAX

6 hours ago, Gustav said:

 

You've played for me; now it's time for me to play for you. You've given good reasons for me to sign up (and you're the only one who offered who could max my ice time without decreasing someone else's)--let's do this!

 

Thanks to everyone who replied here! I considered it all.

LETS DO THIS

On Halifax you'd literally start on the first line in front of a good goalie and a great FWD core. Plus we have an all-star locker room this season, and you've never played for Halifax is memory serves correct

PREACH

I remember I got so much shit with Davos for stuff that I couldn't even really control (in fact youll still see Nyko spewing some random shit to this day) and I really affected how I viewed the job. Did I do a perfect job? No, there are things I wish I could change but that's just life. People thought I was just soft and couldn't take the heat, but the reality is that most of this community is under the age of 19 and doesn't realize that the people they're hurling words at, is another real human being. Light jabbing is fine, but it got to a point where I couldn't talk in general chat without someone mentioning Davos and how bad we were. I mean, it didn't even stop after I was let go and Gustav took over the team.

I just got back into GMing a bit ago and have been hesitant to make a move to the VHL (whether it's in the cards for me or not is debatable, but my feelings towards it aren't). Like you said, it's easy to criticize when you're on the outside looking in. Are we perfect? No. Have we made some mistakes that shouldn't be made? Absolutely. But it's a fucking sim hockey league, there's a track record of stuff like this happening to GMs and the response from the community and high-ranking site members is usually "get good" or "grow thicker skin"

I went through it, Cow went through it, now you're going through it. You're not alone my friend and I'm here for you

On 1/14/2024 at 11:04 PM, Pifferfish said:

This is a call to HFX management @ShawnGlade and @Will3, get Topper some playing time!

Funny enough, they're supposed to split playing time 50-50. I set them to alternate each game but then I had our simmer put in a new waiver, which subsequently messed up our lines, and I didn't notice until your post, so I thank you

Also, Reingaard has been in the lineup since Day 2 when we acquired him

Sad I couldn't get Asia a medal

Not even an HM? Yall sleeping on me

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On 1/6/2024 at 3:42 PM, kirbithan said:

 

 

 

 

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference

You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions
Week Of December 31st 2023 - January 7th 2024

 

1. The first week of the new year is coming to a close! How did you spend your New Year’s eve?

 

2. S92 will be starting soon! How excited are you on a scale of 1-10?

 

3. Are you participating in VHFL this season?

 

4. Do you feel offseasons in the league are too long? 

 

5. We have made quite a few trades in the past few weeks! Any particular move that stands out to you?

 

6. What is your favorite part about being a part of Davos?

 

7. Do you watch any other hockey leagues besides the NHL?

 

8. What do you think is the most important aspect to take into consideration when running a successful sim league?

 

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1. Went home for the holidays and then came back to school to finish my last semester of college!

2. 7

3. Nah, just not really my thing

4. I feel like they're the perfect length actually

6. Getting to come back after being the GM years ago and just getting to be back apart of the culture again

7. I've been watching the PWHL a bit, and sometimes I like to watch the AHL

Happy holidays all!

Asia's goalie tandem is kinda hot

Sounds like a NEW OPPORTUNITY -DJ Khaled

I mean how can you not vote Riley Martin? 48 points but by far was the best defensive forward

Hezeus Ohmontegue-Steinhardt X

Ninefingers was an animal he has my vote

HMMMMMMMMM tough choice.........Pipo

Pipo, next