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F - Gary Rush @Kisslinger

Usually the three-peat bit annoys me but this one is actually pretty good haha

That was my guess after the fact, I vaguely recalled his name being V2. Plus he was always quite close with McKelvie so that checks. The very same, still here almost 14 years later.

Have I forgotten this one in the intervening years?

@MexicanCow123 and I will fix that up for you.

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I am really starting to sound like a broken record now aren't I? After initially indicating he would be staying on as Vancouver GM @Beaviss has indicated to the blue team that his level of interest in the role is not where it needs to be; therefore the league has yet another GM position opening up for next season. With this being so close to all the other applications we will be once again considering all applicants who applied for one of those jobs. If you applied for these and would rather not apply for the Vancouver position you can let us know below. Likewise if you did not apply for the Malmo / Calgary / Moscow openings, for whatever reason, but would like to to be considered for Vancouver please let us know by replying in this thread. If you applied for Malmo / Calgary / Moscow and want to be re-considered you don’t need to do anything, we have your application already. *Please do not reach out to the commish team outside of this thread directly, we will approach you.* **Please do not post to campaign for any of the applicants or any other member. We are aware of who members are and their general qualifications.** Thank you, @Commissioner

F - Chris Hylands @Bojovnik

Well there’s a name I never thought I’d see in these parts again.

D - Roque Davis @Kisslinger

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You put your faith in Moscow by the look of things

Everyone thinks it’s a huge deal until they get in there and realize it’s more so just taking suggestions that could work and fleshing them out. It’s really not that fancy. Important, yes, but not that fancy.

Can confirm.

Honestly with so many more good players than there used to be I expect we’re starting to get infinitely better merc teams than we ever used to have. Even the leftover players are better than those that would have historically made the other teams.

I almost completely disappeared after day 2 so good to at least get a bronze in my final tournament. Big congrats to the Mercs on their second gold!

Very unlikely but not unheard of, though lately the average is probably around 4. 11 without a multiplier mind you is absolute craziness

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How are they any more impartial or involved than the BOG? I guess that’s my big thing with any kind of “replace the BOG” logic is whether or not it actually fixes anything or if it’s just “I hate them because I’m supposed to I guess.” Change for the sake of it isn’t improvement, it’s just sideways movement. Now discussion on transparency or justification or whatever is different but just shifting it to a different group I don’t think fixes that.

All of those things were set. The issues with the award committee were somewhat self inflicted but also somewhat necessary IMO if the intention is unbiased voting. For example, no GM’s were allowed to participate. This was to remove the old issue of GM’s voting for their own guys but GM’s also happen to be some of our most active members so we limited our pool of super active guys right off the bat. After that we had the 3 season limit which was intended to keep fresh people coming in so that discussion didn’t get stale and therefore stop happening. Problem with this is that every few seasons the criteria of what people deem important changes because everyone has a different opinion so there’s no consistency in how awards are judged, for example Beav almost winning the Boulet with like 80 hits because that season’s committee liked +/- or something. I could go on. The point is there are flaws no matter who is chosen, BOG are as trustworthy as anyone else to handle this and from my experience overseeing both the BOG discussions and voting go significantly smoother than the AC ones ever did.

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I don’t think any BOG member ever has or ever would vote for someone based on TPE (it’s not listed so they’d have to actually go out of their way to even find it) but I do get the overall argument.