Divisional title factoids

[jcompton-Orlando]

I did a little poking around and found some interesting facts about divisional titles in the 13 completed seasons of FWL play.

- The only franchises with no divisional titles are the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks and Paris Musketeers/Cologne Centurions--and that streak will extend to 14 completed seasons.

- Barcelona has won the EFC West, but never won the EFC East in four completed seasons there (1-4)

- Berlin has won the EFC East, but never won the EFC West as the Ireland Celts (Seasons 1-4)

- Amsterdam won the EFC West during the ill-fated realignment period when Paris moved to Cologne for two years, but has never won the EFC East in 11 completed seasons there. This, of course, gives them the opportunity this year to be the first team to win two different divisions.

- The Scottish Claymores, Berlin Thunder, and Frankfurt Galaxy have all won their respective divisions in both 4- and 5-team configurations.

- The NY/NJ Knights's sole divisional title (Season 13) came 9 seasons after the club's sole AFC title (Season 4)! I couldn't find any sort of curious streak even remotely similar to that one.

[Mario ADK]

I do not want to be cocky here, just want to add some more facts:

Austria is the only team that won 5 divisional titles in a row, including 4 with GM Kreiner (i partly take credit for the 5th as well as it was still "my" team.....): seasons #2,3,4,5,6

Birmingham had 4 (seasons #1,2,3,4)

And i think i am the only GM ever to complete the "sweep":
Season #3:
<) Divisional title
<) Conference title
<) FWL-Bowl
<) GM of the Year

[Paul-London]

Well somehow Marco has never won GM of the year but when i was going to get around to doing an All Decade team for Seasons 1-10 (or is it meant to be Season 1-9) then Marco was going to be GM of the Decade.  I still will get round to doing that one day, choosing the skill players is easy but choosing the OL a bit tricky

Cant wait to get home and on Monday run Week 12 of the FWL ! 

[Mario ADK]

doing an All Decade team for Seasons 1-10 (or is it meant to be Season 1-9) then Marco was going to be GM of the Decade. 

i must admit i cannot challange that decision..... 

[Paul-London]

Well i dont think no other GM can match Marcos record.  He won the most number of games in that decade, didnt win the most FWL Bowls but he has a great record.

You would have probably matched/beaten Marco if you had stayed with Austria the whole decade specially as they were at their peak when you left.  I keep hitting myself for allowing Bridson to do what he did !  Worst thing ever in the FWL and i'm annoyed it happened

Anyway have to move on !....

Once this decade ends so far i would say David Harwood would be GM of the decade.  Its going to be interesting seeing what happens when Wuerrfel ages and perhaps retires, he still has a good few seasons left in him yet but the rest of the AFC are catching up (Eg SA, NY and even Mexico)

[Paul-London]

First 10 seasons of the FWL...

Marco had 10 winning seasons, 10 trips to the playoffs, 3 FWL Bowls (winning 2), 5 EFC East division titles, top 10 offense 8 times, top 10 defense 10 times.  (Strangely enough his 'worst' ever defense was last year at 12th when he won the FWL Bowl again last season !)

So far in the next decade David Harwood out of the 3 years of this new decade has 3 FWL Bowl appearances and 2 FWL Bowl wins so its a good start even if he has 7 losing seasons coming up !

As i always say that trade for QB Stoney Case was one of the best ever.  Remember he was a backup QB in Barcelona to begin the season !

[Niki]

First 10 seasons of the FWL...

amsterdam, always was a lossers team, now they are not anymore! Amsterdam had the last 3 season a winning season (8-6, 11-3, 9-5) and this year the worse case is that we end 7-7.

Okay, I will never be able to beat Montreal this decade (miss some FWL bowls) but the first 10 seasons the Admirals did not go the play offs etc. Think I made the Admirals a team that can make the Play offs every season.

But in general I think we have no weak teams anymore, that is teh result of not so many GM switches (the last GM cahnce we had was three season ago when Stuart was appointed as the new GM of Barcelona)

[Paul-London]

Well in a way its nice to get some 'new blood' in there but on the other hand i havent heard much from any new owners and some new GM's can be a bit of a gamble as we've found out in past years.

I like the mix we have at the moment which is good, i should try to do stats about who made trades every year as i do think that if a team hasnt made many trades and are 2-12 every year there should be something changed !

Then again sometimes its just down to luck, Andrew who i rate as a good friend hasnt had huge success in Paris, he has made many changes over the years and also has been very supportive of the FWL so if Andrew had 10 0-14 years in a row i wouldnt want to replace him.

Before the priority was getting active GM's but now the current GM's we have it seems like a good 'community' and theres not one i would want to get rid of at all.  It would be so weird for Paris to be without Andrew or London without Jason.  They've been with those teams since day 1.  Same for the Claymores without Ronnie

Scotland has been very active in trades lately but have had some bad luck, i mean just a few seasons ago they were in the FWL Bowl and not that much of the team has changed.  Scotland without Ronnie involved would seem weird !

[Mario ADK]

be honest:

Who needs Jason and his girlie-group of pee-wee-players anyway?

[Niki]

I like the mix we have at the moment which is good, i should try to do stats about who made trades every year as i do think that if a team hasnt made many trades and are 2-12 every year there should be something changed !

Oh boy did this season for you:

1) Sacrmento 10 trades
2) Amsterdam 9
3) Frankfurt 6
4) Austria/Montreal 5
6) San Antonio 4
7) Barcelona, R-D, Birmingham 3
10) Berlin, Paris, Ohio 2
13) London, Orlando, New York, Scotland 1
17) Mexico, Rhein 0

and season 13:

1) Austria 13
2) Sacremento 9
3) Frankfurt 7
4) Barcelona 6
5) Amsterdam and Paris 5
7) Ohio and R-D 4
9) Berlin and Scotland 3
11) Montreal, Birmingham,London, New York, Mexico 2
16) San Antonio, orlando and Rhein 1

season 12

1) Austria 17
2) Sacremento 11
3) Amsterdam 9
4) new York 8
5) Berlin, Mexico 6
7) Frankfurt Barcelona 5
9) Birmingham San Antonio 4
11) Ohio, Montreal, orlando, Rhein 3
15) Paris(cologne) London 2
17) Scotland 1
18) R-D 0

[jcompton-Orlando]

I keep hitting myself for allowing Bridson to do what he did !  Worst thing ever in the FWL and i'm annoyed it happened

It was karmic payback by the Austrian franchise, Bridson was merely the instrument. Besides, it set the stage nicely for Mario to come back in and pull his wheeling and dealing all over again, which is more satisfying to watch than if he'd come back and inherited a strong team. It would be kind of like it is now, where he has nothing to do but post antagonistic messages. But for a couple of seasons there, he had to actually work!

be honest:

Who needs Jason and his girlie-group of pee-wee-players anyway?

*sniff* I guess you're right. Maybe there's some nice Arena fantasy league out there that will take us...

[Mario ADK]

It would be kind of like it is now, where he has nothing to do but post antagonistic messages. But for a couple of seasons there, he had to actually work!

be honest:

Who needs Jason and his girlie-group of pee-wee-players anyway?

*sniff* I guess you're right. Maybe there's some nice Arena fantasy league out there that will take us...

1) My work is not done yet until the Dark forces of the FWL dominate the whole W O R L D ...... HAR HAR HAR HARHAAAAAAAARrrrrrr

2) Please do not go! i might miss you  (oooopssssss)

[Mario ADK]

And i think i am the only GM ever to complete the "sweep":

nope, i did not: i became GM otY in season#2...

btw:
the files say there is no GM of the Year named for last season? is that correct?

[Paul-London]

Perhaps i just didnt change history.htm

I thought the GM of the Year last season was Marco ??

[Niki]

Perhaps i just didnt change history.htm

I thought the GM of the Year last season was Marco ??

Adam it is http://fwl.pocketplane.net/index.php?topic=144.0

[Paul-London]

Oh yeah sorry forgot, i'll update history.htm when i get back

If someone can help create an All Decade Team (Seasons 1-9) then that would be great, i'll start a thread somewhere else