2016 DynaBowl Coach of the Year Survey Results!
| Place | Coach(es) | Points |
| 1st | Benjamin Hendy | 41 |
| 2nd | Geoffrey Manboob | 31 |
| 3rd | Chris Braithwaite & Steve Smith Jr | 29 |
| 4th | Ian Kulkowski & Jay Kelly | 24 |
| 5th | Max Cubberley | 12 |
| 6th | Ben Archer & Dan Sayles | 5 |
| 7th | James Goodson & Mat Ward | 4 |
| 8th | Pete Conaghan | 2 |
| =9th | David Slater | 0 |
| =9th | Neil Hawke | 0 |
1st Place – Benjamin Hendy
Falling at the first hurdle in the playoffs is a step up from missing out on the playoffs in the last week.
Best team in the league this year. Not top of my points just because they didn’t improve the most.
I still dont quite regret the Donald trade, but its close…..
A very good team. Looking like he might be derailed by injuries at the end of the season, but looks like a fairly perennial contender.
Great work by the Bombermen to surge through the season. Only issue is the wonky last few weeks but sure they’ll battle on.
Came good after 2 years patient building. Injuries may have killed him though.
Solid but peaked too soon probably
I feel like I’m being harsh with a six, but the team mostly picks itself and Aaron Donald gives a ten point a week advantage over everyone else, which is about how much it’s outscored average by.
Who could ever say a bad word against The Commish
Helluva turnaround this year. All attributable to a shadowy Dan pulling the strings behind the scenes, no doubt
2nd Place – Geoffrey Manboob
Great turnaround
Arguably favourites after years of ridicule. Two years, but nonetheless. Could they be the first team from Peter to lift the Owl? Based on the last 4 weeks, yes. Based on Peter in general, no.
Good job by Mike to get the team turned around from the woeful shambles they were in the last two years.
Going from worst to the playoffs is a great effort. Had a really good draft and has picks for next year too. A great season.
Won Peter. But that’s not exactly difficult is it?
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Great work maximising their teams potential with some solid draft picks for future and FA/WW pick ups.
All the 4th round picks, none of the ability
The high draft picks seem to be paying off. It’s a pity he’s jeopardised that strategy by making the playoffs a year early
Congratulations, you won Peter! You are to fantasy sports what Brock Osweiler is to quarterbacking!
3rd Place – Chris Braithwaite & Steve Smith Jr
Thank fuck for Steve, this team was last placed before he came on board.
Always solid contributers. Bonus points awarded for attempting to give Bendy a meltdown with the number of pointless free agent moves made.
Harder by name, harder by nature. If the COTY was on picking up waivers aggressively then they would win hands down
The extreme waiver wire churn has prevented me from noticing anything else whatsoever about the team. Good work.
Clearly Steve has had a massive positive impact as hard have really upped their game. The effort that goes into the constant streaming of fringe players is immense
Chris is so very handsome.
AMAZING USE OF THE WAIVER WIRE. Points lost for a couple of lucky results
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Steve joins and this happens, seems like a pretty strong correlation
Possibly favourites. A well put together roster peaking at the right time. Some trades not really worked out. Let’s hope they do that again this off-season.
4th Place – Ian Kulkowski & Jay Kelly
The only team to make the playoffs every year. Impressive. Never made the Owl. Less impressive.
Clearly the best GM team there is.
I mean, they got to the playoffs so they deserve a point.
Who’d have guessed that playing by the rules gets you to the playoffs
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Great work from the duo this season
Probably won’t break that pattern this year as they’re playing the form team in the playoffs round 1.
Solid of unspectacular which is the best you of team, as everyone contributes.
For consistency in making the playoffs.
How do they keep doing it?! That’s not a rhetorical question. Somebody please tell me how. I suspect PEDs.
Defying the odds and some big retirements by making the playoffs every year
5th Place – Max Cubberley
The only thing to do when you reach the top is find a girlfriend and forget about this pointless shit.
No. Hush now.
He scored well but was generally unlucky, so he can have a point.
Very unlucky to finish with a losing record. Makes up for all the luck he had last year
Hi scoring and screwed by the schedule. Demonstrates exactly how strong Tim is compared to Peter. Not the total collapse previously experienced by DynaBowl champions, but close.
Very unlucky
It takes skill to go from 1st to worst.
Even money the owl is currently in a cupboard. Or the spare toilet. And Max hasn’t even noticed.
Lots of empathy for the Champs and the ‘WTF happened’ post an Owl win
Blatted up a winning side. If only he had some DEs
So it was all just luck…
6th Place – Ben Archer & Dan Sayles
To be on the brink of the playoffs and purposefully tank/sell off your players….sad!
They gave up when leading the division. What’s that all about?!
I would have expected to see them do better than they have at the start of the season but they’ve had some bad luck with player injuries and form.
Thoroughly mediocre, but fun to discuss trades with.
Generally there or thereabouts. There being 7th or 8th in total scoring. Tend to be pretty easy to negotiate with, which is a bonus.
Two of the best used car salesmen in the business
Why the hell did they firesale so early? They had a 4-1 divisional record as opposed to two 2-3s of TT
and Sadness. They had a favourable match up on their remaining games INCLUDING TT and Sadness. Mediocrity followed by throwing in the towel at the right point They could have had it all but bottled it. Points awarded for how they faired up until then.
Thought they would do better this year. So much promise
For being most efficient. Sometimes this means being really good at picking matchups, in this case it means having mostly terrible back up options
7th Place – James Goodson & Mat Ward
Almost got through the year without breaking the rules. That’s worth a point.
Pulled off some good (for them) trades. Pulling in pick#2 was impressive.
None
Hung around in playoff contention despite a losing record. Constantly cheating.
Other than the cap level fiasco, these two have gone great guns
Thought they had a chance at the playoffs, but had about as much chance as two escaped pigs had of not becoming bacon sandwiches. Brilliant to trade with due to the myriad of clauses to be added to any deal. An agent’s wet dream.
They will probably be disappointed with the season, but getting a very high draft pick should help them a lot.
How hard is it to count to 600? Fucking cheats.
Outrageous cheats
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8th Place – Pete Conaghan
You finally nailed that #1 pick!
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Well, it’s not as bad as last year. is it? Actually, it might be, I didn’t fact check that statement.
Finally, the first overall pick. No doubt he’ll somehow fuck it up.
Still suffering the Legacy, expect big things next year
Signs of improvement are there. You have to look really closely, but they are, honest. Finally getting the number 1 pick could push them over the edge into competitiveness.
None
I had a point left and nobody else deserves another one.
Actually, from a starting point of 140 points a week and nothing amazing, there’s a vaguely competent roster coming together, smart trades to move on Brees (old) and Lacy (shit) to secure Cooper and Cam and a general feeling of moving in the right direction
The Dynabowl’s very own Mike McCoy
The zero-rb strategy does not seem to be working. Or the zero defense.
Poor Pete.
=9th Place – David Slater
The worst run of form (0-7) in the history of the Owl as he attempted to tank for the first pick in the draft….he clearly forgot he’d traded it
Who dis?
If I could give negative points I would.
Very surprised to see David not doing so well
What a shambles. The classic win now strategy has failed with very little succession planning. A long and difficult road is ahead.
Bahaha
I’d give myself a negative if I could. I think I’ve actively lost games for my team this year with bad selections.
What a team, must be rigged in some way
Is it s better or worse team than it appears on paper. So mediocre that it’s hard to tell
Paying the price for buying a win-now team at auction that didn’t win then and certainly can’t win now. Narrowly missed out on the first pick by foolishly top scoring in week 13.
=9th Place – Neil Hawke
Is Neil even trying any more?
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If ever there was a team that I forgot about in the league this year, it would be them.
Must try harder
Better than last year. Not good though. Bizarre choice not to have a taxi squad. Rumours of lack of commitment and complacency. Can they make the playoffs again without putting in more work?
None
Went all in on winning now – did not.
Eddy Lacy 🙁
Treading water. Still better than all of Peter
Good old Neil. Always manages t win some games somehow.
The 2016 NFL Season in Review!
Highest High
Brady not being allowed to play for 4 games
Sneads Touchdown pass
I’m struggling to think of one really. Probably one of Detroit’s many 4th quarter two minute drills to win the game.
Between the draft and the start of training camp.
Carlos Santos’ last ditch off the post field goal
Fulfilling my life’s dream seeing the actual racists live in person. The draw made it even more perfect.
I’ve really loved seeing the Raiders develop. Young core, attractive play calling, good on the road
There’s been so many, it’s hard to choose. There was… or…. and what about…. yeah, I can’t think of any either. There have been a handful of great plays and a couple of really good matches, but they feel more like they stand out because of the sheer averageness of everything else.
The best football I’ve seen this year was Ohio State v Michigan. Closely followed by Louisville’s deconstruction of FSU.
It’s been pretty dull
Kevin Harlan’s commentary of a drunk fan on the pitch for the Rams-49ers monday night game
Lowest Low
Thursday night football matchups
The realisation that there were no good teams in the league this year.
Everything since training camp
The cowboys o line. Makes games too easy.
the whole of the Saints D
It’s been absolutely mediocre in the majority of the games. Stars not starring, big players missing, just a bit ‘meh’ to it all.
A part of me wants to say the Browns, but – aside from the attempted serial murder of anyone unfortunate enough to be playing QB for them, they’ve at least shown up and played for a couple of quarters every week.
So I’m going to go for the sheer volume of ‘star’ players who’ve been anything but. The failure of the Panthers, the Packers etc to just show up.
The Pats being good without Brady/Brady coming back
Also, the Broncos lining up to take unpenalised headshots against Carolina until Cam was forced out of the game.
The Cowboys
The Chargers 30 million to one losing streak.
Boswell’s stupid onside kick
What one thing does the NFL need to change, more than anything else?
I don’t know
People shouldnt be allowed to tackle Drew
Nothing new that I’ve noted this year. Same old stuff relating to Goodell and the league getting its priorities right.
Speed of game
The Commissioner and the definition of a catch. That’s two things, but for the price of one. A bargain, some would say.
Get rid of TNF. Honestly, it’s not a great advert for the game
Jeff Fisher – fuck that guy. The NFLs losingest coach (if winningest is a word, I’m having losingest).
Replay rules around pass interference and holding, the bit where a catch is not a catch even after a player has blatantly caught it, then fumbles it trying to make a move.
They need to shorten the games. It’s impossible to get through a full game now if it’s not specifically your team. And even then, you need about three secondary entertainment devices to fill the gaps. The amount of no calls for intentional grounding, especially by “star” QBs
Celebration rules. And the commissioner.
Who’s going to be playing in the Superbowl, come February, and which of those teams will win?
Pats/Cowboys – Pats winning
Lions Steelers. You know you want it.
New England will beat Dallas 34-13
Dallas v Oakland – Dallas to win
Raiders vs Seahawks. I hope the Raiders win (if it’s this match up), but I think it will be the Seahawks
Seahawks over patriots.
Raiders v Dallas hopefully. Pats v Seahawks probably
You know Goody is going to put in two dynabowl teams right? I’m not even sure he does it by accident any more.
I would have said Seattle before Earl Thomas’ injury and they still might, but… Tampa Bay (yes, really) and New England.
I don’t think the Pats are good, and I’m pretty sure they’ll stumble somewhere against a team who just show up at their best on the day with a top notch defence (Chiefs, Broncos or Ravens, perhaps?) but if you asked me to name a team who’re definitely better and I’d pick to beat them… can’t do it.
NFC side is wide open, I don’t have a clue – Atlanta are flawed, Seattle’s O line is a disaster and they’re without Thomas… I don’t trust the Cowboys to beat a good team, so I’m going with Tampa to be a dark horse 6th seed. They’ve a defence which can make plays, Mike Evans, they’re battle tested and they’re improving every week.
Seattle vs NE – Pats wins, society loses
Pats v Seahawks. This feels familiar. Pats to win
DynaBowl Awards now…
Who is going to win the Superb Owl? Who will they face in the final?
Kelkowski over dyna hard
Chris! Will pound kelkowski into a fine dust.
Bombermen/Kelkowski – Kelkowski winning
Mike will beat Kelkowski in the final.
The Dynasty of Sadness will beat Dyna Hard.
Bombermen
The Sadness will beat the Hard
I want to say Chris and Jay/Ian but that would mean not one, but both of them shaking off their playoff curses.
I’ll take Chris, because after a brief moment of competence Kaepernick has turned back into a pumpkin and they have no trustworthy QB.
Kelkowski beating the Bombermen
It’s going to be Mike v Chris with Mike winning because the kicker Chris picked up, scored less than the one he dropped that very week.
Dynabowl related best moment
Tim continuing to show Peter up.
2-0 over Slatz – nuff said
This year has been a shit sandwich from my perspective -no real high points
I think Slatz’s glorious failure has been fun.
The losers spectacular decline
Complete and utter gutter performance by David. Made even sweeter by the Landry trade
The multiplicity of big trades that happened in the off-season (by comparison to previous numbers)
Another winning season for Slatz
TT’s trade offers are condescending and hilarious
Beating the Bombermen finally
The Losers’ 9 game losing streak was pretty good
Worst Dynabowl related moment
Kind of disappointing that David’s meltdowns have all really come in the Chatterbowl this year.
Brees not coming home yet
Losing by 0.1 points to Chris. It’s all rhetorical but if TT would have won their last week game over Pete (lowest total scorer) and had someone else run/catch for 2 more yards that week v Chris, we would have won the division
The abject failure.
The continuing mystery of D-line production
TTs rule breaking
A six week period where scoring second worst was the highlight
Losing to a defensive stat correction on Thursday afternoon when the next game week’s about to start
Jamaal Charles and JJ Watt being injured for the whole year.
It’s all good
Most Valuable Player
1st David Johnson – 6 votes
2nd Aaron Donals – 2 votes
=3rd Matt $3 Prater – 1 vote
=3rd Zeke – 1 vote
Rookie of the Year
1st Zeke – 6 votes
2nd Michael Thomas – 2 votes
=3rd Count Dakula – 1 vote
=3rd Joey Bosa – 1 vote
We’re three years in now. People talk about drafting for a three year window. With that in mind, who had the best auction back in the summer of 2014?
=1st Dyna Hard – 3 votes
=1st Dynablaster Bombermen – 3 votes
=3rd Champions of the Sun, Tamworth Two, Dynasty of Sadness, DynaForOne Firebirds – 1 vote each
Auction Comments (some general, some about the best auction class)
If only I knew then what I know now.
we should do it again, a clean slate
I can’t even remember it in much detail. I think mine was ok. Some gambles didn’t pay off but I got some good players on the cheap. Nothing notable springs to mind other than that I enjoyed it a lot!
That room was very hot. We drafted RBs pretty badly.
I wish we could do it every year. A glorious, glorious day that will live in infamy,
I’m actually impressed with how shit our team actually isn’t. I just wished I’d trusted the Rookie WR class more
Hard to fault Chris’ auction too much either, Brown and Watt have been worth every penny. Charles was a bust, but nobody’s perfect.
This is tricky… It’s easiest to rule teams out – Mangboob spent all his money on safeties and Cam and used a loophole to get out of Montee Ball’s horror contact, Max paid a fortune for one of Bowman’s legs, Goody is not being let off for spending too much on McCoy and Rodgers, I spent too much on AP and Manning.
It’s Phil, right? But since he’s not here any more…
Bean or Neil. Neil’s draft was good enough to win the inaugural owl, but he traded too much away in year two. Bean did similar. Bendy’s draft was solid, but his best player was picked up in a trade and without him this team is probably 0-3 in terms of playoff seasons.
Best/Sweatiest day ever
I must go back and read the reports. Sounded like a lot of fun.
Wish I’d known then, what I know now.
Other Matters
Seriously now, the Chatterbowl should be an auction rather than draft, right?
who cares
I hope that horse you’re flogging is dead. Poor creature.
No.
Obvs
Absolutely
I don’t trust maxxx to facilitate an auction. He’s the worst
Nope. But bring back pick trades. If your seasons over, it’s over
An auction would be fun, but no. It’s a draft league, do a redraft auction league alongside it, not instead. Auction would also fuck over anyone who can’t make the draft worse than autrodraft.
No
Absolutely
We should have have the rookie draft live one year. Where should it be held?
Cabincon
Wherever I am
Heathrow Terminal 1
London
Mexico
Madison Square Gardens/Rockafella Centre
The Sun (not the newspaper) – the closest we will get to replicating the atmosphere of the original draft.
A bothy in the outer Hebrides
Have have? I disagree. I think organising trades is much easier in a slow draft because you have privacy to negotiate.
Yes, in a baking hot pub in Sheffield
Jay is famed for his love of a good name. He has a child due in 2017. What should he name it?
Kelly.
Drew
Co’lin El Jaguar Kelly
Jay’kavious
Bar/Bat-Mitzvah (depending on the gender)
Kelly
Iran
Something else really Jewish
R
Captain
Lieutenant
Doctor
Catfish
Kelly
Jihad
James / JoeyJoeJoeShabadoo / K’WHY’Jelly (rap name)
Moses
Phil (RIP)
Pope
J’aytaviousatron
Boy: Quetzalcoatl Cuauhtémoc Kelly
Girl: K’Elly Sweetness Kelly
Blaxington Hendrix Ou’solomon Kelly III
What is the best A-Ha song?
Manhattan Skyline
Touchy
I’ve Been Losing You
who the fuck are A-Ha [you are dead to me]
The Living Daylights
Not Take On Me
There isn’t one [you are also dead to me] [unless you mean they’re all of such high quality it is impossible to pick one]
Manhattan Skyline
The living daylights
But it is take on me
Any questions I should have asked but didn’t?
How pretty is bendy, out of 10?
Nope
wheres the GFY we need an equivalent in the Dyna
I think that’s quite enough
Nah, it was shorter and better #lessismore
Nope
Are we there yet?
How did this happen?
DPOTY; Best FA signing
N/a