Major Announcement coming SUNDAY

When I took over as commissioner on an interim basis, I promised to get the PCTI house in order. Sure enough, a few weeks later, we have our date set, we have our A/T and MVP (see previous post) and we have introduced our newest player. There's no question that PCTI is no longer leaking oil.

But here's the thing: I'm not the sort of guy who comes in, scoops up a failing company's stock, ousts the board and takes siege. That's just not me. Sure, I pretty much fixed two years of PCTI problems in a month but this is not what I do best. Anyone who knows me knows that first and foremost I am not a business man. What I am is equal parts dreamer, idea man and carnival barker. Think Steve Jobs, Steven Seagal and Steve Yzerman wrapped in to one.

Here's another thing: I'm not the sort of guy who is happy with just getting things back to the way they were. So while I have been out diligently working to return PCTI to its past glory, all the while I have imagined something greater. I knew to really do things MY way, I needed to make a splash and do something previously thought of as impossible.

Well guess what assholes....I've done it.

And not only have I done it, I went completely rogue to do it. Until this morning, nobody knew anything about it. Today, upon closing the deal, I broke my silence to tell the former commissioner about it.

His response - I kid you not - was this: "I haven't been this excited in my life since Madden was born."

MADDEN IS HIS CHILD, ASSHOLES.

For the rest of you, I've decided that I will give you the news THIS SUNDAY. I chose this Sunday because the Royal Rumble is this Sunday. And my announcement is the sort of thing that would really spice up a Royal Rumble.

THAT'S YOUR ONLY CLUE.

PCTI6 All-Tourney and MVP

The voting for PCTI IIIIII is in the books! Thanks to everyone for voting. PCTI 6 proved to be another lopsided victory with Team Wilson beating Team Spotlight 4 games to 1. The games were pretty close throughout, but in the end Team Wilson had more firepower and it reflected in the All-Tournament voting. Half the players in PCTI got a vote of some sort, so congrats to everyone that did. We also made some history which I will cover later. I will start off by sharing those that got votes but did not make the All-Tournament team:

The UNO Club:

Dan Fruit Stand 1 Vote Man

While Danielle did not put up huge numbers, he continued to be the steady team leader he has established throughout PCTI. Stand is always one of the best (if not THE best) defenders in PCTI. He led all players in steals. He also led all players in assists. Those are two areas that show you he is dedicated to helping his team win. Dan continues to get the respect from players in PCTI for his team first attitude and when he doesn’t he puts them in their place. Just ask Wes! Congrats to Fruit Stand for his 1 vote he received.

AHOP

Thanks to everyone who voted for me! It must have been the 0-12 performance from 3. Luckily I carried Team Wilson to a tournament win!

The Near Miss

Bambi

BC was the only person to garner more the 1 vote and not make the All-Tournament team. Bambi was one of the main reasons Team Spotlight were in the games towards the end. He put up 14.2 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game, including 20-10 and 18-16 in games 4 and 5. BC continually attacked the rim and created offense for his team. BC continues to create match-up problems for the opposing team as he can knock down outside shots, drive to the basket, or score in the post. While BC had a great tournament, for the second year in a row it wasn’t enough to get him to his 3^rd career PCTI award.

The All-Tournament Players

Hollywood Thompson

Gunner Dawson was All-Tourney in PCTITWO and MVP in PCTI3. He is always in the discussion for All-Tournament, but has missed out the other years. Joe told our team with Abe, Ben, and Smo he knew we could score in multiple ways and wanted to focus on getting others involved and getting back to his old ways of playing tenacious D (shout out Jack Black and Kyle Gass). While he still got his shots and averaged over 13 points per game, he played great D and had a career high 9 blocks. Outside of the 9 blocks, his most impressive stat was 1 turnover all weekend. For the amount of time he handles the ball and attacks the rim that is incredible, reflected in his 10-to-1 A/TO ratio. Congrats to the Actor for his All-Tournament selection with 8 votes.

Osama Bin Wilson

Fresh off an MVP performance in FIVE, DJ Bin gathers 9 All-Tournament Votes to join the Doctor on the team. This is Wilson’s 4^th post season award. Wilson gets a lot of love for his versatility on offense and takes some heat for his lack of D. He does well when he doesn’t have to focus on shutting anyone down on D and can shoot the gaps on D, which is exactly what he got to do this year. Bin also was in great shape which showed with his 14.4 PPG. Wilson shot the highest percentage all weekend with 47.5% which is awesome considering he took 59 shots. He was very consistent all weekend on both ends of the floor. Congrats JD!

The MVP

ABE

History has been made!! This is the first time in the history of PCTI that the MVP was unanimous! Does that mean that Abe voted for himself? Absolutely. Does anyone else deserve the nod, clearly not. Abe has been the most dominant player in PCTI proven by his accolades. The first four years here are his awards: AT, MVP, AT, MVP. Year 5 he fell apart in Denver but admitted he was not in a good place at the time. In PCTI6, he came back with a vengeance. He averaged 18.4 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.2 APG, and 1.2 SPG. Abe is a difficult guard for anyone due to his ability to shoot from outside but also his size and post moves. Some people thought he and Joe would not play well together, but they were on the same page all weekend and made it near impossible for Team Spotlight to stop them. Congrats to Abe on the unanimous MVP! It will be interesting to see how captains shake out now…

Major announcement for PCTI

Merry Christmas, PCTI. Today is a day to be thankful and reflect on everything that has happened in the last year. Sadly, as I look back on 2015, I shudder to think about this PCTI offseason.

It's no secret that there have been disappointments big (losing Smo for PCTI '16) and small (the production of a movie titled "Spotlight" that was set in Boston but wasn't a Pat Higdon bio pic). As Americans we tend to demand accountability when things go poorly and are quick to assign blame. If there's a sliver of good news that has come out of the abysmal past five months, it is that we know exactly who to blame. It can only be one man. It can only be our commish. It is Dan, Dan, the Man with His Head In The Sand.

 That is why after speaking with DAN earlier today, I am officially announcing that I am taking over as interim commissioner, effective immediately. If you want to draw parallels between the timing of this announcement and historic Judeo-Christian beliefs associated with this holiday, be my guest. All I can tell you is that I am here to serve the league and deliver us from the doldrums left from Dan the (used to be the)Man's coarse ineptitude.

 In a moment, I will detail the most pressing issues that we must quickly take care of and how we as a league are going to get back on track. First, let me acknowledge that DTM will stay on in an altered capacity to help us during this period of transition. While acknowledging that DAN nearly killed off the league with his inaction, we likewise have to acknowledge that this was originally his vision. That's why I plan to keep him in the mix to be a voice as we solve some of our problems. As for questions that are sure to arise regarding the future of PCTI's leadership structure: I can only tell you that right now my sole focus is on getting PCTI to Cincinnati, the land of Dean Ambrose. There is a reason that I have the interim designation, however. In a perfect world, I would like to cede leadership to a worthy, long-term solution. Could that person be Dan? I wouldn't rule it out but he has a lot of making up to do. In the meantime, the traditional man at the top and for that matter, the original bored of directors ceases to exist. Now, lets get down to business.

 Problem 1. Unfinished Business from Last Season.

While this is the most mystifying of all our issues, it is also thankfully the easiest one to fix. We need to vote on MVP and All-Tournament. I am going to put A-Hop in charge of this as he has done a fine job in years past. Everyone should have a stat sheet and the videos are on the blog, so if you need a refresher, get it done. I will encourage A-Hop to send out an email and start tracking results beginning next week, with the announcements of winners made as soon as possible. From there we will determine the 2016 captains.

 Problem 2. Roster uncertainty

I honestly don't even know the exact head count we have of locked in for 2016 players. I assume I'm not the only one who is not clear on this very important detail. A few issues.

 - Smo is out as his wife is expecting a child. I suppose this could change considering Problem 3, but I'm not expecting it to.
 - I assume Bruiser is back after his one year retirement for the same reason, but we need to confirm this.
- I think we added one of Has Ben Wilson's friends but I don't remember his name or if he's officially in.
- We need to reach out to bottom wrung players to see what their plans are for the future or to officially give them their walking papers. I'll lead the charge on this issue.

The sooner we get a concrete roster, the sooner we can have the draft. Not to beat a dead horse, but traditionally we had the draft on the former commissioner's birthday (can you say selfish?) but this year that date came and went with nary a peep from DAN.

Problem 3. We don't have a date

 It was a nice idea that we could pick a date while in Portland and have it hold up but unfortunately the former commish's last task was to inform The Bored that that date would not work.

According to DAN, several people in the league informed him that they would not be able to make the date in June that we originally selected. Whether this is true or its just Dan who can't make the date, we'll never know. Although I will say that Actor goes to ten Rhodes weddings every summer (despite it being a school of only 1,000 people) and is probably booked solid with wedding weekends. Either way, we need to lock in on a date very soon. Especially considering that if we bump it up to May, we're less than five months away.

 I will get together with my brain trust (likely Cockboy, Hops, and DAN) and figure out a preliminary date that we can immediately share with the group. If there's a good thing about doing this so late in the year it is that most people should have their vacations, weddings, lined up already and thus should be able to respond quickly to dates.

 The big take away from all of this is be ready to start knocking out all of these things. If you don't want to participate, you have no choice because this league can only afford one DAN.

PCTI VI Portland Game 5

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PCTI VI Portland Game 3

PCTI VI Portland Game 2