DT Dreaming with the Cuz: Pre-season 2011 Pt. 2

“Yeah, im on a drug, it’s called, Cousins Coke n Ice!, Its not available because if you take it, your Dream team will melt off your screen and your rookies will break legs Barlow style!”

Fellow DT’ers! Thanks for the fabulous feedback on last weeks DT Dreaming with The Cuz! Im impressed by the passion some of you have for Dream Team and im happy I had a small impact on all of your lives! You all (quite rightly) shut down the theory of no Gold Coast Gold!

There was some serious backlash from the DT community out there (You all know who you are!) and now I will conclude my experiment (That’s right experiment, congrats to those who figured I was taking the P I double 5) and Ill explain the reason for the article in the first place. As you may have noticed, there were referrals to the supposed ticking time bomb that is Charlie Sheen.

I’m a big believer that the Charlie Sheen that is being portrayed out there is purely a mock up (fake for those of you who don’t know what that means!). Lets be honest, what an awesome job he has done of it! This is a bloke who has been on screen for 18 years, living his life in a way that us mere mortals could only dream, and is having fun playing the world for a fool! His commercial value has increased exponentially on the back of his rants and raves, and excellent use of his Barbie Doll ex porn stars that now live with him (Brilliant product placement I may add!). His experiment (at least I hope it is an experiment!) may last for a while, and a lot longer than mine has (1 week total!) but be damned sure, the next project he does throw himself into, will make him the highest paid TV or movie star in the history of the world! Hopefully Cousins Coke n Ice can do the same thing! LOL (I’m kidding)!

Now what has this got to do with my previous article I hear you ask. Basically, I was thinking the day I wrote the article, how much of a genius this guy is in getting himself noticed. Poking fun at the establishment, all just for $hits and giggles. Why? Because he can! I truly believe he has the entire world fooled that he is completely off the rails! It was at this stage a light bulb went off in my head and I thought to myself, “How can I use this to make DT more interesting?”

Let me digress for a second. There is a reason I thought this way. I have written 8 articles now for the lads to help ensure new content is finding its way through the website whilst the boys are busy being School teachers. Trust me, it is not easy finding new ways of saying what everyone is saying in the forums everywhere, and the idea of mixing it up a little, and bucking the trend of convention seemed like a good idea! I’m sure all of you are getting sick of reading the same old stuff!? How can I jazz this up and keep people interested!

I concluded that as an experiment, I will see how educated the DT talk public actually are! I had a feeling based on previous posts and forum conversations in recent weeks, that there were a lot of coaches out there that would be sheep and follow the crowd on this, and thought that my crazy idea may actually gain some traction! Alas, my conclusion is as follows: I was wrong! Its official, users of the website www.dreamteamtalk.com are by far the most knowledgeable and savvy DT Coaches in the world! Well done to you all!

Now to further business. These are the genuine thoughts (no experiment this time around).

Of course no GC players is a stupid idea. One night drunk I considered it, but never really believed it was a good idea.

Make no bones about it; Gold Coast rookies for DT land have the most job security. One thing we encounter every year is trying to find rookies that are actually guaranteed game time during the season. A must for a rookie in DT land. Believe it or not, what your bench consists of is possibly the most important decision you will make when formulating your DT Team this year.

The 2 reasons for this are as follows:

1. Coverage. Especially this year, there is a higher emphasis on having bench cover this year with the inclusion of a Bye or byes each round. Depending on how many players you have from one team in any given line, when they have a bye, you don’t want to be burning trades just to cover them off. Having a good spread of playing bench players could be the difference between winning and losing league games, or thousands of positions in overall rankings.
2. Upgrade Power. You need to ensure you have rookies that are increasing in price so you can sell them off for profit later in the season. My tip is to have a close look at Richmond, Port and Essendon rookies who have their first byes last. This will ensure that come those rounds, your rookies will have had the best chance to “value” before trading them in for cheaper blood (hopefully Callinan is cherry ripe for the picking around these rounds!)

Anyway, I have bored you all to death for long enough! On a side note, im a big boy and I am more than happy to cop criticism, if anything I think criticism if taken and delivered in the right light can actually assist you. But in all seriousness, getting personal with any guest writers on here is simply juvenile, and I hope that some of the comments some of you post up here don’t scare further people off helping the boys out with some interesting reading material that may help shape your dream team. How about all the haters out there actually put pen to paper and whack their nuts up on the line! It’s easy to throw stones in the forums!

That’s all from me this week, may all of your kicks be goals and your Rookies absolute Jets come the start of the season. Im taking off on a jet plane to Margaret River for my mate Wades wedding next week, then scooting over to Bali to enjoy his honeymoon with him and 20 of my closest mates so will not be in the country for Round 1. Disastrous for DT selection, but I will be doing my utmost to ensure that I can watch all the action at a bar over there and keep track of how CC&I is travelling against the rest of the world of DT!

Any suggestions of the best bars to watch the footy over there would be appreciated in the forum posts below as well! Talk to you all around round 2!

Cheers,

Cousins Coke n Ice
@douthteez on Twitter.