Well, another season in the books. I spent the year with my head buried in spreadsheets and post-it notes trying to come up with something informative every week, and I think I succeeded to some degree. I was pleasantly surprised to see how the Pioneers and Force integrated the weekly releases into their game day experience.
I also got to be the 'middle man' between inquisitive media and the NEFL, so on the couple of occasions that the league went into crisis management mode, I got to be on the front lines of it. I'm normally the jerk media demanding answers, but it was nice to provide them for a change.
I'm not seeking approval, but I do want to know if anyone actually read all the junk I put out, or listened to any of the interviews, or (especially) if you noticed more media coverage last season. As part of my 2013 initiative to take it up a notch, I also would like to know what you'd want me to do specifically for your team to help you gain some coverage and sponsorships. Some of the projects I have lined up include writing and designing media guides and game day programs, continue to modify and clean up my NEFL historical database of game scores (since apparently stats are lost in space), and try to use the league social media accounts to better promote the teams and the games.
On the flip side, I also don't want to spend a bunch of time on teams that don't care what I do. So I'm sort of sticking to the teams that have asked me to work on some special projects for them this year. I'll definitely continue to provide the league release every week and distribute information as necessary, but I'm scaling back some of the other smaller stuff this time around.
Anyways. This forum is a ghost town so I thought I'd liven it up a bit.