Draft value ghosts — when the board loves the wrong player

Drafts are emotional machines. FOF makes you sit with that emotion longer than most games because the consequences arrive slowly: practice reports, holdouts, injuries, and the quiet erosion of cap space.

My log format

For each pick I write five lines:

1. Need (honest)
2. Board want (often dishonest)
3. Coach fit (scheme, temperament)
4. Medical hunch (superstition allowed)
5. Exit plan (trade, cut, renegotiate)

What the sim rewards

Patience and ugly compromises. The posts that resonate on a sim blog are rarely "I drafted perfectly." They're "I drafted humanly and survived the shame spiral."

Try publishing your worst pick of the decade with receipts. Readers love a GM who can laugh at their own spreadsheet.