2019 – Week 20
The Final Week of 2019
by Syndrome
As some of you may know from reading the blog (if I was George, I would provide the link. I’m not George.), my night cap is a glass or two of cabernet and some chocolate chips. This even pairs nicely after some Labatt and wings. But after our last official post-round libation, I was out of cabernet, so I settled for an espresso(decaf) with my chips. It was nice but it just wasn’t the same. And, that’s how I would sum up our last event if not the entire season. It was nice but not the same.
From a last night perspective, it was shockingly disappointing. The last several years we’ve had almost the entire league go out to celebrate and honor the winning team and rounds of shots were consumed in the process. This year, we had 6 people. Out of a league of 20. Pathetic. Lots of people had excuses, but as my 8 th grade football coach (Mr Lalumia) used to say – excuses are like assholes. Everybody has one and they all stink.
We need to seriously reinvigorate this league. It’s not just the lack of post round camaraderie but horrible attendance, lack of subs, and a course that looks at us like an ATM that doesn’t require a PIN number.
They didn’t even comp us the final round like they normally do. If I saw that money go into the course, I might not care about the measly $20 but the place is still a hole. As many have pointed out, it’s not as deep a hole as it’s been, but I also don’t want to be the tallest midget. (I can’t come up with one analogy that’s not going to offend someone in this scenario.)
So, I challenge you to reply to me – johnhrayburn@outlook.com – with suggestions to make the league fun again. All 3 commissioners have noted how much work they have so I will take the lead on this one so they can breathe and catch-up after a busy 20 weeks. And, no one can come to my office and complain!!
I’m already working to advance the work that Pete did last year to find a new course option. The Vineyard is top of the list. Yes, the bridge construction should be done by next season. A good suggestion made by several was go to 2-man teams. Another was to have the first half of the season be to figure who gets into a play-off in the second half and who plays the second half relegated to the consolation bracket.
So, think with a clean sheet of paper. Assume 16-20 people but perhaps 24-30 (we could merge with the existing but allegedly dwindling league at the Vineyard). I’m not going to regurgitate the stats that Jason sent out.
Congratulations to Pete, Nick, Serkan and George.
Now a word from co-commissioner PW. The Wrath of Serkan team went wire-to-wire and never gave up first place. It got a little dicey at times but they prevailed and Nick “Potter” Duer finally gets his GCCGL championship after a decade in the league. A BIG, HUGE thanks to Cupcake and LG for helping run this league. It really is a lot of work with little to no reward. Our only payment come in the smiles on the faces of our GCCGL members. Just knowing that we are bringing joy to all of you every Thursday evening for 20 weeks each Spring and Summer is enough for us. Too sappy? Yea, I thought so. Don’t believe a word of it. By the likes of Cupcake’s last email to everyone, I figured he’d had enough of the 2019 GCCGL season and fell about a day short of going postal and stuffing pink golf balls down everyone’s throats who dared walked into his office.
In reality, it has been a pleasure. We hope to see everyone again next season. Looks like Syndrome is volunteering himself to take on some additional league responsibilities. He really has no idea what he’s getting himself into. We hope it was fun, we’ll continue to look for ways to keep it fun. Next year marks the 25th season! TWENTY FIVE YEARS. We have to make it special.
Thank you and as always, hit ‘em straight!
