Detlef,
shap's a great owner. He may come across as brash and discontent at times, but that's just because he wants what's best. He obviously likes the sim enough to keep playing even as is, he'd just like to see improvements (in both the sim and customer service). Shap has often tried to win OLs with odd lineups to avoid using the guys that everybody uses over and over and does reasonably well with them. I know of at least two open leagues where he's done this and has, unfortunately for him, been in my division. We take it out on each other and end up hurting each other's chances in the long run. But the real fun is in the theme leagues (especially the 2 draft ones), where normally 20 of the 24 teams are highly competitive. I don't know if that's an alias for another name or if you really only have played 4 teams, but if it's the latter, you probably shouldn't brag too much, as I doubt that 'ship was in a theme league. Though 1 in 4 is a good percentage, even for OLs. There are usually 8 or 10 really good owners in each of those.