I would also like to note that should he be allowed to return he will NOT be on ExCo. He will not be in charge of simming and he will also not be on the TRC. He would be coming back as GM, just in charge of his own team like most everybody else in this league.
Having said that, here is what he has to say for himself:
Additionally, this is a closed poll so that people don't vote based on how close he is either way. This is solely your opinion.Some people have asked for a better understanding of why I left and why I'm asking to come back. I think the leaving part is fairly self-explanatory. After six years of running things, I was completely and totally burned out. JP asked "Why not just step down and stay as a GM?" when I first left. Because I really was THAT burned out. Leaving, walking away, had NEVER been an option before. A part of me too felt like I'd have too much trouble letting soemone else run things. Even now, knowing I want to return, I would have still made the same decision to walk away completely. Partly because I know I needed to walk away completely in order to know that I would miss being a GM (I don't miss running the league or simming AT ALL) and partly because, even though I criticized some aspects of the ExCo on my way out, I still had (and have) faith that they'll keep the league running well. If I didn't, I wouldn't have left. So why do I want to come back? For the same reason any one of you reading this would want to come back. I miss it. I miss haggling over players, looking for free agents and prospects and the stupid inside jokes. I think I needed to walk away completely to rediscover that. The other important thing to me is do I think I can come back and live with the decisisons of the ExCo that I don't like. Well, not that I'd have much choice, but yes. I've already had to do that in the past. I kind of envision myself having an activitiy level akin to a more outspoken Nils. I'm still going to speak up if something seems really wrong, but since I won't be running anything other than my own team, I won't feel like I have to participate in EVERY debate over every issue. So, there it is.