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Post by dbanks5775 on Feb 27, 2011 21:10:03 GMT -8
I hear a ton of whining in this forum. The rule in this league was to keep 0-4 keepers. I don't understand why everyone is having such issues. Number of keepers are not an issue for me but their was no rule that you could not drop keepers after telling the commish. Obviously, if I would have known that my gameplay would have been a little different. I only dropped my keeper to get a certain player that I wanted. I had no intentions on keeping 4 players this year.
Whether its 3,4,5 keepers does not matter to me. But to say its unfair or everyone should be forced to keep players just because other teams are happy with their keepers is nonsense.
Just my two cents. Everyone can agree or disagree.
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Post by cupofjo on Mar 3, 2011 6:03:48 GMT -8
The rules are the rules. You should know them. Any league you play in you need to know what the rules are for that league. Not all are the same.
Only thing I would change is the date we have to declare keepers is just that. Once they are declared that is it those are your keepers. No dropping them after being declared. If you feel you only have 2 to 3 keepers you better only keep 2 or 3. Do not keep 4 with intention of dropping 1 before draft date.
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Post by timc9842 on Mar 18, 2011 16:11:03 GMT -8
Maybe it would be good to have a rule of a max of 5 keepers and a min of 3 keepers.
The change I would like to see in 2012 is more than 2 DL spots. In my opinion, it should be 5 DL spots. I had many guys on my roster with nagging injuries last year, and the 2 DL spots hurt my team, as I could not replace them all. Just something to think about over the year.
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Post by SlamaLamaDingDong on Mar 18, 2011 18:14:42 GMT -8
Maybe it would be good to have a rule of a max of 5 keepers and a min of 3 keepers. The change I would like to see in 2012 is more than 2 DL spots. In my opinion, it should be 5 DL spots. I had many guys on my roster with nagging injuries last year, and the 2 DL spots hurt my team, as I could not replace them all. Just something to think about over the year. I agree. More DL spots are definitely needed. I wouldn't go so far as 5, but to increase it to 3 would really help when those injury bugs hit.
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Post by SlamaLamaDingDong on Mar 19, 2011 12:43:20 GMT -8
On that same note, I propose expanding rosters by one BN spot. An extra BN player would go a long way in dealing w/ the grind of the season especially for that dreaded C spot. I could only dream of the day where I would have enough room to carry my Starting C's backup given all the time off Cs are given.
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Post by joemama on Mar 22, 2011 6:49:12 GMT -8
I would like draft to be done in reverse order of regular season winners, however last 5 get weighted so people won't just quit to get into a better position. 25 balls for 5th to last, 20 balls to 4th and so on to 1.
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Post by JL on Jul 29, 2011 17:10:29 GMT -8
I would like draft to be done in reverse order of regular season winners, however last 5 get weighted so people won't just quit to get into a better position. 25 balls for 5th to last, 20 balls to 4th and so on to 1. Actually, this is pretty much the way it is currently being done except for we don't just weight the last 5 but all 20.
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Post by Dominator on Jul 29, 2011 18:25:04 GMT -8
Bottom line...if it is a 5 player keeper league, then you should have to keep the 5. Teams that are forced to keep slightly lesser players won't be hurt because they will have a higher pick in the (1st)6th round. Also, I suggest using the "o-rank" for setting the draft order. The total number of your keeps determines the order. The larger the number, the higher the pick. The lower the number, the lower the pick. I have been doing it in a league of my own and has worked very well.
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Post by aragni on Jul 29, 2011 20:03:32 GMT -8
I don't think we need to change anything. We want to have a league that's more realistic and this is pretty well it. As for the number of keepers, it needs to be knocked down to 4 or even 3. If you force a team to keep five, you're forcing the not so good teams into keeping junk. Doing it this way ensures that those in the bottom stay at the bottom, unless they decide to do something drastic as dump the whole team so they can't be force to keep anyone. Also, in not forcing teams to keep five players, teams can trade for draft picks in the offseason. I had a couple of keepers I wasn't sure on, traded them for draft picks which then had me at around 2 players I kept. I did this with a few players in mind for the following season to rebuild and work my way back up. If I was forced to keep the required 4 at the time, I wouldn't have had some of the players I ended up with and the current roster I have which I am happy going into next season with.
It worked last year for a lot of teams and was just fine. It's called strategy. Sometimes you have to be early to pull the trigger and other times its best to wait to see what everyone else does. I traded 3 guys for drafts picks and chose to stick with only 2 keepers knowing that some solid players would have to be thrown into the draft.
If I had to keep 4, it would have been probably CarGo, Morneau, Posey, and Bumgarner. I was able to trade Morneau and Posey for Aramis Rameriz and a 2nd overall pick(not after keepers either) for Choo and use my 3rd pick to draft a keeper. I also picked up Alexi Rameriz with my fourth pick. now compare CarGo, Morneau, Posey and Bumgarner or Cargo, Rameriz, Choo, and Rameriz as well as 4 quick picks between the 123 and 148.
As I keep saying, forcing teams to take the required 5 keepers will kill many trades and moves down needed to get some draft picks. And it would make the game more stagnant, which is absolutely boring. As for the deadline, don't need one except perhaps before the day of the draft.
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Post by timc9842 on Jul 30, 2011 9:09:32 GMT -8
Keeping a maximum of 4 or 5 players is fine, however, no team should be forced to keep the maximum. If a team is bad and forced to keep the max, then that particular team could get stuck in a "rut" for several years that may be hard to get out of. Giving teams an option of how many keepers they are allowed is the way to go. I like the way it was done this year.
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Post by SlamaLamaDingDong on Aug 20, 2011 5:55:59 GMT -8
Wow, season 2 for C2C is almost over. Just like that. We are currently addressing the issues regarding roster size, number of keepers, and the date keepers are kept.
But I want to make another suggestion for others to consider. I believe we should come up w/ something to "Rate a Manager" every season to determine if that manager should be allowed to return.
Managers w/ low ratings should not be welcomed back. I don't believe a simple league fee is enough to allow a person to manage a team in a haf-assed manner like many do in my league.
Managers should be rated. And if not cutting the mustard, voted out. It is extremely frustrating to deal w/ these part-timers. Throughout 2 seasons I've made numerous offers, most of which are unanswered. They fail to respond to emails. They provide the minimum effort in running their teams.
I want some of these guys out of my league, period. They don't deserve to be here. (Heck, as we speak, I have an offer sitting out there and we are currently on day 3 since I made it. He hasn't even sent me an email to let me know he has received it and will respond. He simply just has it sitting there).
I simply believe that in order to have the best league, you should hold high standards and ask for the best managers. There are plenty of individuals waiting to take over teams that I believe would do a better job in taking part of our LOTG community than some of the managers we currently have.
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Post by smith6570 on Aug 20, 2011 12:12:48 GMT -8
I believe we should come up w/ something to "Rate a Manager" every season to determine if that manager should be allowed to return. There is a new "Rate Manager" feature available on the "Manager" listing page of each league. In reading the Help for it, though, it doesn't really accomplish what you are intending here. I'm torn on this, to be honest. On one hand, everyone pays their $50 and should have the freedom to manage their team - and their trade offers - as they see fit. But I will also be the first to tell you it drives me absolutely CRAZY when people do not respond to trade offers. Point...click...reject. Seems simple enough. I'd rather a "f**k off" response than nothing. At least you know where you stand. I don't know that teams voting on this is the answer, though. I think that would create more problems than it would solve. I think you make your feelings known to Joe and, as the Commissioner, he has to determine what is in the best interest of the league.
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Post by SlamaLamaDingDong on Aug 20, 2011 12:58:04 GMT -8
Well, to make it fair, I'd like to keep it something like a 3-5 question survey. Something that would keep the personal feelings out of it. A manager may be a prick on a social level, but he manages his club well.
Maybe a few questions: Does the manager respond to trade offers? Does he respond in a timely manner? Does the manager take players off the DL in a timely manner? Does the manager place his SP's when it is their turn? (although this last one is a tough call considering that SP's may be benched based on matchups).
Anyway, something along those lines. Something short and sweet. But it could serve as a basis to know how people feel about the Managers activity or lack of within the league.
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