04-03-2014, 01:47 PM
This is going to be long winded but I'm irritated:
On league voting: No offense to anyone, but sometimes the majority opinion is a stupid way to go because it's an amalgamation of individual, selfish reasons. There are times when that's appropriate, but for major decisions it is not. "Anything to do to help your team" could justify an admin cheating. Or a GM knowingly taking a deal where the other GM is trying to screw the league. Leagues like this only work with cooperation and some sacrifice of selfishness by all so that the thing stays stable. And it often only works when there are a few guys that the buck stops with.
Comp picks are a coupon - you can trade it in for a prospect. If you don't like that, we can certainly revoke your coupon. You want to draft that prospect and then trade them? Fine, it happens so rarely it proves the point of why locking those picks is effective.
And, yeah, I'm irritated by some laziness lately and this has NOTHING to do with Rocky...but it annoys me when people pitch suggestions with no larger context for them. You want to throw stuff at the wall? Do it in XAT for awhile first so the counterarguments are out there. People seem to think "oh...this is a good idea!" is sufficient for a suggestion. Think it out, talk it out, and plot it out long-term first. Most suggestions die in the first few posts because no one ever thinks of the ramifications. If you talked it out in XAT first you'd solve that.
The other three suggestions are evidence of this: Allowing 10 year deals is only going to make FA more absurd and potentially knock the file's finances for a loop. Release waivers accomplishes nothing but adding a third forum to do the same thing and saves zero time editing. And the other suggestion probably effects a total of 1 dude every 5 years.
More rules, more suggestions, more layers of "stuff" on top of what is already working just undermines what already works. Let's suggest things after we thoroughly vet them with each first.
On league voting: No offense to anyone, but sometimes the majority opinion is a stupid way to go because it's an amalgamation of individual, selfish reasons. There are times when that's appropriate, but for major decisions it is not. "Anything to do to help your team" could justify an admin cheating. Or a GM knowingly taking a deal where the other GM is trying to screw the league. Leagues like this only work with cooperation and some sacrifice of selfishness by all so that the thing stays stable. And it often only works when there are a few guys that the buck stops with.
Comp picks are a coupon - you can trade it in for a prospect. If you don't like that, we can certainly revoke your coupon. You want to draft that prospect and then trade them? Fine, it happens so rarely it proves the point of why locking those picks is effective.
And, yeah, I'm irritated by some laziness lately and this has NOTHING to do with Rocky...but it annoys me when people pitch suggestions with no larger context for them. You want to throw stuff at the wall? Do it in XAT for awhile first so the counterarguments are out there. People seem to think "oh...this is a good idea!" is sufficient for a suggestion. Think it out, talk it out, and plot it out long-term first. Most suggestions die in the first few posts because no one ever thinks of the ramifications. If you talked it out in XAT first you'd solve that.
The other three suggestions are evidence of this: Allowing 10 year deals is only going to make FA more absurd and potentially knock the file's finances for a loop. Release waivers accomplishes nothing but adding a third forum to do the same thing and saves zero time editing. And the other suggestion probably effects a total of 1 dude every 5 years.
More rules, more suggestions, more layers of "stuff" on top of what is already working just undermines what already works. Let's suggest things after we thoroughly vet them with each first.
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AL Champion 12 times
FCM Best Record-Holder - 121-41 2028
Overall Record: 3530-1978 .641%