07-05-2011, 05:05 PM
(07-05-2011, 04:31 PM)mike Wrote: The teams that have all the higher rated guys will be the teams that have the best chance of having the drops if we lower the talent levels. It could delay other teams as well but the teams that will be affected most are the ones who already have most of the top talent. Getting to choose some of the guys that go down isn't really fair imo, especially the 90's going to the 80's. Taking a guy who could have been an agent guy down to a guy you can easily extend. Agent guys have a better chance at hitting the open market which help spread around the talent. Also there will be ways to abuse this without anyone even thinking you are abusing it. I know that may sound sinical but if the chance is there people will do it even if its subconcious on their part.
This.
Besides the talent I would've had to give up, it's one of the reasons I went after Chitty over Gagnon. Going from the low 90s to the high 80s you'll essentially drop an .850 OPS guy to .825. I'd take the lesser OPS considering I'll save an easy $5M on salary. I don't see how dropping low 80s that aren't worth their rating does any good for fixing the talent issues. If anything we'd be removing a dud, for a prospect that might become something, which is improving the talent pool.
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