Draft Scouting

[Inner_GI]

Draft Scouting Outline:

As of now, when teams are preparing for a draft it's all a guessing game because the letter grades are really a combination of other attributes, so you never truly can tell if that player is a good fit for your team. To relieve this problem, I suggest we implement some sort of draft scouting system.

In general it would work like this:

Lottery Teams - 2 Scouts
Playoff Teams - 1 Scout

I think this allows lottery teams to at least see the two players they are most interested in to see if they are a fit. It's not game breaking, because the GM still needs to rank and project where the players are going to be come draft time for those 2 scouts to make a difference. If I scout two players that are not available when I pick, then the GM is still punished for a poor draft.

Let's say, I want to scout two players, we can either setup a draft scout thread each year where only posting your scouting decisions are made. Also, we could operate in PM if Commish is okay with that for you secretive folks that don't want to tip off the players you are eyeing.

So for the instance where some scouts a player, Commish will report back to you their actual number ratings. 1-100 in each skill.

I wanted to create a poll to get this on a vote/discussion.

[Inner_GI]

Only four votes. Nolaslim would be disappointed in you!

[DarthVegito]

I honestly don't know how I feel about it. I kinda didn't mind the old system. Still thinking about it.

[Inner_GI]

I honestly don't know how I feel about it. I kinda didn't mind the old system. Still thinking about it.

What are your concerns?

[LoCo89]

**** I meant to vote no, but I was doing it on my phone. Oh well.

The only reason why I would vote no is because I'm not a big proponent of the number ratings.

[NOLa.]

Would said scouted ratings show durability ratings I'd they exist? Or is that completely random?

[Inner_GI]

**** I meant to vote no, but I was doing it on my phone. Oh well.

The only reason why I would vote no is because I'm not a big proponent of the number ratings.

Yes, but I'm just trying to even the playing field. I'm not saying commish would abuse his ability to see the ratings, but he is, as it stands now, that can see the ratings.

EDIT: Plus, commish is always in the late end of a round, so I'm not worried. lol This was thought up to help Lottery teams make the right choice, and it adds a interesting element to the league.

[IamQuailman]

Tony Allen is a 72 rated jump shooter and only scored like 9-10 a game. So high ratings (and that's relatively high) don't necessarily correlate to increased improvement (or at least initially)

[Snarly]

Tony Allen is a 72 rated jump shooter and only scored like 9-10 a game. So high ratings (and that's relatively high) don't necessarily correlate to increased improvement (or at least initially)

To be fair, he shot the 3 ball fairly well in college. Other than that, he made a living off of screen, transitions, and put backs.

[IamQuailman]

Word

[LoCo89]

Yes, but I'm just trying to even the playing field. I'm not saying commish would abuse his ability to see the ratings, but he is, as it stands now, that can see the ratings.

EDIT: Plus, commish is always in the late end of a round, so I'm not worried. lol This was thought up to help Lottery teams make the right choice, and it adds a interesting element to the league.

That's fine, and I understand that, it's just my belief that it's not that big of a deal

[BallSoHard]

Still not sure how I feel about it. I don't hate it.

[Soundwave]

Haven't voted yet, but I would lean towards no. I like the fact that it is somewhat of a crapshoot.

Just take the last draft as an example, I think most of us would have taken Granger over Lee. I probably would have. I'm glad it ended up how it did.

[AD23forMVP]

I think I may just hold a "scouting combine" like you see in real life.

[Soundwave]

^ THIS.



That could be awesome.

[AD23forMVP]

Ok, I can either just post the results of the lottery in one post and we can get started with the draft today or we can do a "lottery show" and do a draft combine sort of thing. Depends on what yall want.

[DarthVegito]

I would vote for just the results of lottery all at once, and work on the draft combine stuff for next season.

[Pelicans78]

I like the lottery show. I don't care either way since I don't have a draft pick. I guess I'm all for letting the newcomers enjoy the lottery.

[c_prej]

I feel like this will be a must when we head into drafts with made up players. Until then it is a lil helpful. I say start the lottery.

[DarthVegito]

I feel like this will be a must when we head into drafts with made up players. Until then it is a lil helpful. I say start the lottery.

I totally agree with this. When that time comes this scouting stuff will be very valuable. I'm just super anxious to get it going, the sim league withdrawals are getting worse

[Inner_GI]

I vote for a lottery show!

[IamQuailman]

Lottery show

[AD23forMVP]

Alright lottery show tonight.

[IamQuailman]

Any time frame on when sign and trades will be processed?

[AD23forMVP]

I'm about to start working on all that, and I'll work on it throughout the day.