Not to stick my head in the lion's mouth or anything, but I think some of the points illustrated are valid. That is, of course, if I understood the dialog correctly. In the interest of full disclosure, I didn't read every line of every post, it seemed to devolve into a mud fight of sorts. But I digress.
I have never seen the data to exactly how many minutes a player thinks he should get as he progresses through his college career in this simulation. I would think if it's programmed into the logic, it should be disclosed to us, as the consumers, so we have an idea of potential danger of WE drop before it occurs. I realize I'm relatively new to this game, and have had no success whereas my team is concerned. I do not believe, however, that every player should react the same to decreased playing time. Again, I draw from extremely limited experience, having only this team, and another under a different sn (In world Smith, so no, I'm not cheating), but every player I've had that I didn't play significant minutes as a Junior, his WE dropped. One dropped 6-8 points in his Junior season, I can' remember the exact number. So that tells me he wants minutes, wants to play, right? However, before the next season, his Senior year, I decide to redshirt him, to see how he'd react. I get a response 3 hours later that says he fully understands, and is a team player, and accepts my decision. This happens, mind you, without any WE drop. I will say those two events are completely conflicting from a logic standpoint. Either he knows his place on the team, and accepts whatever role I have for him, or he wants what he wants and if he doesn't get it, he's not going to work as hard. I'm sorry, but logically, he can't have it both ways. The game doesn't support both logics at the same time. At least they shouldn't.
I guess the bottom line is, I believe every player should react differently to the lack of playing time. Some, it should have the effect that has been mentioned, the decreased WE. Some, it should motivate to become better so they get the minutes. While I confess I don't have any examples on the top of my head as I admit I don't follow college basketball that closely, I imagine my idea is not too far off that there are players out there who work their tail off to get more minutes, possibly starts, and actually use situations like the op described as fuel to their fire.
That's my two cents anyway...
8/28/2012 4:55 PM (edited)