Posted by jetwildcat on 5/22/2014 3:49:00 PM (view original):
Posted by seble on 5/22/2014 3:12:00 PM (view original):
Posted by jetwildcat on 5/22/2014 3:09:00 PM (view original):
What about using depth chart instead of playing time
Not sure I understand. You could just change your depth chart to whatever you needed, change positions, then change depth chart back. Or do you mean something different?
Instead of taking the minutes played at a position during a game, take where the player was on the depth chart at the start of a game.
I obviously don't know how the code looks, so I don't know how I would implement this exactly, but something like...at the beginning of a season, the player has an existing position, with '1 point' attributed to that position and '0 points' attributed to the others. At the start of each game, whichever position(s) he's listed the highest in get a 'point' added. His profile-listed position is whichever position has accumulated the most points thus far in the season, including the starter point.
Yes. Let the actual depth chart determine a player's position. I am starting a SF at PF... just because of the make-up of my team this season. I am expecting that next season he will be playing at the 3 again instead of the 4. This season... if he were to win any awards it should be as a player at the 4 position. Next season, if he should win an award... that would change to the 3 position.
Now, I have a backup Center who is the 2nd on the depth chart as both PF and C. He's playing both positions... and is listed equally on the depth chart for each. So, it needs to get even more specific than the depth chart.
The amount of minutes a player plays at each position should determine the position title in front of his name. I do NOT think giving coaches this power to manually change it to whatever they want is a good idea. Some wise coach will think it somehow benefits his team to list 12 PGs. And then how does the system choosing the awards rate his players? The PG with 12 rebounds per game, 4 blocked shots, .0.4 assists and 18 points in the paint now wins best PG of the year??
I understand how some coaches want the power to manually adjust this because IRL that is what a coach does. But think of all the players on this site that do crazy things and then really ask yourselves if you want every HD coach to have the power to manually do this. Not a good idea.