Posted by bds9992 on 12/24/2015 4:01:00 PM (view original):
so this is really interesting. I pick now for team 1. Whether or not NC's two re picks are counted will affect the picks I make here. If both are, i have to pick different people than I would if they aren't.
the point of a proxy is that it accounts for picks not just in the event that the owner isn't there, but also in the event that certain players are taken. You list multiple choices, just in case some of them are taken, but you can't adapt to the changing draft because you're not there. When I see certain players taken, I realize that a certain player I expect not to be drafted, or to be drafted much later, might actually be drafted sooner. In that case, I pick a player a little early. By not listing other alternative choices, NC didn't afford himself the ability to do that.
Usually I list alternates for pick 1 and pick 2, so I don't get two players that are meant for the same purpose, instead of two players that fit in terms of defense, eFG%, Usg%, etc.
It is the responsibility of the owner to draft, and to set a deliberate proxy. I say that if those were the only two players on the proxy, it's NC's responsibility to list more players. You can't just assume that 07-08 Kidd will be there. If you don't set a deliberate proxy, we can't be expected to read your mind.
People will post their picks (including me, now) based on the picks that you have posted for you. If you had picked Anthony and Barry as alternates in your original proxy, we would've prepared for that. People might've picked Brent Barry if they knew they had to, in order to respect the clone rule. I think that rewriting history is an unfair way of dealing with this, and I vote for scrubbing one of the repicked players, and abiding by the other player picked in proxy.
If we actually do support the proxy system, then we'll all respect the players he picked in his proxy, including him.
I agree that he should have posted more alternatives, if he were in danger of being skipped. But his time slot was this afternoon.. Perhaps he was very busy, and only had time to come up with those 2 guys, knowing that if one was picked, that he had to re-think things- which was OK, bc he had plenty of time. You can't punish an owner for a mistake that he didn't make.
Another thing- Since NC's time slot was not up, and he had not officially made a pick, the picks after his proxy and before his official pick were out of turn. That's just a fact. So, if his alternate picks affect someone else's strategy (ie, drafting another Barry season bc u would know u can't pick him later) it is on them for drafting before NC made his selection.