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Posted by opie100 on 2/4/2011 2:01:00 PM (view original):
Posted by toddcommish on 2/4/2011 12:38:00 PM (view original):
Posted by opie100 on 2/4/2011 12:05:00 PM (view original):
I also bring up minor league players for the offseason that I haven't taken the time to set the positioning the way I want to, and my preferences there can also be impacted by injuries.  Why lock it down?
Why not just take the time to set your own damn positioning?  You have around two months to set up every level of your team exactly the way you want it, and now you're complaining that you can't change stuff during the last week?
When you have injuries during the playoffs, you may be forced to make position adjustments.  Why lock it down? 
There is a certain sub-set of users who like to put down ideas. Don't be discouraged. Know you've made your suggestion and ignore those who clearly have nothing constructive to add other than attempting to put you and your idea down for whatever reasons they may have. Open-mindedness isn't exactly tolerated by some. Just look around the "Suggestions" forum for TONS of examples of this. Apparently, the idea of a "Suggestions" forum is lost on some. Good idea, no honest reason to not do it (again, if someone wanted to be a dick, they could obviously still screw things up in the last cycle before it locks) and if WiS agrees, they'll look into it.
2/4/2011 4:10 PM
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My point, which seems to have been lost on pstrdouchebag, is that this isn't an IMPROVEMENT to the game itself.  It's a complaint based on an isolated incident that could have been avoided with some forethought.  That isn't a "suggestion", it's a "waaaaah" based entirely on his unwillingness to manage his team during the regular season.

IOW, his inattentiveness to his player positioning does not necessarily equate to a useful suggestion to fix/improve the basic game.
2/4/2011 7:21 PM
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Point taken pstrnutbag44.  Still haven't gotten a compelling reason.
2/4/2011 7:49 PM
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I've found that it's a pain in the *** to not be able to switch positions of  minor leaguers when I do my post season promotion wave.  Alas, to coin a term, "this will never happen"
2/4/2011 8:08 PM
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Posted by toddcommish on 2/4/2011 7:21:00 PM (view original):
My point, which seems to have been lost on pstrdouchebag, is that this isn't an IMPROVEMENT to the game itself.  It's a complaint based on an isolated incident that could have been avoided with some forethought.  That isn't a "suggestion", it's a "waaaaah" based entirely on his unwillingness to manage his team during the regular season.

IOW, his inattentiveness to his player positioning does not necessarily equate to a useful suggestion to fix/improve the basic game.
Thanks for calling me a name, way to handle yourself appropriately. Actually, valid points were raised concerning late-or-postseason injuries, thus creating a situation where you may want to change a players position to adjust for the injury. Example, in AAA your stud SS should only be playing SS to improve his Glove rating to the best of your abilities. Your starting 2B is injured in a postseason game. You'd like to call up the AAA SS to take his place, but he will not play 2B if it is not on his chart. Seems like, instead of rushing to attack a guy for his idea or calling another user defending the guy a name, you could have taken that into consideration. The guy is making a simple suggestion, that does not call for sociopathic behavior, but that's just my opinion.
2/4/2011 9:12 PM
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You can manually put a guy in your lineup in any defensive position you want.  You can also manually set your depth charts, defensive hierarchies, etc. any way you wish.  A player's listed position, either primary or secondary, does not preclude him from playing other positions.

2/4/2011 10:40 PM
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Tec: are you 100% sure about that? I seem to recall CS stating otherwise when asked why players listed at a certain position in the lineup were not playing. Honest question, as I seem to recall hearing it more than once. I'm not in disagreement at all, genuinely curious about your experience concerning the issue.
2/4/2011 11:17 PM
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Posted by tecwrg on 2/4/2011 10:40:00 PM (view original):

You can manually put a guy in your lineup in any defensive position you want.  You can also manually set your depth charts, defensive hierarchies, etc. any way you wish.  A player's listed position, either primary or secondary, does not preclude him from playing other positions.

This.

The OP's request was so he could see Simmy's recs in the playoffs.  Which, quite frankly, seems rather pointless.  As has been mentioned, if you don't know what you want to do after 162, there's a bigger problem.

As for me, I'll sign IFA after the regular season with leftover prospect money.   I'd like to change their positions(or add secondary positions) but I can't .   Not the end of the world as I can do the same thing when next season starts.
2/5/2011 6:39 AM
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Posted by pstrnutbag44 on 2/4/2011 11:17:00 PM (view original):
Tec: are you 100% sure about that? I seem to recall CS stating otherwise when asked why players listed at a certain position in the lineup were not playing. Honest question, as I seem to recall hearing it more than once. I'm not in disagreement at all, genuinely curious about your experience concerning the issue.
Yes, I'm sure.
2/5/2011 6:57 AM
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Posted by MikeT23 on 2/5/2011 6:39:00 AM (view original):
Posted by tecwrg on 2/4/2011 10:40:00 PM (view original):

You can manually put a guy in your lineup in any defensive position you want.  You can also manually set your depth charts, defensive hierarchies, etc. any way you wish.  A player's listed position, either primary or secondary, does not preclude him from playing other positions.

This.

The OP's request was so he could see Simmy's recs in the playoffs.  Which, quite frankly, seems rather pointless.  As has been mentioned, if you don't know what you want to do after 162, there's a bigger problem.

As for me, I'll sign IFA after the regular season with leftover prospect money.   I'd like to change their positions(or add secondary positions) but I can't .   Not the end of the world as I can do the same thing when next season starts.
There are a variety of reasons making it useful to make positional changes in the postseason, but there doesn't appear to be a compelling reason to have it the way it is.
2/5/2011 7:58 AM (edited)
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Nonetheless, it's not a "must have" either.    It doesn't restrict you from doing anything that has to be done RIGHT NOW!

You're entire premise is "Why?"    I could counter with "Why change?"
2/5/2011 8:29 AM
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Hey, it's just a suggestions forum.  It would be nice to alter position defaults throughout our team ownership.  That's all.
2/5/2011 9:54 AM (edited)
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Posted by tecwrg on 2/5/2011 6:57:00 AM (view original):
Posted by pstrnutbag44 on 2/4/2011 11:17:00 PM (view original):
Tec: are you 100% sure about that? I seem to recall CS stating otherwise when asked why players listed at a certain position in the lineup were not playing. Honest question, as I seem to recall hearing it more than once. I'm not in disagreement at all, genuinely curious about your experience concerning the issue.
Yes, I'm sure.
Then help me out. Why has Pablo Castillo not played a single game at 2B for me in the playoffs, despite listing him there in the lineup twice? He keeps playing @ SS. I sent a ticket, just wondering if you could provide some insight.
2/5/2011 11:50 AM
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I'm not WIS support. 

All I know is that I set Troy Hendricksen up to play RF in a minor league game this morning, despite RF not being listed as one of his positions, and he played RF as expected.

For your issue, I'll speculate . . . . could auto-rest settings come into play?  Maybe simmy made a change to your lineup due to auto-rest settings, and moved your guy from 2B back to SS.
2/5/2011 12:00 PM
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Posted by tecwrg on 2/5/2011 12:00:00 PM (view original):
I'm not WIS support. 

All I know is that I set Troy Hendricksen up to play RF in a minor league game this morning, despite RF not being listed as one of his positions, and he played RF as expected.

For your issue, I'll speculate . . . . could auto-rest settings come into play?  Maybe simmy made a change to your lineup due to auto-rest settings, and moved your guy from 2B back to SS.
That's what I was thinking too. Honestly, I do appreciate the input. I've been trying to find a way to make this work w/out "whining" about the settings, but it has only come up for me this one time in the postseason, and once before a few seasons back so it wasn't that big of a deal. I agree, steps can be taken beforehand, I just don't see the big deal with a change to this either. It's a harmless suggestion. Thanks again. I'm willing to bet that'll match up with what CS says.
2/5/2011 12:11 PM
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