Posted by ahausla on 8/31/2015 8:34:00 PM (view original):
I guess going forward, my follow up question is: is a guy who says he wants to sign in the 1st round - if you can draft him in the 1st round, is it a bad idea, or should you just move on to the next guy?
Is this something that is common, or is it rare? Do I just need to draft slot only guys?
Unless a player is "Looking to sign. Will sign for slot money." there will likely be some degree of wait to sign him. He may want to wait, think about college, think about basketball; he may come back after awhile and ask for a little more money, or he may come back after awhile and ask for a LOT more money. There's a chance he might just not sign at all, but there's also a slim chance "Won't sign" guys might actually sign.
Bottom line, if you have an early pick and ease of conversion is a priority for you, set your first round Signing Risk to "Very Conservative" - and/or take all the players beside "Slot Money" out of your manual rankings.