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1) Mentoring program - Its simply a waste of their time trying to set something like this up and HD can use their time in more efficient manner, on things more important like the Simengine. The problem of a ghost town is not as complicated as the 20 page threads Ive seen. They are worried about their bottom line. Fine, makes sense. 1) Eliminate FREEHD; 2) Put Rewards points back; 3) Get rid of the gift cards Seble was talking about.

Do not agree at all on this one. There are still plenty of vets playing at the lower divisions. If they aren't as helpful as you'd like, that's a differant story all together. I still tend to believe that the dominance of the core vets can be as much as a deterrant as it is a help.

BRING BACK FreeHD so you have a constant influx of new blood (even if only 25% stay that's an improvement). IMPROVE lower level rewards at a flat, but lower level than D1 (to retain those who do wish to play at the lower divisions. Gift cards? non-issue, but no FSS for FreeHD players is a no-brainer, heck would there be a big uproar if it were eliminated entirely for D3 due to cost (yes, I know some in smaller states use it, but functionally it wold solve alot of the problems with gift cards and FreeHD.) Mandate a 4 season stay to keep it in line with all other promotion logic and to give new folks a secure knowledge base before moving on. Finally advertise of FoxSports.com, in general and in the Fantasy section in particular (gotta be able to get a cheap or free rate.)
2/17/2010 3:45 PM
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And for the record, I'm fully onboard with a mentoring program. If the arguement for rewards is retention of knowledge, who is to say that has to come from that world or a D3 coach? I'd happily spend some time in a season answering questions if it would help retain coaches.
2/17/2010 3:48 PM
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FreeHD is not the answer. It is too easy to start and leave the game too many ghost ship teams when nothing is paid from the start, there is no feeling of obligation since nothing has been put in.
2/17/2010 4:57 PM
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I think the main reason that Defense is thought of as a problem is their are too many high defense guys. There are always guys to recruit with high Def and average everything else. How often would you see a guy like this in real life. People see a high defense guy and believe that you should not score against him. Basketball is about scoring, and it happens a lot no matter what.

And when you are plaing press or zone a players individual defense is the last thing that should matter.
2/17/2010 6:31 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By zhawks on 2/17/2010FreeHD is not the answer. It is too easy to start and leave the game too many ghost ship teams when nothing is paid from the start, there is no feeling of obligation since nothing has been put in
Better to have some start and not finish than to have no influx, z. Like I said, even 25% retention would improve the population more than now. It's not like the teams are any worse off either way.
2/17/2010 7:05 PM
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2/17/2010 7:14 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 2/17/2010

I think the main reason that Defense is thought of as a problem is their are too many high defense guys. There are always guys to recruit with high Def and average everything else. How often would you see a guy like this in real life. People see a high defense guy and believe that you should not score against him. Basketball is about scoring, and it happens a lot no matter what.

And when you are plaing press or zone a players individual defense is the last thing that should matter.




Couldn't disagree more. More than any other defense, press requires the will and desire to get out and play defense and hustle your *** off every moment you're on the court. If you don't do that in a press, it'll get shredded like swiss cheese.

And I'm not saying that defense should be viewed in a bubble; I think we all realize it should not. But having good sp/ath with poor def is like having a nice, shiny Corvette with the engine of a lawnmower. Looks good at first glance, but under the hood there just isn't anything there to make it run like you need it to.

(And hopefully everyone realizes this is (as usual) agenda pushing from swamp, as he jumps at any chance he can get to rationalize why his team can play good defense despite the absence of good def ratings. Swamp, if you've ever made a post that didn't have a self-serving purpose, I don't remember it.)
2/17/2010 7:39 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By zhawks on 2/17/2010FreeHD is not the answer. It is too easy to start and leave the game too many ghost ship teams when nothing is paid from the start, there is no feeling of obligation since nothing has been put in
They should sell a discounted 4 pack so you have the opportunity to turn your teams roster over, and if you like it after that, you can keep playing.
2/17/2010 7:54 PM
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Well, I woudl also say that, if a team shows no activity for a season, then the Simai should run the team the season after in absence of coach input. Just to short circuit ghost ships. Or something. THere shoudl be a way to prevent abandoned programs from jsut utterly crashing.
2/17/2010 7:59 PM
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2/17/2010 8:41 PM
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There is nothing wrong with compiling a list of suggestions for WIS to analyze.

The only thing that would be wrong is if many customers contribute to the list, it is submitted and WIS dismisses it out of hand.
2/17/2010 11:40 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By dalter on 2/17/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 2/17/2010

I think the main reason that Defense is thought of as a problem is their are too many high defense guys. There are always guys to recruit with high Def and average everything else. How often would you see a guy like this in real life. People see a high defense guy and believe that you should not score against him. Basketball is about scoring, and it happens a lot no matter what.

And when you are plaing press or zone a players individual defense is the last thing that should matter.




Couldn't disagree more. More than any other defense, press requires the will and desire to get out and play defense and hustle your *** off every moment you're on the court. If you don't do that in a press, it'll get shredded like swiss cheese.

And I'm not saying that defense should be viewed in a bubble; I think we all realize it should not. But having good sp/ath with poor def is like having a nice, shiny Corvette with the engine of a lawnmower. Looks good at first glance, but under the hood there just isn't anything there to make it run like you need it to.

(And hopefully everyone realizes this is (as usual) agenda pushing from swamp, as he jumps at any chance he can get to rationalize why his team can play good defense despite the absence of good def ratings. Swamp, if you've ever made a post that didn't have a self-serving purpose, I don't remember it.)
I disagree on several points.

1 MTM is about one on one, but zone and press are about the team. It should be very hard to take advantage of a specific weak individual defense rating in either formation. Isnt that kind of the point of both?

2 And I am not saying ignore defense, but to raise the value would distort the game. Right now no one primary rating outshines any other one. That seems like the way WIS wants it.

And I hope all of you know that Daalter has had a personal vendetta against me for many years, and he often just drops in from no where to slam me in threads. I hope by now no one takes his personal attacks aginst me in any way as being reality based!
2/18/2010 12:24 AM
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1 - If you knew how m2m worked in HD, you'd know that there is very little correlation w. an individual matchup (per seble they're working to fix this). And no, it's not hard to take advantage of a defensive lapse in a press; in reality that sort of lapse would lead to an easy lay-up.

Further, we're talking about teams FILLED with subpar defenders like yours, so it's not as though it's one lazy defender getting bailed out because he's surrounded by a bunch of great ones.

2 - Totally wrong. (And this is where your blatant agenda pushing takes place, wanting to be able to preserve your only strategy of recruiting poor def guys. You fool no one.) The consensus opinion that has been prevelant for awhile is that sp/ath plays too big a role and def not big enough. The game is distorted right now, you can play good defense with a team full of guys that don't have good def rating. That speaks for itself.

And I "drop in from nowhere?" The title of this thread is "dalter's thread" and I've been one of the main participants. You responded to me. Perhaps we need to redefine what "dropping in from nowhere" means, huh? And everyone knows that you're agenda pushing, why bother putting up a razor-thin facade about it? There are very few people who are respected less here than you, what's the point of pretending?

2/18/2010 6:19 AM
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dalter, are you are screening which suggestions you place on your improvements list?

If you are, your thread has no value.
2/18/2010 10:37 AM
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