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My senior PG who is the starting PG and second string SG on my depth chart played 10 minutes in my last game and is averaging 16 minutes per game. My sophomore SG who is the FOURTH string SG and third string PG is averaging 18 minutes a game.

My team runs a motion offense and a fullcourt press. I manage my substitution time by fatigue and have everyone set to fairly fresh. Fisher has been 100% healthy this season. I have never run FCP and am pretty sure this has something to do with it. Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Also my backup PG is averaging 22 minutes a game. This has to be something to do with FCP. I'm very confused.

Check your “foul trouble” settings on your “Player Game Plan” page. I typically go with “normal” and don’t have any issues.

Fisher is running into foul trouble every game, while Parkin is not. That could explain the fewer minutes. Especially since their stamina is not significantly different.

Also, it’s only been 3 games. Small sample size.

Check also if nothing was screwed in your player Distribution.

Posted by gjalpert on 6/3/2018 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Check also if nothing was screwed in your player Distribution.

How would distribution impact playing time?

Stamina, foul trouble and if you have your back ups set to play when the game is out of hand then you also have that since you've had a few easy wins.

Posted by tecwrg on 6/3/2018 11:43:00 AM (view original):

Posted by gjalpert on 6/3/2018 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Check also if nothing was screwed in your player Distribution.

How would distribution impact playing time?

It impacts how much the player is utilized, the more utilized the quicker he gets fatigued.

Posted by gjalpert on 6/4/2018 9:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 6/3/2018 11:43:00 AM (view original):

Posted by gjalpert on 6/3/2018 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Check also if nothing was screwed in your player Distribution.

How would distribution impact playing time?

It impacts how much the player is utilized, the more utilized the quicker he gets fatigued.

I've never heard that before. Did you read that on a Dev chat or something?

I think he is confusing that with FG %

"My senior PG who is the starting PG and second string SG on my depth chart "

I'm still trying to understand the reasoning for doing this?

If he is your best PG, why would you want him playing SG and somebody else playing PG?

Now, I've had my 3rd best guard, if he is so much better than my 4th or 5th best option, setup to be the first backup for both positions.

But I never have my starting 5 anywhere else on my depth chart other than where I want them to be playing.

Ward has a point! Unless I am playing a short bench (9 or less), I wouldn’t place my starters anywhere else on the depth chart.

Posted by CoachWard2 on 6/4/2018 2:34:00 PM (view original):

"My senior PG who is the starting PG and second string SG on my depth chart "

I'm still trying to understand the reasoning for doing this?

If he is your best PG, why would you want him playing SG and somebody else playing PG?

Now, I've had my 3rd best guard, if he is so much better than my 4th or 5th best option, setup to be the first backup for both positions.

But I never have my starting 5 anywhere else on my depth chart other than where I want them to be playing.

I do it sometimes, especially if my top guys are position-flexible. Not every year, not very often, in fact, but sometimes, based on circumstances. For instance, say I have 3 top guards, and I want most of my minutes at those two slots to go to those 3 players. If my 3rd guard is a great scorer, but not an excellent passer, and I have a starting SG who can also handle the point (or vice verse, of course), I may adjust fatigue settings, and plan for a substitution pattern of my starting PG resting, with the SG sliding over, to make room for the scorer.

Posted by CoachWard2 on 6/4/2018 2:34:00 PM (view original):

"My senior PG who is the starting PG and second string SG on my depth chart "

I'm still trying to understand the reasoning for doing this?

If he is your best PG, why would you want him playing SG and somebody else playing PG?

Now, I've had my 3rd best guard, if he is so much better than my 4th or 5th best option, setup to be the first backup for both positions.

But I never have my starting 5 anywhere else on my depth chart other than where I want them to be playing.

The reason I do it is so I can give certain players more playing time. Maybe I have been doing it wrong, but I tend to flex certain players into other positions they can play pretty well. I set my substitution setting on fatigue & fairly fresh for everyone. The reason I have Fisher at PG and SG is so I can get him more playing time since I need him to score for me.

I do it at PG if I have a set up of.... Sr PG, Sr SG and then So PG, So SG.

Because I'd rather have my A IQ guys running point. In most cases, my So PG is only equal to my Sr SG in BH/PASS so the attributes end up similar. But the IQ is better for the Sr SG

This is just my opinion about it.

Why would I want my best point guard playing some of his non-fatigued minutes playing SG?

If he's rested and ready to play, he needs to be out there distributing the ball around. He can do a little of that at SG, but PG is where it makes the biggest difference.

Either you read it backwards or I wrote it backwards.

If my guard class structure is like this.....
Sr PG
So PG
Sr SG
So SG

my depth chart at PG looks like this...
1. Sr PG
2. "Sr SG"
3. So PG
4. (Whoever)

my depth chart at SG looks like this...
1. Sr SG
2. So SG
3. (Whoever)
4. (Whoever)

I was trying to explain that I'll use my starting SG at the backup PG spot in that situation. Due to the fact that the IQ is much much higher. And with that type of example, my Sr SG and So PG are fairly close in passing and ball handling ratings (obviously the sophomore pg at that point isn't fully developed. And WILL be a better pg further in his career)