Yeah, it really is horrible. Shuffling your players to fill in all your levels is a real pain--especially in season 1 using the basic moves.
The guy who we got rid of/ would have probably been gone regardless. He was inactive for 3 days early, and got on just prior to arb hearings. Only made one promotion. The guys he didnt arb were auto-arbed. He did actually appear to do some coach hiring.
And he didnt protect his rule Vs. After the non-protecting, I sitemailed him asking if he was planning to be fully active, or if he wanted me to give his franchise away. He chose to leave.