I've read somewhere that if you've made a promised start/minutes to a player who get hurt, you can safely put him on rest and he won't get upset.  He'll only get upset if you play him off the bench or less than the promised minutes.

So here's my question:  Can you set a guy to rest for the whole season if you've promised a start/minutes to, without him getting upset?  Or does he have to be injured for this to come into play?

in order to be set to rest a player has to be injured. You can however just leave the player off the depth chart entirely, and as long as you don't run out of players due to foul trouble or extreme fatigue he won't play. If he doesn't play at all, he won't realize he isn't starting or averaging certain minutes.

Posted by dacj501 on 8/31/2011 11:00:00 AM (view original):
in order to be set to rest a player has to be injured. You can however just leave the player off the depth chart entirely, and as long as you don't run out of players due to foul trouble or extreme fatigue he won't play. If he doesn't play at all, he won't realize he isn't starting or averaging certain minutes.

I've never heard of this before? That's interesting.

Posted by dacj501 on 8/31/2011 11:00:00 AM (view original):
in order to be set to rest a player has to be injured. You can however just leave the player off the depth chart entirely, and as long as you don't run out of players due to foul trouble or extreme fatigue he won't play. If he doesn't play at all, he won't realize he isn't starting or averaging certain minutes.

I've tried  this and after about 8-10 games he still realized that promises weren't being kept and his WE dropped about 30 points.

So if this does work, it's not 100% certain.

http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=0&pid=1933880

I've only tried it once, so far it is working.

(If that shows different info for people who aren't me - promised start and 30 minutes to win close battle. Hasn't played, hasn't complained. 25 games in to season.Thinking about trying to push my luck and throw on a redshirt right before rollover and see how that goes too...)

what we need is a dropdown menu that lets you increase the odds that the guy will get hurt!

Posted by Iguana1 on 8/31/2011 11:55:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dacj501 on 8/31/2011 11:00:00 AM (view original):
in order to be set to rest a player has to be injured. You can however just leave the player off the depth chart entirely, and as long as you don't run out of players due to foul trouble or extreme fatigue he won't play. If he doesn't play at all, he won't realize he isn't starting or averaging certain minutes.

I've tried  this and after about 8-10 games he still realized that promises weren't being kept and his WE dropped about 30 points.

So if this does work, it's not 100% certain.

Did he play a single minute before he complain?  After he complained, did you comply with his request?  Did the WE go back up?  Did he transfer?  Did it affect your reputation?

Posted by dacj501 on 8/31/2011 12:09:00 PM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=0&pid=1933880

I've only tried it once, so far it is working.

(If that shows different info for people who aren't me - promised start and 30 minutes to win close battle. Hasn't played, hasn't complained. 25 games in to season.Thinking about trying to push my luck and throw on a redshirt right before rollover and see how that goes too...)

Pretty sure that guy will leave your team at the end of the year once he realizes his promises were not met. Not 100% sure though. 

Posted by toysboys on 8/31/2011 4:22:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Iguana1 on 8/31/2011 11:55:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dacj501 on 8/31/2011 11:00:00 AM (view original):
in order to be set to rest a player has to be injured. You can however just leave the player off the depth chart entirely, and as long as you don't run out of players due to foul trouble or extreme fatigue he won't play. If he doesn't play at all, he won't realize he isn't starting or averaging certain minutes.

I've tried  this and after about 8-10 games he still realized that promises weren't being kept and his WE dropped about 30 points.

So if this does work, it's not 100% certain.

Did he play a single minute before he complain?  After he complained, did you comply with his request?  Did the WE go back up?  Did he transfer?  Did it affect your reputation?

wasn't on depth chart and never played a minute.

Right around 6-7 games into non-conf I got the following email:

It's easier to get away with picking and choosing.  If you get the guy about 15-16 starts he'll almost never say a word and usually will actually increase his WE a few points over the course of the season.