Return of the superclass in new engine? Topic

ryanderson
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I know that I was able to do this last season, but it seems that teams loaded with seniors in DIII are simply dominating. I know DIII seniors have an slight IQ and ratings advantage, but I think it is working far too well for teams who find themselves able to start 4-5 seniors. Last year I had a slightly above average class of 6 seniors, and led my team to a 1 loss regular season.

Losing all 5 starters, I definitely over-scheduled my non-conference games for this season, but I did not expect these results while playing senior-loaded teams.

Game 1: 31 turn-overs (10 by my senior SF), and only shooting .338 against the press by a team who was not overly great in spd or ath.

Game 2: BLOWN OUT by a senior-loaded pressing team, only shooting .339 with so many things going wrong, just click the link.

I understand I could (should) lose both these games, but I'm frustrated by the number of turnovers from players with decent IQ and passing ratings, and I just can't explain the horrible shooting across the board.

Anyone else noticing senior filled rosters dominating games? Also, are the results above normal considering the two teams?
7/20/2010 2:57 AM
alblack56
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Yes, i think senior-led teams will be more dominant in the new engine....more so at first, perhaps less when all the "old engine" players have graduated.  Also, the old players have mostly maxed out by their junior year and are just as good as the seniors. The new players are supposed to improve more slowly.

The new players have lower ratings and lower potential. So, they start off worse and improve more slowly.  In the old engine, I could count on my freshmen contributing by the last 1/3 of the season. I don't expect that will happen now.

 A couple of seasons ago in Iba DII, there was only one senior in the championship game.  I don't think we'll see that again

7/20/2010 4:10 AM
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I think it is more that OLD style seniors can dominate over NEW style FR and SO...

OLD style seniors have the benefit of faster improvement and higher initial ratings.  They will - in general, on average, dont skewer me with exceptions - tend to have higher ratings and higher IQ compared to NEW style FR and SO.  And the gap will be bigger than the average gap was between OLD style SRs and OLD style FR and SO

Once all the OLD players are gone, I would expect things to move closer to normal effects of experience - but we'll have to see
7/20/2010 11:52 AM
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