Foul Trouble setting Topic

cbous3040
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I set my PG's foul trouble setting at more aggressive in my last ballgame.  He picked up two fouls within the first 50 seconds of the ballgame, and didn't play again until about the 2:30 minute mark of the first half. 

To me, more aggressive would be leaving a guy in the first half with 3 fouls.  What's the point of sitting out 16 minutes of game time?  That seems pretty conservative to me.

Is there a set logic for these foul trouble settings?
2/23/2011 4:57 PM
asher413
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I had always understood those settings were to their distro if their man was in foul trouble... I have a bad feeling we're both wrong :)
2/23/2011 5:37 PM
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Q: How do the foul control settings work?
A: Found on the player gameplan page, these settings allow you to control how you want to deal with individual players as they pick up fouls. The engine will automatically determine whether to take a player out or leave him in based on the number of fouls, time remaining, position on the depth chart and score. This is considered 'normal' subsitituion logic. You may also choose to set a player to be dealt with 'more aggressively' or 'less aggressively'. If you choose more aggressive then you're telling the engine that you're willing to leave the player on the court longer than normal and vice versa for the less aggressive option.
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In theory OP actions were correct...
2/23/2011 5:46 PM
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The issue is probably that the fouls both occurred in the first minute of the game.  I'm guessing if he'd picked up the 2nd foul 9 or 10 minutes later, he would've stayed in.
I don't care how aggressive you are, I can't see a RL coach keeping a player in the game as you described.

2/23/2011 6:49 PM
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Posted by alblack56 on 2/23/2011 6:49:00 PM (view original):

The issue is probably that the fouls both occurred in the first minute of the game.  I'm guessing if he'd picked up the 2nd foul 9 or 10 minutes later, he would've stayed in.
I don't care how aggressive you are, I can't see a RL coach keeping a player in the game as you described.

true... but putting him back in with 2 fouls at 2:30 is just what i would expect with the normal setting. i agree with you about the not putting them in right way, but i would expect to see it some time sooner than in the normal case. i don't think, for example, at 5 minutes remaining, the coach would care if the player just got his 2nd foul, or when he got his fouls at all. maybe there just wasn't a sub opportunity for several minutes before the player went in? 

OP - what is the last sub you see (by either team) before your 2 foul PG went in?

2/23/2011 7:22 PM
cbous3040
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The latest sub was at the 5:37 mark of the half.
2/23/2011 10:22 PM
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