Suspected Tanker Topic

timf
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I want to ask opinions on this. What are some suggestions as to what an owner should do if there is a suspected tanker(s) in a particular world? I am new to the world but it strikes me odd when a team goes from 81 wins one season to 45 and the 2nd overall pick the next. Add to that a new owner prior to the 45 wins and it reaks of a tank job. There is another team that had 36 and 48 wins in consecutive seasons, both with a new owner prior to the 36 win season. I don't want to just walk away because I've already paid for the season but are there options to get rid of these owners?
2/11/2010 9:21 PM
cmthieme
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If it's a private world, talk to the commish. They can remove anyone they want. If it's a public world, there's nothing you can do, because WIS doesn't give a damn. That's pretty much it.
2/11/2010 9:25 PM
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I went from about 100 wins last season in one world.. now I have 64 wins and probably only going to win maybe 72.. I traded my older ML players for prospects and fielded the best team i could off FA and out of my AAA.. Make sure that's not what happened..


Now the owners with 36-48 wins are unacceptable.. ANYONE can win 50-60 games if they are fielding the best team they can.
2/12/2010 11:29 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By tomhighway on 2/12/2010I went from about 100 wins last season in one world.. now I have 64 wins and probably only going to win maybe 72.. I traded my older ML players for prospects and fielded the best team i could off FA and out of my AAA.. Make sure that's not what happened..


Now the owners with 35-48 wins are unacceptable.. ANYONE can win 50-60 games if they are fielding the WORST team they can


ftfy
2/12/2010 11:31 AM
mitchrapp
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But 49 wins are okay?
2/12/2010 11:32 AM
sergei91
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you heard the man

you can't argue with math
2/12/2010 11:33 AM
mitchrapp
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Damn.
2/12/2010 11:33 AM
sergei91
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pwn3d by equations and numbers and whatnot
2/12/2010 11:34 AM
tomhighway
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losing under 50 isn't acceptable...
2/12/2010 11:38 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by timf on 2/11/2010 There is another team that had 36 and 48 wins in consecutive seasons, both with a new owner prior to the 36 win season. I don't want to just walk away because I've already paid for the season but are there options to get rid of these owners?

The 48 thing caught me up so I messed up.... oh well.. Back to bed I think..
2/12/2010 11:39 AM
timf
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Going from 100 to 72 isn't exactly the same as going from .500 to 45 wins. The guy was dealing for 2-3 year ML players and demoting them to the minors so he would lose more games and stop the ARB clock on those guys. I called him on it at the end of last season (after I took over a team mid-season) and he laughed at me to prove it.
2/12/2010 11:45 AM
mitchrapp
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Just contact the commish. He'll handle it.
2/12/2010 11:47 AM
sergei91
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who was it?

usually if you talk to a previous owner and they have nothing to hide, they will give you their 'explanation' as to what happened.

sounds like this person could care less about the team and/or what you think of them
2/12/2010 11:47 AM
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Timf, there is no definition of tanking.

Therefore, there is no rule against tanking.

There is also no rule against taking a step back in order to take two steps forward. In fact, it can be a winning strategy. (That is why some people are against it -- it can be a strategy that will knock them off their thrones).

Once people realize all these things they can save a lot of brain damage arguing things that don't exist.
2/12/2010 11:56 AM
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unclean!
2/12/2010 11:59 AM
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