Quote: Originally Posted By all3 on 10/31/2008You're asking for something totally unreasonable: there'd in essence need to be two entirely different SIM engines (regular season and playoffs) as well as two totally different salary scales. Capping minutes may be somewhat less "real", but at least it's a practicle, easily done option
Whether it is "easy" or "hard", it doesn't matter. The issue is that some folks want the simulation to be as 'real' as possible. Therefore, the product must come close to this realism. The difficulty level is irrelevant.
Further, WIS already have multiple versions of the sim. When they switch to a new update, some leagues are running under the older version. The exhib is another version of the sim.
Since the playoffs is a different 'season' where all users start 0-0, they can use a different version of the sim. The only carry-over for the teams from the regular season would be injuries and fatigue. This is actually no different from how it is currently done. They changed the fatigue logic in the playoffs already. They refer to the changes as "wiggle" room.
The "wiggle" needs an update. And I don't recommend a flat cap, either. Stockton is an example.
In the real world, when the teams are behind in the series, the super stars play more minutes. That's the way it is. Teams don't want to go down 2-0 in the series so expect starters to play a bunch. 3-0, expect more.
When they are ahead, their minutes don't differ much from the regular season mpg. It might be a little bit more but not a whole lot more.
The "wiggle" needs to take into account how the team is doing in the series. If the team is doing well, keep the fatigue system the same as in the regular season. If the team is behind, relax it.
Now I don't expect the sim to suddenly change Stockton from a 17 ppg score to a 27 ppg scorer in the playoffs. But I do expect the sim to allow Stockton to average 46 minutes per game.
There's never a need to have two different salary structure. People would still have to draft teams that can win enough games in the regular season to even make the playoffs.