Posted by MikeT23 on 3/1/2017 1:47:00 PM (view original):
So my problem might not be that he's so much higher stamina than the others that he stays on the court, it's that they're too tired to get back out there?
Honestly, I'm not sure that makes sense to me. My 82 SF starts and tires. My 65 SF comes in(I get his minute problem). Then the 87 SF comes in. It seems to me that 82 would recovery somewhat sufficiently early in the 87 SF's shift out there. I'll have to look closer at the PBP, 82 SF is #2 PF, but it would seem to me that once the 82 SF is ready, he'd move back to SF(his listed position) and the #3 PF would come in fresh and replace the not-tiring-quickly-enough-but-not-100% SF.
It certainly could be my depth chart if I'm not understanding the sub patterns properly.
If your top SF is also getting minutes at another position, that affects the pattern. Now your high stamina scrub is not a true #3 on the depth chart. In either case, the best way to limit minutes of the 87STA SF, if that's your ultimate goal, is going to be to set all the guys on the D.C. ahead of him to play more tired. There are a lot of more complicated methods you'll figure out for yourself as you experiment, but you can start with that.
I often arrange 4 man classes. When I have, say, 8 upperclassmen and 4 freshmen, and I want the 8 to get a much bigger portion of the minutes, I'll have my 3 non-starting upperclassmen rotate as the #2 in all spots on the depth chart. Usually works out to be a guard as #2 PG and SG; a swing as the #2 SF, AND #3 SG and PF (or more often #3 pg and SG in a 3-2); and a big as #2 PF and C. Then distribute the rest of the slots to the freshmen, as befits their skills. When I do that, I pay attention to the stamina of the sets of starters who "share" a backup. If one of the set has more stamina, I'll set him to "getting tired" and leave the other as fairly fresh. In that way, I maximize the minutes that 2 of my top 3 guards and bigs are on the floor with each other.