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173205.1
Date: 2/1/2011 6:21:22 AM
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Hi,
I was wondering, if a player A plays as a starter and player B plays as a backup, the starter should play 36 minutes and the backup should play 12 minutes, given that you use Strictly Follow the Depth Chart.
So, if a player A plays as a starter and player B plays as a backup AND reserve, how many minutes should player B receive???

Thanks,

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173205.2 in reply to 173205.1
Date: 2/1/2011 6:33:56 AM
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It can vary so much depending on fouls, stamina, skills of the players etc. But I think 16 minutes is a good estimate.

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173205.3 in reply to 173205.2
Date: 2/1/2011 6:43:03 AM
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Hmm ok 16 minutes sounds good. Hopefully that'll happen...

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173205.4 in reply to 173205.1
Date: 2/1/2011 7:20:16 AM
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the reserve normally have no impact on it.

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173205.5 in reply to 173205.4
Date: 2/1/2011 8:33:19 AM
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Oh really??? Ok 2 contradicting points now. I've done this myself a few times but sometimes the player B got more than 12 minutes (like 18 minutes) but sometimes he got less than 10 minutes...

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173205.6 in reply to 173205.5
Date: 2/1/2011 8:40:27 AM
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Oh really??? Ok 2 contradicting points now. I've done this myself a few times but sometimes the player B got more than 12 minutes (like 18 minutes) but sometimes he got less than 10 minutes...


the reserve role, usually only impact it when the backup or starter get in serious foul trouble(normally that means early 6 fouls with let them play) or injurys where he virtually promoted a spot. Sometimes he also get subbeb when you have a high blowout win.

The same goes when you assign someone double times, and yes the minutes ain't constant, and you would get different result even with the same starter/backup combinations - but as a rough estimate i would say 10-12 minutes should be normal for the backup.

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173205.7 in reply to 173205.5
Date: 2/1/2011 8:44:24 AM
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Try it and find out, I still think around 15 minutes is to be expected though if your backup is of a decent standard, or your starter has lowish stamina.

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173205.8 in reply to 173205.7
Date: 2/1/2011 8:48:11 AM
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Try it and find out, I still think around 15 minutes is to be expected though if your backup is of a decent standard, or your starter has lowish stamina.

The problem with this is that playing minutes depends on different situations. Since under a normal condition, the starter receieves 36 minutes and the backup 12 minutes, I was hoping that there's a fixed number of minutes a player whose set as the back and reserve receives under a normal condition. I'll try it many times and try to come up with my solution.

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173205.9 in reply to 173205.8
Date: 2/1/2011 8:49:38 AM
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Well if you use the argument that a walkover distributes minutes per position as they would normally get, then backup + reserve = 12.

But in my experience, backups often play a bit more than that, but maybe it was just for my team.

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173205.10 in reply to 173205.9
Date: 2/1/2011 8:58:24 AM
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Well personally I think 12 minutes for the backup is more or less correct, but who knows. Like I said, it depends on every situation, so I guess there's no one answer.