Now, those might not be good choices anymore. So my elite 6th man that I trained for almost three real life years and who helped me go from fourth division to national cup winner is now a bad player who makes me lose games ?
This GE change might transform players that were good three weeks ago into complete trash that average 4 TOs a game. And learning this AFTER the start of the season is not acceptable.
This is not intented to minimize or overlook what you've pointed out here. However, there is a parallel in the NBA when the game switched away from a low post, interior scoring games to a more outside based, transition game. Those dominant C and PF's who lumbered up and down the court, couldn't pass and couldn't shoot acurately more than 8' from the basket were suddenly rendered dinosaurs who were a drag on their team rather than a focal point.
If this change leads away from player builds designed to take advantage of certain design characteristics of the GE and towards players with a more all-around build, I would argue that is a good thing regardless of when the change was made.