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I appreciate everyone's sentiment that this is abnormal, but the algorithm running 'scrub time' needs to be changed so this type of error doesn't happen. Imagine if this took place in a relevant game, like a 1st place match. That would be really lame. Me, I'm new, I'll drop a league now and that's fine. But, if a big game went down like this it would not be cool.

I've always been enthusiasm normal except for the game prior to this one where I took it easy to increase my enthusiasm for this decisive match. Tonight's game was my first crunch time game ever. I did it to clinch this game, specifically, so I could play the relegation tourney and have a fighting chance of not getting knocked down a division. It would have worked perfectly if my 'coach' didn't leave my scrubs in the game until it was too late. Arg.

I've never had a problem with my starters being subbed at the end of 3rd. The point difference can sometimes go down from 25 to 15 for example, but I've never lost a game this way. What is the average stamina of our players?
I understand the algorythm may not be ideal, but I don't see how it can be changed for the better. Giving your starters a rest when you're in the lead is quite important for many managers.
I would suggest buying better subs or increasing your players' stamina.

Last edited by Dodor at 1/22/2012 5:30:34 PM

in some games, dependant upon what your tactics are, your coach will puut the best players on the court, based on stamina/skills etc.

So for instance, in some games, if you play FCP, and man-to-man, and your starters have crappy stamina, your bench players may in fact get lots of minutes compared to say, if you played Low-post and 2-3 zone.

There are many factors like this, ive only highlighted some basic examples, but essentially, what can happen is that, given a set of criteria, such as offense/pace/stamina/enthusiasm/gameshape/tactics, a teams scrubs will be left on the court because the coach has decided that they would have performed better than the starters.

A basic real life example would be like, if you told your starters, to play their ring off for 3 quarters. After 3 quarters they are all flat on their backs, so coach sends in bench. Bench is going to perform better than starters correct?

So yer. its not always such a simple case of 'oh my coach shoulda put my starters back in, becuase my scrubs were getting killed'.... maybe if your coach put your starters in you woulda lost by more.

Just a different way of looking it really :) It does happen and the more you play the game, the more you learn how to lessen the chances of these things happening. Just experience is all. best of luck.

2 avoid this problem, shorten your bench. You don't have to field 10, or more players. Play only 7 or 8. That away, when garbage time hits, you still have some starters out there. You may have to change how you manage your minutes, but once you learn how to keep your best players on the court, you'll have a nice advantage.

I haven't had something like this happen over 3 seasons so I'm curious on what coaching setting you used with your lineup? Your answer could lie there. Coach stricktly follows depth chart is safe.

But overall I think you'll find relegating might be a blessing in disguise for you right now. It's better learning the game on the lowest levels rather than trying to compete against teams you don't match up with immediately out of the gate.

Just glancing, you're making one huge error right now that you need to fix sooner rather than later. Stop playing your top players in scimmages when they've already logged a lot of minutes that week. Take them out of your lineup completely. All you're doing is ruining their effecitiveness for the future in what amounts to a meaningless game. 60 minutes a week is ideal and you want to keep them under 72 if possible. Most of your roster is lower than respectable game shape and ideally you want them all at strong-proficient.

bingo we have a winner

i use it for 99% of games

"strictly follow depth chart"

also as someone else said dont play 12 guys, i normally go 8 or 9 it also limits the coaches ability to screw things up & is especially important to get the best training minutes

run 8 guys
all positions filled on depth chart
strictly follow depth chart
fouls:let them play

& that will never happen again

I worded it wrong but 'strictly follows depth chart' is the the choice you want to use to manage minutes.

Anything else and the coach will do things that leave you scratching your head.

Hi everyone.
Thanks for all the replies. Going through them is quite helpful.
I did set my coach to strictly follow the depth chart, but I also did suit up 12 guys, so for whatever reason the coach put in my super-scrubs (that weren't on the depth chart) in the fourth quarter when I was up by 23. Also, my PF fouled out in the 3rd (with a double double, dang it) and my backup center got hurt as soon as he set foot on the court in the first quarter, so that may have made things a bit trickier for the AI coach. I have two guys on my team that I'm training who really shouldn't touch the ball in a league game. I definitely shouldn't have suited them up at all.

I just started paying attention to game shape last week, so that's something to improve on next season, and there are some players on my team who are horrible at free throws. That's obviously not good for the long haul since close games are decided so often at the line. Also, improving stamina is probably not a bad idea.

Looks like my team's got a ways to go.
Thanks again.