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From: ardain
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155000.7 in reply to 155000.6
Date: 8/24/2010 9:47:57 AM
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The combine is pretty essential for ages and heights. The relative value for an 18 year old is much higher than a 19 year old, such that I do not forsee ranking any 19 year old ahead of the crop of 18 year olds. Until they give 19 year olds comparable stats to a trained 18 year old, this should be the case.

I do not see the initial ball ratings as very accurate - just used in the absence of any other information. I like the new system, but I do not know if I am going to invest any more $$ unless they actually upgraded the pool of draft talent.

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155000.8 in reply to 155000.6
Date: 8/24/2010 5:31:07 PM
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I am thinking of the group deal, then pick and choose til I get to 10 points. If I like what I see, then I will do the scouting combine. I did the max this season and will continue to do so until the end of the season - and I am very intrigued to see what I find out.

But it's very nice - I like knowing where I am spending my time and effort on scouting. I am thinking it's going to get more expensive tho. Nothing like tanking a season or 3 to get the best prospects and build.

Last edited by Digging for Change at 8/24/2010 5:42:44 PM

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155000.9 in reply to 155000.8
Date: 8/31/2010 12:38:42 PM
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Yeah...new system looks to be an improvement. Not sure how much I should spend on it...picking toward the end doesn't yield much, in my experience.


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155000.10 in reply to 155000.9
Date: 8/31/2010 1:43:40 PM
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Agreed. Especially since, based on the league average and knowing I'm only spending $5k/week, the league average is $20k/week so I'm assuming all the talent will be gone by the time we pick at the end.

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155000.11 in reply to 155000.10
Date: 9/2/2010 1:41:15 AM
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Which is why I went the whole lot. I wanted to know if scouting made a difference....

By the time this is finished, I should be picking around 12th :) Stay tuned in a few weeks.

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155000.12 in reply to 155000.11
Date: 9/15/2010 1:19:00 PM
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Agreed, I don't think scouting is a good return on investment if you're near the top of your League.

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155000.13 in reply to 155000.12
Date: 9/17/2010 4:30:45 PM
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We shall see.... I have a pretty good report on 85% of the player pool. If I get one, then he would equal the 400k I would of spent on trying to buy him.

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155000.14 in reply to 155000.13
Date: 9/17/2010 7:26:13 PM
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I do think the new system is a big improvement on the old one though.

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155000.15 in reply to 155000.14
Date: 9/18/2010 9:02:39 PM
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I spent a lot of money scouting but sadly I don't have any 5 or 4 ball potential guys. I was hoping to find one in there.

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155000.16 in reply to 155000.15
Date: 9/20/2010 11:22:59 AM
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I didn't spend much, but what i did was not worth it. Way too many 19 year-olds in this draft.

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155000.17 in reply to 155000.14
Date: 9/28/2010 1:17:45 PM
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Oh big time - I am going to try and live in the draft. I sure could of used the money on a few more players tho....