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166665.8 in reply to 166665.7
Date: 12/20/2010 3:11:24 PM
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Id really think good about tanking a few games and avoid paying a whole week of team salary. My salary is low but other guys here have hundreds of thousands. Come to think of it, I'd tank on purpose actually. Maybe someone will get a half ball to 1 ball less on fan survey by tanking, maybe its just 1-2 games and the rating wont change, reguardless I think there just too much of an incentive to tank now between no salary, and 3-5 spots higher in draft.


I dont think it will be as profitable as you make it sound. Yes you will save a weeks salary if you lose on purpose to drop to 5th. What you will lose by doing this is half a weeks salary in the 'got creamed' playoff game, one game of training, alot of lost revenue in your final home game(s) due to the fact that you tanked previous games, and lost revenue (however slight) in next season's 11 home games due to the fan survey section that says 'happy about last years performance'. I lose one road game to a tough opponents and i lose 20k or more my next home game from my fickle fans bailing on me. I am sure tanking vs a weaker opponent will have at least that effect.


And just train jumpshot/rebound/one on one for that 1 game less.


Huh?

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166665.10 in reply to 166665.9
Date: 12/20/2010 3:22:32 PM
Le Cotiche
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And just train jumpshot/rebound/one on one for that 1 game less.


Huh?


Rather than training one position on three games ==> 3 players, training two position on two games ==> those 3 players and an additional one.


that, with an additional game, would become 6 players

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166665.11 in reply to 166665.10
Date: 12/20/2010 3:25:17 PM
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Rather than training one position on three games ==> 3 players, training two position on two games ==> those 3 players and an additional one.



that, with an additional game, would become 6 players


Exactly. My confusion was in how it sounded like this solved the problem of losing a training game

Last edited by Heathcoat at 12/20/2010 3:26:01 PM

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166665.13 in reply to 166665.12
Date: 12/20/2010 3:53:58 PM
Le Cotiche
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Well, if you only have 3 trainees, then being able to train 6 guys doesn't really do you much good.


and if you had a lot of money you wouldn't care about paying 1 week of salaries more
what are we talking about here?

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166665.14 in reply to 166665.12
Date: 12/20/2010 4:07:27 PM
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So you only train JS or RB during AS or offseason?

We all have different styles and priorities, but in most cases less training games =less training. If losing a training game doesnt effect you, kudos.

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166665.15 in reply to 166665.14
Date: 12/20/2010 4:23:38 PM
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I am really glad BB's finally did something to adress the curse of 5th (also 8th) seed. New system sure has some flaws which are being discussed but it's way better than the previous system.

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166665.17 in reply to 166665.16
Date: 12/20/2010 5:01:41 PM
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Ok. Hold your enthusiasm, it can damage your health ;)

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166665.18 in reply to 166665.16
Date: 12/20/2010 5:07:00 PM
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I am not sure but I assume the following:

Losing by a big margin in the first playoff round will give you a bad fan survey in the "played good last league game" and "played good in the last TV-game", whereas finishing fifth will give you only a small minus compared to reaching the playoffs.

Next assumption:
I pay around 400k in salaries in Div II and make almost the same amount through ticket sales. If my opponent is much better than me and has almost the same income from his stadium a loss in the first round will make me ~130k - thats really a low sum compared to the 400k I could save by finishing fifth.

Solution: Pay the teams a bonus for reaching the playoffs, so that a loss in the first round is still financially more attractive than a free week as fifth (btw. every team has to do some stamina or FT training, so this one game is not a huge loss)

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