Thursday, March 13, 2008

Draft Thoughts

Ok, so a number of people said 4 hrs is too short
12 is definitely too long, but I even think 8 hrs is too long, that's just 1 pick in a 12 hour window.

What I tried last year was a big failure, but I like how its going so far this year.. quick.. but I thought that enough notice had been given to prepare owners. Maybe I was wrong...

I sort of feel like Harrisburg and Montreal were gone for over a day and don't care at the same level as the rest of the owners... not that they are bad owners for that but can we cater around a league to an ownership style that is more hands off? It seems like this activity would be an issue for free agency...too and always keep them at a disadvantage. But In FA they just miss out on bidding so they don't complain, because they are skipped in the draft with presumably fair warning it a huge injustice? One thing I don't like is that I saw both owners who were skipped, logged on early in the morning and could have sent a 4-5 person list and been ok? That seems fair to me... disagree?? I know some people have jobs during the day and that they can't get any time to look at emails, but is that the case here or was it just oversight and not good planning? Its not like we suddenly went through 10 picks in a day.

What if its 4 hours, but if 5 picks are made in a day, then no picks after that are skipped that day? I liked that idea a bit. I just hestitate to make it much longer because I know it slows down the draft exponentially... with a 4 hr limit it seems people are around more because they know things will happen....


1 comment:

RedsManRick said...

Any chance we can get some discussion and/or a resolution on this. I was the one who proposed the "clock in effect for X picks per day" idea and would champion it. I think everybody was generally pleased with a faster pace, but nobody wants to feel artificially screwed because they were out of email touch for 2 days. This seems like a good compromise to dictate a minimum pace while protecting people from an unexpected rush.

Rick
Phoenix