I'll put in my two cents, just to say that you have an interesting idea about lineups. I can readily appreciate the difficulty of programming an AI to formulate a sensible lineup, and so I accept that sometimes it makes some eccentric decisions. And I have also accepted that any similarity between lineups in OOTP and what really happened is partly happenstance. Moreover -- and I think this is important -- the AI may sometimes have a better approach to a lineup than the real manager (partly because the AI doesn't have to deal with player egos, etc.)
That said, having data available about how often players appeared in what slots in the lineup IRL, and providing an option to have the AI use that data as part of the lineup calculation, is very attractive. May even be feasible (but what do I know
). Still, I wouldn't hold my breath.
