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NoOne · 03-07-2019, 04:47 PM

if i had to dump someone, i'd let my budget determine how i ate the expense. if i am tight against payroll constraints that year and near future, i'm spreading it out... if i can eat it in one year, i will do that without hurting my team anytime possible. we don't carry over money, so it's always better to eat it now, if you can afford it.

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over time i have a learned a good understanding of what i can get in return and when it's better to wait for a comp pick.

it's a rare context in which a comp pick is likely to be better except for players i have purposefully kept to an older age and term on contract worked out as not a problem. unless incredibly old, he'd also have to be degraded to some extent that you cannot trade him for anything better than the comp pick or some emotional keeper player.

you'll do better if you are trading for a return of assets far exceding a comp pick for any long-term contract that goes into an older age or to avoid budget problems in near future. trade'em before they take a downturn, not after.

but, try this... always be focused on 3-5 years ahead and let FA supplement in meantime (even helps as you when you trade those FA supplements before end of their contracts). slowly, you'll need fewer and fewer FA until you get to the point you only sign a FA because it'll make your team even more amazing than it is -- never a forced decision and always gravy.

the goal is to avoid clumps of similarly aged important players. if they are, stagger replacing them, which means a couple will have shorter terms with team and maybe 1 or 2 stick around an extra year too. however it works out. usually determined by who signes cheaply or what prospect is best coming up etc etc... context makes it a clockwork decision.

if you stick to it, eventually you'll be replacing 1-2 important players per year. that means you only have to acquire ~1-2 elite prospects per year. that is doable under any settings. even if you can't quite reach that level, if close you will still have an elite and cheap team that can just pay a couple extra quality FA.

plus, with a 3-5 year lead-time, it gives you alow more choices when inevitable and unpredictable problems arise. sure, it'll likely have a negative effect for a short period fo time, but it will almost certainly be reduced compared to normal strategies fo player procurement. similar problems will occur no matter which,,, and a few will be avoided completely.

03-07-2019, 04:47 PM	#9
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 1/2 (4)	if i had to dump someone, i'd let my budget determine how i ate the expense. if i am tight against payroll constraints that year and near future, i'm spreading it out... if i can eat it in one year, i will do that without hurting my team anytime possible. we don't carry over money, so it's always better to eat it now, if you can afford it. ---- over time i have a learned a good understanding of what i can get in return and when it's better to wait for a comp pick. it's a rare context in which a comp pick is likely to be better except for players i have purposefully kept to an older age and term on contract worked out as not a problem. unless incredibly old, he'd also have to be degraded to some extent that you cannot trade him for anything better than the comp pick or some emotional keeper player. you'll do better if you are trading for a return of assets far exceding a comp pick for any long-term contract that goes into an older age or to avoid budget problems in near future. trade'em before they take a downturn, not after. but, try this... always be focused on 3-5 years ahead and let FA supplement in meantime (even helps as you when you trade those FA supplements before end of their contracts). slowly, you'll need fewer and fewer FA until you get to the point you only sign a FA because it'll make your team even more amazing than it is -- never a forced decision and always gravy. the goal is to avoid clumps of similarly aged important players. if they are, stagger replacing them, which means a couple will have shorter terms with team and maybe 1 or 2 stick around an extra year too. however it works out. usually determined by who signes cheaply or what prospect is best coming up etc etc... context makes it a clockwork decision. if you stick to it, eventually you'll be replacing 1-2 important players per year. that means you only have to acquire ~1-2 elite prospects per year. that is doable under any settings. even if you can't quite reach that level, if close you will still have an elite and cheap team that can just pay a couple extra quality FA. plus, with a 3-5 year lead-time, it gives you alow more choices when inevitable and unpredictable problems arise. sure, it'll likely have a negative effect for a short period fo time, but it will almost certainly be reduced compared to normal strategies fo player procurement. similar problems will occur no matter which,,, and a few will be avoided completely. Last edited by NoOne; 03-07-2019 at 04:52 PM.