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Originally Posted by Hrycaj
I was thinking about this yesterday so I’ll ask you and if CBiesbol wants to chime in as well that would be great. When you rotate positions with your players to get them that training have you ever found them unwilling to make that move? Most of my solo games are in Commish mode where I just watch things play out. However, I do have one save where I play out every game. I can’t remember in that save if a player was upset about being moved from say CF to LF or a pitcher from a starter to a reliever. Then I wonder if that should be part of the game if it isn’t. Maybe something connected to a players work ethic and attitude where some players are unwilling to learn a new position or if they are forced to they become clubhouse problems or demand trades or refuse to sign extensions and such.
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I've never seen this occur in my organization. As stated, it would be a great addition if it were possible. It would have to depend on player's experience, playing level, personality, etc. For instance, if you tell a 19 year old kid in Rookie ball you'd rather see him at 2B than 3B and he gives attitude or whatever, odds are he won't be around much longer. I know that I wouldn't put up with that nonsense, if moving him soured him and caused him to become negative.
What would probably be a good compromise, is if personality traits were tied to having a player play out of position (unrated pos.). Like, players with Intelligence, good work ethic...maybe even high Morale, those players would pick up the new position happily and quicker than a player with a poor work ethic and other negative traits. He'll still learn the position and his rating will improve, it will just be slower than the first guy who has good work ethics & good team loyalty, or whatever combination of traits makes the most sense.
If you do ever try to make some of your existing players learn a second or a third position, let us know how the process was for you. Did it take all season or whatever. I'm interested in seeing how things like this workout for other ootp'ers.