Retiring Numbers, redux

[slazer33]

Are we ever going to see the AI's rationale for retiring numbers? In my current 15 league, the AI finally retired one of my numbers that wasn't a real-life player. 13 year career, not HoF, 10 with my team 3 elsewhere. AI did not retire two players who spent whole careers with my team and made the HoF.

I understand that there is probably a significant amount of chance involved in the AI's decisions ('if X happens, 20% chance of retirement"). But would Markus or one of the others please explain the rules for the AI's retirement of numbers? And is it always 2 years after retirement from the game? Anyone who doesn't want this info could just skip the thread.

[megamanmatt]

Originally Posted by slazer33

Are we ever going to see the AI's rationale for retiring numbers? In my current 15 league, the AI finally retired one of my numbers that wasn't a real-life player. 13 year career, not HoF, 10 with my team 3 elsewhere. AI did not retire two players who spent whole careers with my team and made the HoF.

I understand that there is probably a significant amount of chance involved in the AI's decisions ('if X happens, 20% chance of retirement"). But would Markus or one of the others please explain the rules for the AI's retirement of numbers? And is it always 2 years after retirement from the game? Anyone who doesn't want this info could just skip the thread.

As far as the AI is concerned it only generally retires numbers if that player put up near-HoF numbers for that team. FA lowers the chances of numbers being retired due to this while pre(or no)-FA teams will see numbers retired on occasion. My current league 1901-2007 most of the original teams have 4-6 numbers retired, unless I unretired them as I tend to for teams that move. There are much fewer after FA and the few there are generally belong to the rare player who plays his whole career with one team.

That's my experience at any rate.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by slazer33

Are we ever going to see the AI's rationale for retiring numbers? In my current 15 league, the AI finally retired one of my numbers that wasn't a real-life player. 13 year career, not HoF, 10 with my team 3 elsewhere. AI did not retire two players who spent whole careers with my team and made the HoF.

I understand that there is probably a significant amount of chance involved in the AI's decisions ('if X happens, 20% chance of retirement"). But would Markus or one of the others please explain the rules for the AI's retirement of numbers? And is it always 2 years after retirement from the game? Anyone who doesn't want this info could just skip the thread.

Good info to ask for, indeed. Also, since we are "reduxing" the discussion about retiring numbers, I will take this opportunity to ask once again about eliminating the possibility of the game reusing a retired number on the same team.