Should firing be this quick

beorn · 06-04-2006, 12:07 PM

I took over a team, drafted, and experimented for a while. After going 11-21, I got fired. Do you really want it to be possible for this to happen so quickly?

Ragin Cajun · 06-04-2006, 12:51 PM

I haven't been fired personally, but I have seen cpu run teams drop the axe pretty quickly. I'm thinking that the first year should be a gimme' with no firings until year two unless you are like -20 on the Pyth. Record.

Raidergoo · 06-04-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by beorn

I took over a team, drafted, and experimented for a while. After going 11-21, I got fired. Do you really want it to be possible for this to happen so quickly?

Did you do anything silly, like go on vacation for 4 weeks? Did you make any trades, dump payroll for prospects? What did you owner say his expectations were?

beorn · 06-04-2006, 01:16 PM

It was all pretty ordinary stuff -- no trades or anything. The owner expected .500 ball.

bp_ · 06-04-2006, 01:26 PM

I got fired half way through the first season in my fictional sim. The owner goals were to make the playoffs and I was easily falling short with a last place team. I made no trades and had the best lineup I could out there. I thought it was odd to be canned so fast.

Raidergoo · 06-04-2006, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragin Cajun

I haven't been fired personally, but I have seen cpu run teams drop the axe pretty quickly. I'm thinking that the first year should be a gimme' with no firings until year two unless you are like -20 on the Pyth. Record.

Tony Perez shares your sentiments.

gordyhulten · 06-04-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by beorn

I took over a team, drafted, and experimented for a while. After going 11-21, I got fired. Do you really want it to be possible for this to happen so quickly?

Beorn,

Maybe the owner doesn't like dogs?

TroyF · 06-04-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Tony Perez shares your sentiments.

Maybe so, but this is one of the areas where real life and a game don't merge.

Even IRL, getting fired that quick happens incredibly rarely. But in a game that's just to quick. No way you should get canned after 32 games after you first fire up a baseball sim.

I agree with the poster. Barring you intentionally trying to sabatoge the team, the firing mechanism of the game shouldn't really kick in until the middle of year two at the earliest.

06-04-2006, 12:07 PM	#1
beorn All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 1,269	Should firing be this quick I took over a team, drafted, and experimented for a while. After going 11-21, I got fired. Do you really want it to be possible for this to happen so quickly? __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish Pennant Chase Baseball League (PCBL) Commish and Blue Jays GM Extra Innings Baseball

06-04-2006, 12:51 PM	#2
Ragin Cajun All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Atascosita, TX Posts: 1,173	I haven't been fired personally, but I have seen cpu run teams drop the axe pretty quickly. I'm thinking that the first year should be a gimme' with no firings until year two unless you are like -20 on the Pyth. Record. __________________ Former NBSL Commissioner: 16 years Former Online League Owner; six time champion

06-04-2006, 01:16 PM	#4
beorn All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 1,269	It was all pretty ordinary stuff -- no trades or anything. The owner expected .500 ball. __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish Pennant Chase Baseball League (PCBL) Commish and Blue Jays GM Extra Innings Baseball

06-04-2006, 01:26 PM	#5
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804 Blog Entries: 1	I got fired half way through the first season in my fictional sim. The owner goals were to make the playoffs and I was easily falling short with a last place team. I made no trades and had the best lineup I could out there. I thought it was odd to be canned so fast. __________________ Commish: Over The Mound