2020 Amateur Draft Discussion Thread

KMcBride wrote:Okay, it's been almost 5 hours and none of the teams who were auto-drafted have posted a make-up pick in the Drafts forum. It occurs to me that if these teams were not on top of things enough to participate in the draft in the utility, what makes us think that they will wake up and participate here? And, more importantly, what happens if they don't?

Here is my proposal (I think this is how it works in the NBA? or maybe it's the NFL?):

I propose that if someone's time expires and their selection is not made and they have not prepared a draft list, then the next team scheduled to pick should be permitted to draft a player, and on and on. If the skipped team wishes to make a choice sometime later, they may choose from the players remaining and available to draft at the time they are able to pick. If they do not make a pick before the completion of the draft, their draft picks are waived. Obviously, this would not apply to rounds not done in the utility/forum, where scouts can generate draft lists for absentee teams for the simmed rounds.

Thoughts?

KMcBride wrote:Okay, it's been almost 5 hours and none of the teams who were auto-drafted have posted a make-up pick in the Drafts forum. It occurs to me that if these teams were not on top of things enough to participate in the draft in the utility, what makes us think that they will wake up and participate here? And, more importantly, what happens if they don't?

Here is my proposal (I think this is how it works in the NBA? or maybe it's the NFL?):

I propose that if someone's time expires and their selection is not made and they have not prepared a draft list, then the next team scheduled to pick should be permitted to draft a player, and on and on. If the skipped team wishes to make a choice sometime later, they may choose from the players remaining and available to draft at the time they are able to pick. If they do not make a pick before the completion of the draft, their draft picks are waived. Obviously, this would not apply to rounds not done in the utility/forum, where scouts can generate draft lists for absentee teams for the simmed rounds.

Thoughts?

Rich wrote:

Bumstead wrote:Didn't Joe say he had a list? He was just auto-picked...

He has it set for Auto.

WhoDat wrote:I think 30 minutes is too quick, especially for the first round of two, because I much prefer making last minute decisions on a pick rather than creating a list of 30+ players. But that's just me. I really don't feel it necessary to do 10+ rounds in the utility, would much rather take our time on 3-5 rounds and do the rest with in-game draft lists.

But that's just me. I type this as I'm trying to logically assemble a list that will cover me through a few rounds.

KMcBride wrote:Okay, it's been almost 5 hours and none of the teams who were auto-drafted have posted a make-up pick in the Drafts forum. It occurs to me that if these teams were not on top of things enough to participate in the draft in the utility, what makes us think that they will wake up and participate here? And, more importantly, what happens if they don't?

Here is my proposal (I think this is how it works in the NBA? or maybe it's the NFL?):

I propose that if someone's time expires and their selection is not made and they have not prepared a draft list, then the next team scheduled to pick should be permitted to draft a player, and on and on. If the skipped team wishes to make a choice sometime later, they may choose from the players remaining and available to draft at the time they are able to pick. If they do not make a pick before the completion of the draft, their draft picks are waived. Obviously, this would not apply to rounds not done in the utility/forum, where scouts can generate draft lists for absentee teams for the simmed rounds.

Thoughts?

Rich wrote:

Bumstead wrote:Didn't Joe say he had a list? He was just auto-picked...

He has it set for Auto.

Bumstead wrote:Didn't Joe say he had a list? He was just auto-picked...

Bumstead wrote:

Rich wrote:not sure what to do about the non drafted players. The only other option would be to do the draft in the forum at this point.

They could e-mail you a player that has not been taken after the round is over. For those that don't, you could just select whoever is 57th on your draft list for them or some other random number. Missing the first round is just bad in one of these drafts.

Rich wrote:not sure what to do about the non drafted players. The only other option would be to do the draft in the forum at this point.

Bumstead wrote:


I'm glad to see that some other owner liked the guy I picked or at least had him in their top 50 or so...

Rich wrote:I think what i'll do is when we complete round 1- I'll stop the timer. And do 1 round a night. That should get the 5 rounds in. This way everyone knows what to expect. Maybe more on the weekend.

WhoDat wrote:

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:RF Tai Zhao is in the in-game draft pool but is NOT in the utility draft list.

How can we do a draft if players are being drafted who are not in the draft pool and players who are in the draft pool are not in the utility?

I had to sort by "age" first to find Tao Zhao. He does not show up if you sort by "name" first.

I have sorted by age and still no TAI ZHAO in the draft utility. I used my browsers ctrl-f function and searched all batters for "Tai", no go.

You know I drafted him, right?

I do now

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:RF Tai Zhao is in the in-game draft pool but is NOT in the utility draft list.

How can we do a draft if players are being drafted who are not in the draft pool and players who are in the draft pool are not in the utility?

I had to sort by "age" first to find Tao Zhao. He does not show up if you sort by "name" first.

I have sorted by age and still no TAI ZHAO in the draft utility. I used my browsers ctrl-f function and searched all batters for "Tai", no go.

You know I drafted him, right?

WhoDat wrote:

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:RF Tai Zhao is in the in-game draft pool but is NOT in the utility draft list.

How can we do a draft if players are being drafted who are not in the draft pool and players who are in the draft pool are not in the utility?

I had to sort by "age" first to find Tao Zhao. He does not show up if you sort by "name" first.

I have sorted by age and still no TAI ZHAO in the draft utility. I used my browsers ctrl-f function and searched all batters for "Tai", no go.

Bumstead wrote:

WhoDat wrote:RF Tai Zhao is in the in-game draft pool but is NOT in the utility draft list.

How can we do a draft if players are being drafted who are not in the draft pool and players who are in the draft pool are not in the utility?

I had to sort by "age" first to find Tao Zhao. He does not show up if you sort by "name" first.

WhoDat wrote:RF Tai Zhao is in the in-game draft pool but is NOT in the utility draft list.

How can we do a draft if players are being drafted who are not in the draft pool and players who are in the draft pool are not in the utility?

Rich wrote:I'm looking to go a round a game - if it picks up. I'll shut the timer off early. We are looking to get 5 rounds done by Friday. The timer is also off at night. I'll substitute another player when we are done for the autopicked teams if the player not available. If you keep enough picks for 2 roumds- that should be fine.

WhoDat wrote:With the 4th pick the Thunder selected MR Dominique Neveu.

I went to update my in game list and this player is NOT in the draft pool. I did find him on his college team but not in the draft pool.