The final rounds of the 2010 draft are complete. In Round 11: Union S.C. selected P.Campos(RSL), Gateway United selected J.Busch(CHI), C.D.Gunners selected M.Chavez(DAL), Montgomery County selected J.Garey(CLB), St.Louis Cure selected E.Renteria(CLB), New York Greeks selected M.Reis(NE), Burud Town selected J.Braun(CHV), Gold Coast selected O.Alonso(SEA).
In Round 12 only the teams without Designated Player slot drafted. St.Louis Cure selected R.Wallace(DC), New York Greeks selected M.Ballouchi(COL), Burud Town selected A.Williams(RSL) and Gold Coast selected R.Levesque(SEA).
Now all BSL teams are free to explore any free agent that were not selected in the draft. Please remember you are allowed a maximum of 12 players on your roster. In order to selected a new player, you will have to release one of your existing one's. Please review the rulebook about the released players waiver period.
The first Match Preview should be out next week.
I have a thought. What about a development program. Let me explain. Now that are bench players could possibly count in the boxscore unlike last year, we could have issues with keeping injured players. They can't possibly score off the bench if they are hurt. Before if someone was injured for a few games I just placed them on the bench and waited for them to get healthy. Now it could cost me a match.
ReplyDeleteI KNOW.. I KNOW... I SHOULD BE FORCED TO DROP THIS PLAYER AND PICK UP A FREE AGENT. WHY CHANGE THIS.
Hear me out, if a guy is injured for the season obviously I'm going to drop him. But what if he has the flu. I'm not dropping Donovan over the flu but I could be in a tight game and my opponent is blasting yellows and red up the butt and all my sub's come walking in... Oh but wait my bench is filled with injured players and flu boy. I can't take advantage of the opportunity of all those yellows and reds.
But wait... Say we are allowed "2" development slots. These guys are not on the game day roster. Like a hospital for your team. I only bring this up because OUR SUB'S HAVE MORE VALUE THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
Just a thought.
I like it. Although I hate admitting I agree with my rival.
ReplyDeleteI think exploring some type of option like this is pretty good ... an "emergency" slot or two.
ReplyDeleteYou could have = Lineup/subs/emergency
Your lineup is obvious, your subs come into play depending on cards, but the emergency wouldn't matter for that game weeek. Between game weeks though you can shuffle guys depending on injuries.
I would be behind something of that nature.
No.. everyone gets 2 players. Its primary purpose is for injured players. But you would be able to put healthy guys in their too but they can't play in a match AT ALL.
ReplyDeleteFor it to work and be fair, there has to be a waiting period on any player put in this development/emergency section.
ReplyDeleteSay... mimimum 3 matches a player has to be in this section. Therefore you can't just use it as a way to save all the best players and have a second bench.
Okay how about this. I think this could really make things perfect.
ReplyDeleteAVERAGE ROSTER
STARTERS
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....2
....3
....4
....5
....6
....7
....8
....GK
Obviously these are the only players guaranteed to count in the boxscore.
SUBS
....1
....2
....3
This used to be our place for injures and call-ups etc. Now it has the POTENTIAL without any sort of guarantee of being in the scoresheet. I relaize that the odds of all 3 guys making the scoresheet would be extremely rare and if have to I could put an injured player as sub #3 but this could be cleaner.
RESERVES
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....2
We draft 2 more players to start. Over the course of a season beginning in game 1 any player listed as a reserve has to meet a 3-game minimum requirement before they can be moved into a starting or sub position. The player they replace and subsequently gets put into the reserve spot is now such there until they themselves meet the 3 game minimum. This way you're not going to put anyone as a reserve just because they their MLS team had a week off, or they are listed as day to day. But serious injuries or long term call-ups or whatever has a place without affecting the boxscore.
I like this. If this happens we should do this before game 1. I assume we ould have until game to decide who is placed as a reserve just like we'll decide who we start and who we substitute.
ReplyDeletehhmm the only thing that's bothering me about a 3 match waiting period is this:
ReplyDeleteStarter 1 goes down for two months. Starter 2 tweaks a hammy and is gone for a month. That puts my first two subs in the game, and leaves me with a one man bench for three weeks ? That defeats the purpose of having the "reserve/emergency" guys there.
With how far down the list these guys are, I don't see the need to keep them out for 3 matches if they are named "reserve" ... Shuffling that list is the same as shuffling your starters/subs. The difference here though is that whomever you put on the reserve list, has ZERO chance of scoring for you that week.
Allowing free movement between game weeks though will not only help w/injuries but also with those odd weeks where some teams have two games, some teams don't play, etc ...
Here is what bothers me about having NO WAITING PERIOD. I can see guys using this as a STORAGE LOCKER.
ReplyDeleteAn example that comes to mind is we do this. I'll put my cards on the table right now and tell you I'll pick David Beckham right now and put him in my RESERVE slot. Then when he returns from the world cup I can use him in August. I just made my RESERVE a storage locker.
Just worried thsi would be abused without some sort of waiting period.
how about they have to be on the MLS injury report to be in the slot(s)?
ReplyDeleteInjury, and/or long term absence/out of action
ReplyDeleteSo let me see if I understand this. Every BSL team starts with a 12-man roster. If they have a player injured they can sign a Free-Agent and place their injured guy as a Reserve making them potentially the only BSL team with 13-man roster???????
ReplyDeleteI think, we'd all draft two more guys.
ReplyDeleteWe then set our lineups/subs/reserves ... from that point forward, our reserve list is only utilized when an injury, longert term absence, or roster move (an add/drop) comes into effect.
So whoever we put in as a RESERVE starting in game 1... can only be taken out if there is an injury....
ReplyDeleteIn theory then... suppose we get lucky and never have an injury to our team... those reserve players are stuck the whole season?....
Can we ever drop them and replace them with free-agents during the season even though they are reserves?
I'm thinking we leave the rosters as they are but have two DL spots. Once someone is injured for a while he won't take up a roster spot and the owner could get a free agent. Once the player is off the DL he will take up a roster spot again and one player will have to be released.
ReplyDeleteThis way there's always a full roster barring some crazy run of injuries.
I actually see nothing wrong with letting BSL teams use the reserve slots how they want to.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to use it as a 2nd bench, but not eliglible for anything on matchday, then fine.
If you want to use it as a hospital then fine.
If you want to use it as a storage locker for players like Beckham then fine.
If you want to stack it with goal keepers then fine.
I say keep it flexible. 2 slots, whoever is in there doesn't count for anything, and use it as you see fit. That's my 2 cents. Because while Union would have Beckham, I would just take an extra goal keeper and playing forward and see how the season goes.
My point let the BSL owner determine how best to use this reserve system. Its not cheating. Its not taking advantage. Its strategy and may the most creative owner win.
But then once that opens it'll be first come first serve. If we go with the reserve list, how about a allocation list like the one MLS has in place?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gateway. Keep it simple. Have one more draft with 2 rounds. There are enough players out there, why not use them and give owners a little flexibility. If we make conditions like "must be on injury list" it would be too hard to keep track of. And trust me MLS sucks with reporting injuries. MLS "official" injury lists are very inaccurate.
ReplyDeleteReverse draft order
ReplyDeleteWell if that is what you guys want (to keep it simple) then we should vote on it. However, no complaining if someone finds a way to manipulate it. As Gateway said... "may the most creative owner win"
ReplyDeleteNeed 5 yes votes to have a 2 reserve draft done in a reverse order just for the hell of it. These reserve would have no restrictions except they have no value on gameday.
I am saving my vote for last because I am also acting as commish. I'll announce it whether "yes" or "no" either way to you all.
ReplyDeleteI'm for it. YES
ReplyDeleteMy vote = YES
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ReplyDeleteCure says yes
ReplyDeleteGreeks vote yes.
ReplyDeleteY - E - S
ReplyDeleteWell it passes. 5 votes already say "yes".
ReplyDeleteI was going to vote "no" incase you were interested or even care. Why, you ask? Well mostly because I think we don't need it. We did fine with 2 subs last year and now that we have 3 subs, I was just going to put my injured dudes in the third spot. I gave the New York Greeks the same tip to put his 2nd goal keeper in the #3 spot of his sub list. Anyway I digress. I'm all about democracy and we'll start 2 more roounds of the draft, but in reverse.