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Post by coltsgm on Dec 2, 2008 1:14:22 GMT -5
I wanted to throw this idea out there. The OHL website and supporting websites only list one position except in rare cases, so it's not like the NHL where if a player can play two positions he'll be listed as both, the sites list them where they were when they came into the league on hockeydb and forecaster. OHL lists them as what they are and there are more centers than anything else, it makes things exceedingly difficult to move players from center and it seems like everyone has 8 centers and barely enough wingers. I'm fortunate enough to have a balance, but alot of teams have excessive centers. So here's my idea
If a player is listed as LW or RW they can only play that position, so that stays the same
If a player is listed as a C then if he shoots left he can play LW/C and if he shoot's right handed he can play C/RW this will make putting lines together easier and more realistic, i know in my OHL hometown 6 of our forwards can line up at center or on the wing and will literally position themselves on the wing one shift and at center on the next, so this will make position changes and setting up our lines more realistic and less frustrating.
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Post by Jerry on Dec 2, 2008 10:27:52 GMT -5
I completely agree and this is the type of system I wanted to see setup - until I started simming the games. -The simulator only allows a player to have one listed position. -The simulator is currently set to allow all forwards to be able to play all three positions. -Manually policing all lines combos would be impossible.
So how can we make this work??? What we could do is have teams 'declare' what position you want a player to play (using the rules you state) and then make the simulator keep forwards in their actual positions. But the problem is - if you decided to move a player from centre to the wing for a game or two, then you would have to make a special player request and I'd have to change the player's position in the sim. So more work for the GMs. And the GMs that rarely set lines or accommodate injuries or positional changes - would never have accurate lines and the sim would refuse to run the games. So the commish would essentially have to set their lines by hand.
If we had 20 keen GMs, I think we could pull it off. But until we reach that point, it'd be hard just to get the games run.
Your thoughts after hearing how the sim handles this?
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Post by coltsgm on Dec 2, 2008 21:09:41 GMT -5
Well i was just saying if a player plays center and we want him to play right wing we'd submit a position change like we normally would if we wanted them to play a different position, just provide a link to ohl.com proving he plays center and shoots right or left.
you said the sim allows all forwards to play all 3 positions, so is that suggesting i can put a left winger on right wing and it won't affect their attributes? My point was simply to change positions like we ususally, do but instead of just that specific position we would be allowed to submit a position change for players that play center to play ont he same wing as they are handed
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Post by coltsgm on Dec 18, 2008 0:45:36 GMT -5
can i get an opinion on this becasue i think this would make running the teams alittle easier, but still making us have to trade for position.
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Post by BramptonBattalion on Dec 18, 2008 9:14:47 GMT -5
So are the forwards able to play any position without being penalized is the more important question. Cause in reality players get shuffled around all the time.
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Post by frontenacs on Dec 18, 2008 11:59:14 GMT -5
I agree with allowing us to be able to have our forwards be eligible to play C-LW-RW. I am not sure how difficult it is to build this into the simulator, but I think it is a good idea, because there are alot of trades being made for the sake of trying to complete their roster by having all the positions filled.
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Post by coltsgm on Dec 18, 2008 14:12:27 GMT -5
What i'm stating with this is the following...
If a player is listed as LW he can only have his position set as LW If a player is listed as RW he can only have his position set as RW If a player is listed as C then the following should be taken into account..
If the Center shoots Left he can have his position set as LW or C If the Center shoots Right he can have his position set as RW or C
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Post by coltsgm on Dec 18, 2008 14:13:27 GMT -5
we would change their position the same way we always do, but if we had a center we wanted moved to Right Wing we would have to provide a link showing that he indeed is a Right handed shooting center like we would for any other position change we make.
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