aston217
12-04-2010, 03:16 AM
I've noticed this for a little while but I wanted to ask for clarity's sake. This is about rookies specifically, but I guess it applies in general.
Training Camp obviously develops your players. It is also the stage where we see unmasking, which is why we have change tracker to see if our favorite rookies go +4/+4 or +2/-6, or the like.
From SP experience, it seems like this unmasking occurs with or without the rookies signed and participating in TC.
1) Is this the case? What we know as "TC bumps" or falls, applies to unsigned rookies (or UDFAs for that matter) the same way they apply to signed rookies? Minus the development of Current, of course.
2) Has this always been the case? I seem to have gotten the impression in the past that a rookie that didn't sign for TC was one you couldn't tell much about right away with regards to if they're a riser or a slider.
If that's the case, I think it could change whether it is sometimes worth it to try to hardball a player into a deal, or just let them hold out for other reasons (one of my leagues currently has a limit on the # of players we can take into TC). If I can hold some of the lower-end flyer rookies out that were probably reserve/ST guys their first year anyway, I can use the spots I'm allotted to evaluate other guys, while also getting the benefit of finding out important info on the rookies anyway.
Training Camp obviously develops your players. It is also the stage where we see unmasking, which is why we have change tracker to see if our favorite rookies go +4/+4 or +2/-6, or the like.
From SP experience, it seems like this unmasking occurs with or without the rookies signed and participating in TC.
1) Is this the case? What we know as "TC bumps" or falls, applies to unsigned rookies (or UDFAs for that matter) the same way they apply to signed rookies? Minus the development of Current, of course.
2) Has this always been the case? I seem to have gotten the impression in the past that a rookie that didn't sign for TC was one you couldn't tell much about right away with regards to if they're a riser or a slider.
If that's the case, I think it could change whether it is sometimes worth it to try to hardball a player into a deal, or just let them hold out for other reasons (one of my leagues currently has a limit on the # of players we can take into TC). If I can hold some of the lower-end flyer rookies out that were probably reserve/ST guys their first year anyway, I can use the spots I'm allotted to evaluate other guys, while also getting the benefit of finding out important info on the rookies anyway.