1905 FOOL-H Offseason Thread - Page 2

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 08:56 AM

I got it out a little late since I was busy yesterday, but I posted up:

1905 FOOL-H Draft Class, a historical look! - Front Office Football Central

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 09:40 AM

Jimmy Sheckard only wants $23mil a year for 5 years to re-sign

A $114.7 million dollar contract.

I think I might look into broadway musicals instead of owning a ball club.

Edit:

Soon to be 35 year old George S. Davis wants a far more reasonable $17 mil for 3 years to re-sign instead!

Montreal_GM · 09-03-2009, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan T

Jimmy Sheckard only wants $23mil a year for 5 years to re-sign

A $114.7 million dollar contract.

I think I might look into broadway musicals instead of owning a ball club.

Edit:

Soon to be 35 year old George S. Davis wants a far more reasonable $17 mil for 3 years to re-sign instead!

I'm screwed as well. My payroll estimate 2 years down the road is above 70 Mil. Fortunately I have 7 starting pitchers that look exactly the same so I'll be able to trim the payroll down accordingly, but I don't know how I'm going to be able to resign young guys with the amount of money they want.

You teams with 50 mil in the bank need to spend some of that damn money already!

buckinbranco · 09-03-2009, 09:51 AM

The pitching in this league is very weird for me. So many pitchers with very similar ratings, it's hard to tell who I need and who I don't.

Montreal_GM · 09-03-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

I'm screwed as well. My payroll estimate 2 years down the road is above 70 Mil. Fortunately I have 7 starting pitchers that look exactly the same so I'll be able to trim the payroll down accordingly, but I don't know how I'm going to be able to resign young guys with the amount of money they want.

You teams with 50 mil in the bank need to spend some of that damn money already!

I take this back. Looks like most of the team are actually filling out their payroll. 14 of the 16 teams are over 55 Mil.

How soon do we look to reduce player demand modifiers? Not saying we have to, but we should keep a close eye on it.

Montreal_GM · 09-03-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by buckinbranco

The pitching in this league is very weird for me. So many pitchers with very similar ratings, it's hard to tell who I need and who I don't.

Very hard to decide on who to start and who to push into the pen. I'm having such a hard time I decided to go with a 6 man for the coming season.

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 09:59 AM

My biggest problem right now is actually recovering from the season sim when no one's export went through. I had a ton of young guys called up for the spring that I hadn't planned on playing in the majors. So now all of them have the $350k contracts that is eating up an extra $4 or $5 mil of my cap.

Because of that, I am going to have to play this season at 18 men to get under the $65mil cap. This should make things more exciting for me

After this season we should finally recover financially enough to try to figure out what to do from here. The past two seasons we've lost almost all of our best talent due to salary demands, so time to figure things out real fast here!

spleen1015 · 09-03-2009, 10:21 AM

PING!!!!!!!!!!!!! AL OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

We haven't won a championship yet. We need to change that.

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 10:29 AM

I updated the team owner/team name for Brooklyn in the Team list: FOOL-H Team List «

I have to remember what to do to fix the export tracker to show the new team name. For now buckinbranco, just look at the Brooklyn Robins entry, that still will show up your valid export time.

Montreal_GM · 09-03-2009, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

PING!!!!!!!!!!!!! AL OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

We haven't won a championship yet. We need to change that.

Not this year. Nap and Ginger are certain to lead the Redbirds to victory.

buckinbranco · 09-03-2009, 11:04 AM

Sounds good Alan. Apparently my owner expects us to make the playoffs. I have a feeling I'm going to stink it up for a while though. I have no idea what I'm doing in this era of baseball

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by buckinbranco

Sounds good Alan. Apparently my owner expects us to make the playoffs. I have a feeling I'm going to stink it up for a while though. I have no idea what I'm doing in this era of baseball

None of us do!

buckinbranco · 09-03-2009, 11:06 AM

I do enjoy this draft pick compensation though!

spot · 09-03-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

I updated the team owner/team name for Brooklyn in the Team list: FOOL-H Team List «

I have to remember what to do to fix the export tracker to show the new team name. For now buckinbranco, just look at the Brooklyn Robins entry, that still will show up your valid export time.

It gets updated with the csv's. DC needs to change it in-game.

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by spot

It gets updated with the csv's. DC needs to change it in-game.

Yeah, I kind of meant I need to figure out what to tell DC to send me for me to do it for him

We are only using the utility for the export tracker, so DC hasn't been updating the csv's each sim for this league. Sorry for the confusion!

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 11:52 AM

Just went ahead and modified the csv files by hand! Who needs technology anyways?

Edit: So the export tracker is updated to show Brooklyn's new name.

spot · 09-03-2009, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan T

Just went ahead and modified the csv files by hand! Who needs technology anyways?

Edit: So the export tracker is updated to show Brooklyn's new name.

Or you can do it that way.

Now if I can just figure out the SQL utility...

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by spot

Or you can do it that way.

Now if I can just figure out the SQL utility...

Drop me a PM if you need help with it. I run Statslab without problems for FOOL-X and might be able to help some. (Probably not as good as fhomess can though)

spot · 09-03-2009, 07:27 PM

I have 2 questions:

1. About the schedule - Can we think about allowing the spring training rosters to expand before the ST sim?

and

2. I thought that OOTPX forces the entire 40 man roster to be brought up for ST. I have 33 on my 40 man but only 27 on my ST roster.

Thanks.

Young Drachma · 09-03-2009, 07:29 PM

I didn't expand the rosters, it was a mistake. There used to be a time in OOTP when you could put over the max on the ST roster, but now it has to be done manually and I forgot this week.

I don't believe OOTPX forces the entire 40 man roster to ST unless you let the AI do it for you prior to the start of ST and then I think it'd happen. But it's not automatic.

Young Drachma · 09-03-2009, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

How soon do we look to reduce player demand modifiers? Not saying we have to, but we should keep a close eye on it.

I'll keep an eye on it. It seems like something that will probably need to be rolled back, given the situation we're in.

Alan T · 09-03-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I didn't expand the rosters, it was a mistake. There used to be a time in OOTP when you could put over the max on the ST roster, but now it has to be done manually and I forgot this week.

I don't believe OOTPX forces the entire 40 man roster to ST unless you let the AI do it for you prior to the start of ST and then I think it'd happen. But it's not automatic.

You still can go over at ST. The last two seasons you stopped the sim at March 1st, but for whatever reason spring training didn't officially start until March 3rd or whatever.

Just use the pulldown to sim to Spring training start and then it should be working for everyone.

As for the AI automatically bringing everyone up at the start of ST, that only happens if you have waivers turned on which we don't.

spot · 09-03-2009, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I didn't expand the rosters, it was a mistake. There used to be a time in OOTP when you could put over the max on the ST roster, but now it has to be done manually and I forgot this week.

No biggie. I was just curious...

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Originally Posted by Alan T

As for the AI automatically bringing everyone up at the start of ST, that only happens if you have waivers turned on which we don't.

That makes sense. It would've worked out well had the AI done it this year. I rarely have a league w/o waivers so I didn't make the connection. Thanks.

TimGuru · 09-04-2009, 07:11 PM

I'm excited for 05. Anyone else?

Montreal_GM · 09-04-2009, 07:15 PM

Like granny at a riverboat casino.

Alan T · 09-04-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimGuru

I'm excited for 05. Anyone else?

I'm excited for it. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to compete with only 19 players, but still excited!

gstelmack · 09-04-2009, 08:14 PM

Well, it's a bit easier to compete with fewer players in FOOL-H when you get guys that can play 6 positions well. A 2B that's also a good C, a pitcher who can play LF, etc.

Alan T · 09-04-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

Well, it's a bit easier to compete with fewer players in FOOL-H when you get guys that can play 6 positions well. A 2B that's also a good C, a pitcher who can play LF, etc.

Yeah, I pretty much am playing one guy at the backup to every position except Catcher. We'll see how that does!

09-03-2009, 09:40 AM	#52
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Jimmy Sheckard only wants $23mil a year for 5 years to re-sign A $114.7 million dollar contract. I think I might look into broadway musicals instead of owning a ball club. Edit: Soon to be 35 year old George S. Davis wants a far more reasonable $17 mil for 3 years to re-sign instead! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months. Last edited by Alan T : 09-03-2009 at 09:41 AM.

09-03-2009, 09:51 AM	#54
buckinbranco High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chico, CA	The pitching in this league is very weird for me. So many pitchers with very similar ratings, it's hard to tell who I need and who I don't. __________________ FOOL Graphics They Might Be Giants Blog

09-03-2009, 09:59 AM	#57
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	My biggest problem right now is actually recovering from the season sim when no one's export went through. I had a ton of young guys called up for the spring that I hadn't planned on playing in the majors. So now all of them have the $350k contracts that is eating up an extra $4 or $5 mil of my cap. Because of that, I am going to have to play this season at 18 men to get under the $65mil cap. This should make things more exciting for me After this season we should finally recover financially enough to try to figure out what to do from here. The past two seasons we've lost almost all of our best talent due to salary demands, so time to figure things out real fast here! __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-03-2009, 10:21 AM	#58
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	PING!!!!!!!!!!!!! AL OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!! We haven't won a championship yet. We need to change that. __________________ Why choose failure when success is an option?

09-03-2009, 10:29 AM	#59
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I updated the team owner/team name for Brooklyn in the Team list: FOOL-H Team List « I have to remember what to do to fix the export tracker to show the new team name. For now buckinbranco, just look at the Brooklyn Robins entry, that still will show up your valid export time. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-03-2009, 11:04 AM	#61
buckinbranco High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chico, CA	Sounds good Alan. Apparently my owner expects us to make the playoffs. I have a feeling I'm going to stink it up for a while though. I have no idea what I'm doing in this era of baseball __________________ FOOL Graphics They Might Be Giants Blog

09-03-2009, 11:06 AM	#63
buckinbranco High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chico, CA	I do enjoy this draft pick compensation though! __________________ FOOL Graphics They Might Be Giants Blog

09-03-2009, 11:52 AM	#66
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Just went ahead and modified the csv files by hand! Who needs technology anyways? Edit: So the export tracker is updated to show Brooklyn's new name. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months. Last edited by Alan T : 09-03-2009 at 11:52 AM.

09-03-2009, 07:27 PM	#69
spot High School JV Join Date: Aug 2009	I have 2 questions: 1. About the schedule - Can we think about allowing the spring training rosters to expand before the ST sim? and 2. I thought that OOTPX forces the entire 40 man roster to be brought up for ST. I have 33 on my 40 man but only 27 on my ST roster. Thanks.

09-03-2009, 07:29 PM	#70
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I didn't expand the rosters, it was a mistake. There used to be a time in OOTP when you could put over the max on the ST roster, but now it has to be done manually and I forgot this week. I don't believe OOTPX forces the entire 40 man roster to ST unless you let the AI do it for you prior to the start of ST and then I think it'd happen. But it's not automatic. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

09-04-2009, 07:11 PM	#74
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	I'm excited for 05. Anyone else? __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

09-04-2009, 07:15 PM	#75
Montreal_GM College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2009	Like granny at a riverboat casino. __________________ Kevin

09-04-2009, 08:14 PM	#77
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Well, it's a bit easier to compete with fewer players in FOOL-H when you get guys that can play 6 positions well. A 2B that's also a good C, a pitcher who can play LF, etc. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

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