Ratings drop

[The Chef]

Re: Ratings drop

I think there are multiple ways to look at this. Some guys want every player to be on the same system, so in your example they'd expect both players to improve their potentials since they are having good years. I personally don't mind it how it is. In real life we see players have their best years and then go back to being themselves the very next season or even get worse. I prefer every player to grow differently and not always add to their potential. I've seen guys raise their potential despite not putting up beastly numbers.

If we knew how to predict the potential of someone in real life accurately, the sport would be completely different, but no one has any clue how player A or player B will be in 5 years or even 1 year. I like the randomness that this game provides with the growth of the players. I've even seen A potential guys continually play well, but hardly ever get better than an 82 in their prime. Some would be upset with the game if that were to happen, but I just see it as a guy that had every tool to be great, played well, but just never put it all together consistently.

I'm not saying his potential should increase at all, hell I don't care if his overall rating doesn't even increase. I just don't want it to decrease simply because his potential (80) is currently below his actual rating (83) while ignoring that he's actually having a good season. All I'm saying is if a guy has a good year just leave his ratings alone, unless it's due to age then I got no issues there, and if he turns in a down year then slowly lower his ratings closer and closer so his overall drops to match his potential rating. As it stands if a guy's rating is above his potential I probably won't sign him long term as it's guaranteed he will drop regardless of how he's doing that season unless he's setting career marks in multiple categories.

[canes21]

Re: Ratings drop

I'm not saying his potential should increase at all, hell I don't care if his overall rating doesn't even increase. I just don't want it to decrease simply because his potential (80) is currently below his actual rating (83) while ignoring that he's actually having a good season. All I'm saying is if a guy has a good year just leave his ratings alone, unless it's due to age then I got no issues there, and if he turns in a down year then slowly lower his ratings closer and closer so his overall drops to match his potential rating. As it stands if a guy's rating is above his potential I probably won't sign him long term as it's guaranteed he will drop regardless of how he's doing that season unless he's setting career marks in multiple categories.

Is it a guaranteed drop, though? I usually don't look at the actual numerical potential, only the letter grade, but in my A's franchise Yelich had a B potential, was an 89 when I traded for him and he finished the year at 93 overall(95 or 96 with morale boost). In that same franchise Freeman on the Braves ended the year a 92 or 93 before the morale boost despite B potential and starting the year off with a lower rating.

Regardless of those two examples, I think we're going to have separate opinions on the matter. I am fine with a guy regressing from an 85 to and 82 even if he's having his best career year. He's obviously still performing well and I just take it as signs pointing towards him likely coming back down to earth like we see all of the time in real life when a guy tears it up, then begins becoming average again.