As I mentioned on the old board, I am not necessarily in favor of a clutch rating... but if it is included, the effect must be VERY small.
Obviously as a manager, I shouldn't be selecting my .190 hitting back up second baseman to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth over my stud backup first baseman who hits .295 with 15 HR, just because the back up second baseman is rated highly for "clutch" performance. So the clutch effect needs to be small enough to counteract this.
The rating should be somewhat rare, it should be special to find that player who performs when the chips are down... and conversly there needs to be players who are rated poorly in the clutch.
If its included and you don't want to deal with it.. you can always set all players with clutch ratings to average via the editor...
Edit-by the way to reiterate I am NOT in favor of the rating... but will deal and not scream like a banshee if its included.. I'll deal or set everyone to average.
Also one question... how will the game handle this for historical leagues? Will the rating be turned off, or will the game randomly assign this?
[ December 21, 2001: Message edited by: ScottVib ]</p>
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