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Old 11-29-2008, 12:19 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by nymets3000 View Post
I rarely see players that are average-above average in leadership. Either they are in the dark red-orange section or light blue. I'm not sure if that rating changes after time, would make sense but I don't think it does. I remember having 10-15 year veterans that were all star players stay at a 4 leadership, while I just bring up a 22 year old middle reliever that has a 19. I would like to see leadership have a stronger correlation with being a good player and age then all randomness. Randomness should play a small part though, because there are good veterans that aren't much of a leader(Carlos Beltran, for instance), while there are young players that are leaders.
Thanks. It's good to see somebody support my impression of strong leadership being relatively rare instead of evenly distributed like other personality traits. That's a pretty neat aspect when you think of it.

I'd like to see leaders start as moderately rated for that quality and improve with experience and stardom, though. A 22-year-old middle reliever can be a natural leader, of course, but would not have much impact if he is wet behind the ears and barely holding on to his job.
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