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I think it depends on what you enjoy. I play as the GM/Manager although I sim through the games. I will do the things managers do like set lineups, pitching rotations, etc. I just don't play out the games as it seems tedious to me (though I'm not knocking it because I know a lot of people really enjoy this part). I'm just limited on time and prefer the building/setting up part of a team more than playing the games out.
Also, I usually play with as "cannot be fired", but that's just because I'm a big Reds fan, and that's who I want to play with. I'm about 75 seasons in (started on OOTP 14), and I really enjoy getting the sense of adding to my franchise's history. It's really cool to see one generation of players transition to the next, and you have that continuity.
The first career I started I did have the ability to get fired which happened to me about 15 years in even though I had been to the playoffs the previous year and was hovering around .500. I thought about continuing it as I was quickly hired by a new franchise, but I just wasn't into it because I had no connection to the players. All of this is personal preference though. I just started playing around Christmas last year, and it's a great game!
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