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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Patience IS hard, to be sure - and I'm especially bad at that also.
My first couple of seasons were defense oriented. We did pretty well but after a few seasons I got tired of losing 50 games by the scores of 3-2 or 2-1, so I switched to more offense regardless as to defensive ratings.
But the thing is, I like having a focus for the team. All of my teams (except Annandale) have themes: My Monuments team focus is "HR hitters and GB pitchers." For Motown it's "players active in the Motown Years (1959-1988)." For Venusville it's "contact and gap hitting, no homers." And so forth. That helps me figure out what players I'm looking for on the team. Annandale became something vague like "get the best player possible" which feels way too wishy-washy. So I'm going to go back to "defense first" as a theme, which should help them find their way.
I think part of why the first try failed is that I ended up with good defensive players but they weren't generating enough offense. I think I understand a bit more about the game to identify and acquire players that fit the mold a bit better this time around.
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Definitely more fun to go with a theme. Otherwise your teams end up being carbon copies of each other. Palolo used to have a fun speed/power team where I tried to get as many 20/20 players as possible, but had to shelve that idea after a few seasons due to defensive issues. Always looking for ideas for new themes.