Connie Mack Syndrome

mitchkenn · 05-11-2022, 10:18 AM

is there a chance, sometime in the future, we could get the Connie Mack effect? That being able to be Owner, GM and manager at the same time?

just a thought and wish.

pgjocki · 05-12-2022, 07:25 AM

You can play in Commissioner mode

Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

kq76 · 05-12-2022, 07:51 AM

I like to play as "the meddling owner". I think they could do something more with that like letting you set the owner goals, letting you interfere with some things, but not others, etc.

mitchkenn · 05-17-2022, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgjocki

You can play in Commissioner mode

Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

in commish mode you still can't REALLY act as owner - setting goals, etc, and still be GM & manager, as Connie Mack was.... unless they changed something in 23 i am missing. All i see if you can type your name as owner and set generic numbers such as willingness to spend, meddling, etc. that can be done with every other owner from commish mode. Maybe it's as good as it gets now - Anyway was just a thought after reading a bit on Connie Mack the other day. Not a game changer or the end of the universe as is.

joefromchicago · 05-17-2022, 06:29 PM

Connie Mack was an anomaly that will never be repeated in MLB. There's a rule against on-field personnel (players, managers, coaches, etc.) from owning any part of a major-league club. In fact, those rules were put in place when Mack was still the manager and owner of the A's, but he was exempted from them owing to a grandfather clause. So it's highly unlikely that OOTP will ever bother to try to replicate owner-managers, since they can't exist in the modern game. As it is, OOTP can't even get player-managers right - and those are still theoretically possible - so it would probably try to tackle those before it would ever attempt to get owner-managers in the game.

Syd Thrift · 05-17-2022, 08:15 PM

Yeah, in fact Ted Turner actually tried to pull a Connie Mack in the 70s as a publicity stunt but MLB forced him to hang up his manager’s spikes after a single game.

05-11-2022, 10:18 AM	#1
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	Connie Mack Syndrome is there a chance, sometime in the future, we could get the Connie Mack effect? That being able to be Owner, GM and manager at the same time? just a thought and wish. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

05-12-2022, 07:25 AM	#2
pgjocki All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Maryland - just outside DC Posts: 1,675	You can play in Commissioner mode Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk __________________ - - - World Series championships: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011

05-12-2022, 07:51 AM	#3
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,031	I like to play as "the meddling owner". I think they could do something more with that like letting you set the owner goals, letting you interfere with some things, but not others, etc. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080)

05-17-2022, 06:29 PM	#5
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,725	Connie Mack was an anomaly that will never be repeated in MLB. There's a rule against on-field personnel (players, managers, coaches, etc.) from owning any part of a major-league club. In fact, those rules were put in place when Mack was still the manager and owner of the A's, but he was exempted from them owing to a grandfather clause. So it's highly unlikely that OOTP will ever bother to try to replicate owner-managers, since they can't exist in the modern game. As it is, OOTP can't even get player-managers right - and those are still theoretically possible - so it would probably try to tackle those before it would ever attempt to get owner-managers in the game. __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules