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Old 01-27-2013, 10:51 AM   #1
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Morale Changes

While I know morale can be a killer in more ways than this, this is the most glaring one to me.

2 guys who play 1B one left handed 1 right handed. They both want to be in the starting lineup. They platoon both get around 400ish AB's between Games, PH ect. Yet both are unhappy with not starting because they arent on all the depth charts as starters vs LHP and RHP

Some guys should be happy in a platoon role without having to be a "bench" player. Adding in more different expectations to help keep our players happy would be fun.

And before someone says turn morale off, I want morale on thats why the suggestion
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Old 01-27-2013, 11:36 AM   #2
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Yet both are unhappy with not starting because they arent on all the depth charts as starters vs LHP and RHP
I've found that as long as they are starting against RHP, players who expect to be in the starting line-up are generally happy regardless of what's going on in the "vs. LHP" line-up.

But yeah, I agree that it might be nice for "platoon" expectations to be differentiated from "bench" or "starter" especially for right-handed batters.
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Old 01-27-2013, 12:12 PM   #3
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Treat it like real life. Not everybody can be 100% happy and no manager or GM would ever promise happiness. Also keep in mind you may have injuries and the source of any unhappiness may go away. I've won WS with 2/3 of the team being unhappy. Talent wins in the end.

Some players are impossible to please. This guy wanted to bat 3-4-5 in my lineup so he was unhappy for all 13 seasons he played for me while batting 1st or 2nd. I'll take that production any time.
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Old 01-27-2013, 12:19 PM   #4
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I do agree that the morale system could be more sophisticated, although to some extent the unpredictability/incomprehensibility does a half decent job of mapping how diva-ish some RL players can (seem to) be. Maybe if there were an expectation of playing, say, 1/2 of a team's PAs, i.e. more than a bench player but fewer than a full starter, it would help with both platoons, and managing fourth outfielders.

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Treat it like real life. Not everybody can be 100% happy and no manager or GM would ever promise happiness. Also keep in mind you may have injuries and the source of any unhappiness may go away. I've won WS with 2/3 of the team being unhappy. Talent wins in the end.

Some players are impossible to please. This guy wanted to bat 3-4-5 in my lineup so he was unhappy for all 13 seasons he played for me while batting 1st or 2nd. I'll take that production any time.
Not to hijack, but that guy is remarkably similar to a player I had the same problem with: a high OBP, low power guy who wanted to bat middle of the lineup but was clearly better suited to leading off. I put him at #1 and watched his morale plummet until he wouldn't re-up with me...but perhaps there were other factors at work.
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Old 01-27-2013, 01:55 PM   #5
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Maybe if there were an expectation of playing, say, 1/2 of a team's PAs, i.e. more than a bench player but fewer than a full starter, it would help with both platoons, and managing fourth outfielders.
I really liked how Eastside Hockey Manager handled this. Whenever you would acquire a player, you would indicate what role you expected him to fill. It seemed to work quite well.

I'd like to see OOTP adopt something similar. For example, when offering a contract to a free agent, it would be nice to indicate whether he was expected to be a full- or part-time player, or minor league depth. It would help to avoid situations where a player is unhappy with his playing time, and it might also let free agents be a bit more selective when signing with a team. A player may opt to go to a team offering him a spot in the starting lineup instead of one only offering a spot on the bench.
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I really liked how Eastside Hockey Manager handled this. Whenever you would acquire a player, you would indicate what role you expected him to fill. It seemed to work quite well.

I'd like to see OOTP adopt something similar. For example, when offering a contract to a free agent, it would be nice to indicate whether he was expected to be a full- or part-time player, or minor league depth. It would help to avoid situations where a player is unhappy with his playing time, and it might also let free agents be a bit more selective when signing with a team. A player may opt to go to a team offering him a spot in the starting lineup instead of one only offering a spot on the bench.
This is a great idea. This could also eliminate the problem of a FA signing a deal with a team that already has an All-Star at his position, and then getting mad that he's not playing. In real life, that FA probably wouldn't have signed the contract because he'd be able to know that he was going to be a backup.
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Old 01-27-2013, 05:32 PM   #7
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I really liked how Eastside Hockey Manager handled this. Whenever you would acquire a player, you would indicate what role you expected him to fill. It seemed to work quite well.

I'd like to see OOTP adopt something similar. For example, when offering a contract to a free agent, it would be nice to indicate whether he was expected to be a full- or part-time player, or minor league depth. It would help to avoid situations where a player is unhappy with his playing time, and it might also let free agents be a bit more selective when signing with a team. A player may opt to go to a team offering him a spot in the starting lineup instead of one only offering a spot on the bench.
It's already half implemented whenever you sign a contract or an extension. That field should be opened up when you acquire a player.
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Old 01-27-2013, 05:51 PM   #8
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This is a great idea. This could also eliminate the problem of a FA signing a deal with a team that already has an All-Star at his position, and then getting mad that he's not playing. In real life, that FA probably wouldn't have signed the contract because he'd be able to know that he was going to be a backup.
Not sure I'd like that to influence players too much. I may want to trade or to move an existing player to another position but I'm not going to do that before I sign the FA I want. I agree with the general point of it affecting negotiations but not to the point of FA rejecting deals.
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Not sure I'd like that to influence players too much. I may want to trade or to move an existing player to another position but I'm not going to do that before I sign the FA I want. I agree with the general point of it affecting negotiations but not to the point of FA rejecting deals.
But in that case, you'd tell the FA that you were signing him as a starter. In the example I mentioned, you'd be acquiring the FA with the intent of making him a backup, but in OOTP as it stands, there's no option for telling him that. Players who think they should be in the starting lineup look at every contract as if they're going to be starting.
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But in that case, you'd tell the FA that you were signing him as a starter. In the example I mentioned, you'd be acquiring the FA with the intent of making him a backup, but in OOTP as it stands, there's no option for telling him that. Players who think they should be in the starting lineup look at every contract as if they're going to be starting.
I meant the opposite. Perhaps I said it badly.

I would not like an FA to be scared off by an incumbent. I would never trade an existing player before I signed his intended replacement. I think that happens IRL too. No intent on my part to make the FA a backup, unless that was the purpose of the signing.
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Old 01-28-2013, 10:47 PM   #11
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But every player knows if there is an all-star at that position, signing with that team means their likely to be a bench/platoon player, the team may sign the guy with the intention of trading the incumbent, but the player signing doesnt know this either
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I meant the opposite. Perhaps I said it badly.

I would not like an FA to be scared off by an incumbent. I would never trade an existing player before I signed his intended replacement. I think that happens IRL too. No intent on my part to make the FA a backup, unless that was the purpose of the signing.
Maybe I said it badly lol.

We're talking about a feature that would allow you to specify the role you intend to give to a FA (backup, starter, platoon, etc.). In your example, you have an All-Star player at the FA's position that you intend to move once you acquired the FA. So, you would be able to tell the FA that you intend to make him a starter, and probably improve your chances of signing him.

In my example, I'm signing the FA without the intent to move the All-Star starter, and I'd be able to specify to that FA that he is being signed as a backup, thus avoiding the morale drop that comes from signing someone who expects to start (he either wouldn't sign, or would be okay with being on the bench).

In neither case is the FA scared off solely by the incumbent, because the purpose of the contract negotiations is laid out on the table.

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