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Old 10-09-2019, 06:04 PM   #1
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Negotiating with draft picks

This is one of my weakest points playing this game...

I've got five draftees from rounds 6 and up that are rated Very Hard (2) both wanting 2.2 million in a signing bonus (yeah right - not gonna happen) and Impossible (3) all five with the intention of attending college if their demands are not met.
Should I even bother making them offers?
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Old 10-09-2019, 06:55 PM   #2
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This is one of my weakest points playing this game...

I've got five draftees from rounds 6 and up that are rated Very Hard (2) both wanting 2.2 million in a signing bonus (yeah right - not gonna happen) and Impossible (3) all five with the intention of attending college if their demands are not met.
Should I even bother making them offers?
If they are "impossible" I wouldn't bother.

When you draft a player you have to think of whether or not you can actually sign him (signability). It's not enough to just pick the highest rated guy. You have to look at what they are demanding and how easy or difficult it will be for you to sign him. That means passing on guys you may really like and going for the next best guy you can sign. In every draft I see guys I'd want but see their demands or their signability with my team and have to pass on them. More often than not these unsignable guys are the best players left on the board.

But, that's how it goes.
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Old 10-10-2019, 09:31 AM   #3
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I have occasionally, if I think the pool is particularly weak, drafted an Impossible player in the 2nd or 3rd round, figuring he won't sign and I can get an extra pick the next year.
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Old 10-13-2019, 03:24 PM   #4
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I really wish the game could replicate the Matt Allan situation from this past draft, but I don't realistically see a way to code that in.
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Old 10-14-2019, 03:17 PM   #5
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I've taken chances on players in later rounds (I run a 40 round draft) that are listed as impossible. At that point draft picks are lottery tickets so at worst I miss out on a organizational piece. The strategy to use a pick in the earlier rounds on an "Impossible" pick with the idea of getting compensation next year makes sense as long as you are not considering someone else with that pick. I also recall someone posting that "Impossible" draftees have ended up signing if you throw enough money at them.
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Old 10-14-2019, 03:36 PM   #6
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I've taken chances on players in later rounds (I run a 40 round draft) that are listed as impossible. At that point draft picks are lottery tickets so at worst I miss out on a organizational piece. The strategy to use a pick in the earlier rounds on an "Impossible" pick with the idea of getting compensation next year makes sense as long as you are not considering someone else with that pick. I also recall someone posting that "Impossible" draftees have ended up signing if you throw enough money at them.
I have seen this when you double their impossible demand sometimes happening.
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Old 10-14-2019, 07:12 PM   #7
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If you offer 2.5x their demand they sign. But if they're demanding 19/20m ... good luck.
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