Ober
Registered User
- Sep 18, 2012
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Here is my solution:
MOST RECENTLY:
* Season ticket holders in far too many locations are being purposely and strategically forced to watch minor league rosters at major league prices for upwards of the last ¼ of the regular season WHICH IS A JOKE!
* What Buffalo did last season to “attempt to win†the Connor McDavid sweepstakes WAS A JOKE!
* What the Vancouver Canucks (and many other teams too) are putting on the ice the last month of this season IS A JOKE!
* The fact that the multi-year mismanaged Edmonton Oilers keep getting rewarded with high draft picks IS A JOKE!
PROBLEM:
* Being a “seller†at the trade deadline…should not be rewarded with a higher draft pick
* Organizational “tanking†and/or icing a minor league team…should not be rewarded with a higher draft pick
* Year after year of Management/Ownership incompetence…should not be rewarded by a higher draft pick
* Having games where losing effectively means more than winning at anytime during a regular season…should NEVER happen!
SOLUTION:
* FOR ALL THE NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS…THE RECORD IN THE FINAL 20-25 GAMES OF THE SEASON DETERMINES DRAFT ORDER (or at least determines your lottery odds)
* PLAYOFF TEAMS…CONTINUE TO PICK IN THE ORDER OF THEIR FINISH (ie: 16th place playoff team still picks 15th overall…2nd place still picks 29th…etc)
WHY THIS WORKS:
* Losing and poor management is no longer rewarded…Winning and solid management is rewarded!
* No Management Group will ever purposely ice a team to increase their chances of losing ever again!
* Winning becomes the only incentive for ALL 82 games each season…which is exactly how it should be!
* Playing well post trade deadline EITHER gets you into the playoffs OR gives you a higher draft pick (or better odds related to lottery)
MOST RECENTLY:
* Season ticket holders in far too many locations are being purposely and strategically forced to watch minor league rosters at major league prices for upwards of the last ¼ of the regular season WHICH IS A JOKE!
* What Buffalo did last season to “attempt to win†the Connor McDavid sweepstakes WAS A JOKE!
* What the Vancouver Canucks (and many other teams too) are putting on the ice the last month of this season IS A JOKE!
* The fact that the multi-year mismanaged Edmonton Oilers keep getting rewarded with high draft picks IS A JOKE!
PROBLEM:
* Being a “seller†at the trade deadline…should not be rewarded with a higher draft pick
* Organizational “tanking†and/or icing a minor league team…should not be rewarded with a higher draft pick
* Year after year of Management/Ownership incompetence…should not be rewarded by a higher draft pick
* Having games where losing effectively means more than winning at anytime during a regular season…should NEVER happen!
SOLUTION:
* FOR ALL THE NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS…THE RECORD IN THE FINAL 20-25 GAMES OF THE SEASON DETERMINES DRAFT ORDER (or at least determines your lottery odds)
* PLAYOFF TEAMS…CONTINUE TO PICK IN THE ORDER OF THEIR FINISH (ie: 16th place playoff team still picks 15th overall…2nd place still picks 29th…etc)
WHY THIS WORKS:
* Losing and poor management is no longer rewarded…Winning and solid management is rewarded!
* No Management Group will ever purposely ice a team to increase their chances of losing ever again!
* Winning becomes the only incentive for ALL 82 games each season…which is exactly how it should be!
* Playing well post trade deadline EITHER gets you into the playoffs OR gives you a higher draft pick (or better odds related to lottery)