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Even 10 probably isn't enough teams for a keeper league, regardless of what the keeper set-up ends up being.
And the bolded really is the most important question.
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Even 10 probably isn't enough teams for a keeper league, regardless of what the keeper set-up ends up being.
And the bolded really is the most important question.
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Why do you think 10 isn't enough? I've never played in a keeper league but it seems like more than 10 would dilute the teams. I guess there would be a lot of taking #1 picks and other young guys just coming into the league but I am interested in hearing your thoughts.
It's been a little while since I have been in a keeper league, but the ones I were in always had you keep your full team. On top of that, we held a draft each year to add prospects. So, we had our NHL team and a prospect team.
I know not everyone would be interested in that. So, I am going to post a poll in a little bit for those who want to be in a keeper league. Please vote in it.
Once we know what everyone wants, we can start putting teams in leagues and getting commissioners. Teams will still be able to join after that point, but at least we can start getting things set up.
I would think it would be good, to start with, to limit leagues to 10-12 teams. Thoughts?
I know not everyone would be interested in that. So, I am going to post a poll in a little bit for those who want to be in a keeper league. Please vote in it.
Once we know what everyone wants, we can start putting teams in leagues and getting commissioners. Teams will still be able to join after that point, but at least we can start getting things set up.
I would think it would be good, to start with, to limit leagues to 10-12 teams. Thoughts?
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Some depends, I guess, on the keeper rules. I hadn't considered, as RD posted, the idea that you'd hold your entire roster. In that case, 12-14 teams may not allow for a team to improve itself if it has a bad year/draft/etc. I was assuming (my mistake) some sort of limited (3 or 6, i.e.) type of keeper situation.
FWIW, if we're doing a GM-type league where the entire roster is kept, I'm probably not interested. Sounds like too much work for me.
It really isn't that bad. In fact, can be easier. You keep your entire team, so you are only drafting a few prospects each year as opposed to an entire new team. The start up takes a little more work the first year. There seem to be more trades, IIRC, because teams that are out will trade players for prospects/draft picks. Where, if you are in a regular league, those teams just kind of become inactive.
There is a league for everyone. That is why I thought we would see what each person wants. I figured we could go in the order of how people signed up on here. So, if you were first to post here, you get to pick which league you want to be in if there are more than 12 signed up for a league.
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Also, we can always add teams next year or have people switch leagues if they would like. I figure 10 would be great, but 12 at the most, to start for each.
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Yes. I think a lot got messed up a year or 2 ago (I.E. I seem to recall being in one league when I should have been in a different one). But I could be remembering it wrong. I, and some others, thought it was probably best to just start over.
The poll is up. Please vote. We can start signing up for the leagues and getting people to run them once we have the votes.
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Ok. We've had that structure for awhile with people graduating to the better league over time. Didn't realize we needed to start over to consider keepers, etc.
What other changes are being proposed?
I'm happy to continue to run one of them.
Well, I should have moved up a few times and never moved up. If you want to keep it the old way, that is fine.
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That stuff fell away first when Macster left and then during the lockout. We only had two leagues last year, maybe the year before, too. We started with three. Lots of poster turnover too. Might be time for a reboot.
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No, that's not what I meant, I'm fine with rebooting. I just wondered if there was something that needed changed with the rules.
I won the league once and didn't move up, so I hear you.
No, not really. Just figured I would make that an option to see if people wanted it. It looks like there is a decent amount who do. I'm hoping for one keeper league and 2 regular leagues. We will see.
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My preference would be for a regular league, but I would do a keeper league if it met balancing out the number of owner in each league. My experiences with Keeper Leagues have not been pretty in any sport - (mostly because they usually fall apart after I've finally built my young team up
And yes, I think I was scheduled to "move up" twice and it never happened....
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