<div dir="ltr">Hi all --<div><br></div><div>Hope your weeks are off to good starts! Mike, thanks very much for the note and support for finding an alternative draft approach. Whether through a pick clock, extending the pick-by-pick phase, tier drafting, other ideas, or some combination, I hope there is an approach that owners think is an improvement.</div><div><br></div><div>I am tabling my own efforts until the midseason ballot. My ruminations did not leave enough time to consider and implement possible changes to list drafting for this year.</div><div><br></div><div>I will try to come up with some ballot language for a tier-drafting alternative and circulate draft language for review, revision, and critique in advance of the midseason ballot/voting. Feel free to shoot me a note with any thoughts. </div><div><br></div><div>There are no doubt better ideas than mine, and Brent and Mike have already suggested some strong approaches. Hopefully there will be some other proposals that can replace, or be combined with, anything I come up with.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks much everyone</div><div><br></div><div>- David (oxy)</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Michael Kenlan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:michaelkenlan@yahoo.com">michaelkenlan@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 7:50 PM<br>Subject: Re: Hello and Draft Schedule Ruminations<br>To: Brent Cunningham <<a href="mailto:gettysburg.generals@gmail.com">gettysburg.generals@gmail.com</a>>, D <<a href="mailto:genny429@gmail.com">genny429@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:bal@ibl.org">bal@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:bal@ibl.org">bal@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:bow@ibl.org">bow@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:bow@ibl.org">bow@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:can@ibl.org">can@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:can@ibl.org">can@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:eve@ibl.org">eve@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:eve@ibl.org">eve@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:mad@ibl.org">mad@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:mad@ibl.org">mad@ibl.org</a>>, Sean Sweda <<a href="mailto:mcm@ibl.org">mcm@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:njr@ibl.org">njr@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:njr@ibl.org">njr@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:nyk@ibl.org">nyk@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nyk@ibl.org">nyk@ibl.org</a>>, odm <<a href="mailto:odm@ibl.org">odm@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:phi@ibl.org">phi@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:phi@ibl.org">phi@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:rrg@ibl.org">rrg@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:rrg@ibl.org">rrg@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:scs@ibl.org">scs@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:scs@ibl.org">scs@ibl.org</a>>, sea <<a href="mailto:sea@ibl.org">sea@ibl.org</a>>, SKY <<a href="mailto:sky@ibl.org">sky@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:slg@ibl.org">slg@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:slg@ibl.org">slg@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:snh@ibl.org">snh@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:snh@ibl.org">snh@ibl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:wms@ibl.org">wms@ibl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:wms@ibl.org">wms@ibl.org</a>>, Gty <<a href="mailto:gty@ibl.org">gty@ibl.org</a>>, kat <<a href="mailto:kat@ibl.org">kat@ibl.org</a>>, OXY <<a href="mailto:oxy@ibl.org">oxy@ibl.org</a>>, por <<a href="mailto:por@ibl.org">por@ibl.org</a>>, sdq <<a href="mailto:sdq@ibl.org">sdq@ibl.org</a>>, SFL <<a href="mailto:sfl@ibl.org">sfl@ibl.org</a>>, SFP <<a href="mailto:sfp@ibl.org">sfp@ibl.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Hello,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for bringing this up David. I'd be in favor of anything that offers more control over our picks. What's the point of playing in a dynasty league and having your roster determined by list lottery? </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">With only a 60-game season on the docket (did the post-season ballot ever come out?), we should e-mail draft or tier draft until the first two rounds are complete with a later start date to the season if needed. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Maybe this was discussed before I joined IBL, but what are the down sides to a 4-day pick timer? Most leagues look forward to draft season / draft day but list lottery feels like the equivalent of having your roster auto-drafted to me. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mike</div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="m_7573329392870648478yiv8587074936"><div><div dir="ltr">Thanks Brent, really glad the idea may have some value and may spark some discussion of alternatives. On the pick-by-pick, good by me to extend the phase, but as between extending the non-binding pick-by-pick phase on one hand, and tiering more rounds on the other, I think I'd lean toward tiering more rounds. I don't know how many more single picks would result from extending the voluntary pick-by-pick phase by a week, for example. But an added week of draft time is three days of list picking (M, W, F), and that would allow splitting three more rounds in half. Or, if 8-pick tier rounds are preferred, 4 more pick days would allow for two more 8-pick tiered rounds. Etc. Every round that is split gives all owners (at least those that do not have multiple picks in any given round) more time between picks rather than a list due every 48 weekday hours, may lead to more trade talk, and shortens lists for half the league.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>If the list draft was started February 1 (which would not, in most years, lop much time off of the pick-by-pick portion given the first Friday in February falls from Feb 1 to Feb 7), and assuming we'd start with the pick 9-12 tier, we could do a 4-pick tier in round 1; 8-pick tier in round 2; split rounds 3, 4, and 5 in half; and finish the draft on March 12. I'd think that would be a pretty good trial run to figure out if a change would be good, bad, or in need of modification. </div></div><br clear="none"><div id="m_7573329392870648478yiv8587074936yqt07167"><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 6:07 AM Brent Cunningham <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:gettysburg.generals@gmail.com" target="_blank">gettysburg.generals@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small">I really like this plan, as it allows for some additional planning an opportunities for trading. However, given that we don't actually start the season until late March or April, I've also always liked the thought of extending the pick-by-pick portion of the draft to later than the first Friday in February. IMHO, it kind of sucks that I might have to make a list and not have time to think on my 1st round pick this year.</div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="none"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Brent Cunningham</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Owner/Manager</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Gettysburg Generals Baseball Club</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 8:34 PM D <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:genny429@gmail.com" target="_blank">genny429@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all -</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Hope everyone is well. In this MLB/IBL lull, I thought I'd spitball an alternate draft schedule scenario. The aim would be to amplify the first two rounds of the draft, increase the practical possibility of trades, and, for at least one round, eliminate the need for a draft list up to 24 players long.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I like the draft. Although I understand and support the principle that owners should not be rushed in the pick-by-pick phase, I also wish that the first two rounds were more dynamic than they are. If we had tiers, I think the bite-sized chunks would foster more trades. At minimum, owners would generally have a little more time, and a little more information, before making important trade assessments and important picks in the first two rounds. <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>In addition, when I have picks later in rounds, I don't enjoy the time and effort of generating lists/rankings of up to 24 players at a time. It can be a chore. I like shorter lists, even if for only one or two rounds. In a tiered round, almost every owner's list gets shorter, and some much shorter.<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The calendar does not allow tiering every round. But maybe we could tier the first two rounds. One possibility is to use 4-pick tiers in round 1, and 8-pick tiers in round 2, and we'd start the list drafting within whatever tier the pick-by-pick phase ends in.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>So, using the current draft as an example, we are at pick 1-9. Let's say it stays at 1-9 through the end of the pick-by-pick phase. This year's draft calendar, assuming the pick-by-pick phase stops on the first Friday in February (Feb 5), would then look like this:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>
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Round 8<span></span></p>
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Round 8<span></span></p>
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Round 9<span></span></p>
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Round 9<span></span></p>
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</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>A couple other notes: <br clear="none"></div><div><ul><li>Although the draft is lengthened, owners get added breathers on the front end, getting to sit out any tiers in which they have no pick.</li></ul><ul><li>If we moved the start of the list draft up to February 1, we'd shave time off the back end and finish earlier in March. This year, for example, starting Feb 1 would result in picks on Feb 1, 3, and 5, and the draft would be over on March 5 rather than March 12.</li></ul><ul><li>In years that the pick-by-pick phase advanced far enough (by getting through or almost through all of round 1 for example), we'd have a shorter draft, or we'd have time in the calendar to extend tiered drafting into round 3. If we got mostly through round 1 in the pick-by-pick phase, we could fit a 8-pick or 12-pick tiers in for Round 3 in the same timeline as above. <br clear="none"></li></ul></div><div>I didn't spend a ton of time wordsmithing the above thoughts, but you get the idea. The notions may be impractical, unwise, and/or unpopular, but it's hot stove time, and I figured might as well float them and see if anyone had thoughts. If we can make for a more dynamic draft with shorter lists, I'd view those as material gains. Whether any such gains outweigh the disadvantages, I don't know. <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks much all.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>- David (oxy)<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> <br clear="none"></div></div>
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