Originally posted by Tibbar
I totally disagree, it only takes "time" as you put it cause players/teams that dont belong at this level are here, if they were all gone yould have been competitive much sooner, if you're all high 30's and 40's you should be on up the ladder, and if you're getting your butt kicked maybe its not the players thats the problem, after all its a poor workman who blames his tools.
Yes, we would have been competitive much sooner, but there were high lvl teams in our league so we were not and we had to work to get where we are. I've been in your shoes and it isn't fun to lose, but it was fun to work hard to get where we are. If you want it to be easy then maybe you should go find another game.
We just recently got to where we have lvl 30's and 40's and we are not getting our butts kicked, we are doing well and should be moving up shortly; however, unlike the conference you are in, ours has multiple teams with high lvl 30 -40's and even being good doesn't guarantee a chance to move up.
Originally posted by Tibbar
I got my team on the morning of Dec. 24th, not a single human player on the roster. Had no idea I was getting a team this season, was 740 something on the waiting list last I had checked. Had not done one bit of pre recruiting at all. By season start I had a full roster of human players and not a single CPU player left in sight. I spent my money wisely, recruited to my budget and this first season we will win 10 games and make the playoffs.
Wow...sounds exactly like our team's early beginnings. Congrats to you for doing a good job, but most of us that have posted here probably already went through that stage. Yes, there are many teams that do not, we are not one of those teams.
The only difference is that having done basically the same thing you did, there was no way for us to make it to the playoffs. That's because there were very few cupcake teams in the league, like there are now.
I understand your statements, but they are all based on you being new in the league. If you knew the history, you would understand the concern stated in the OP.
Originally posted by Tibbar
Do we stand a chance of winning it all? Heck no... we arent stocked with high 30's + Never expected to our first year out of the box anyway, have you seen the Texans in the Superbowl yet? (Or Cleveland for that matter). The point is if those players were not here no one would need players like that and we would stop all these 200 to 3 games.... It does no one any good, they are pointless. Parity is good, then it comes down to game planning, player builds and the bounce of the pointy little ball. Lvls per league need to be maintained, Im looking forward to this VET pts thing making all those high lvl players want out of this lvl league, you can replace them with players of the appropriate level and we can have games that are fun, challenging and not determined before the season even starts.
Again, lack of understanding the history of the league and being new would make you say such things. If you were in our place you would understand our concerns; however, I keep hearing you say the same things over and over again and never once have you mentioned the concerns brought up in the OP and in other posts here.
It almost appears as if you are not even reading what has been posted here as you have not addressed the issues that have been brought up. If you can give some good arguments against the concerns that have been brought up, then maybe I will consider it a thoughtful post, until then all I read is a one sided story of a guy that doesn't understand the topic.
