burke6687

burke6687, on May 16, 2012 - 08:29 AM, said:

How many times do I have to say this...?

Draft - most players available are either fringe players, or too young to impact the league for at least 2 or 3 years real time.


I would agree with both of the draft solutions suggested by Brian and Dave, if it weren't for the fact that I don't see adding more picks to the draft as a viable means of helping teams to rebuild. We'd just be chipping away at an already diluted talent pool that much faster.

I have tried to stay out of the discussion because my view points have been stated long ago and everyone knows I support anything that can bring parity to the league and not allow teams to hoard players and become powerhouses. Also I support anything we can do to have more activity throughout the season and not just coast in auto-pilot season to season, which is what I’d say about 40% of league does either because they are stuck in rebuilding mode and only are active at the draft, living life in penthouse and only try to pick off the top players for table scraps, or just overall are not active (these GMS need removed). I don't know the exact steps that we need to take, that is why I try to get everyone active with explosive topics like this thread, but anyone that thinks we are great with the status quo, in my opinion, is only thinking about themselves and just their team. We have a great league, ran by an innovative and constant progressor in Clark that allows us to have an awesome website and tools that most leagues can’t even sniff. We also have some great GM's that keep the league on our toes and make all of us think twice because a bad decision will come back and bite you, but the downward trending activity and the constant disparity between the have and have nots should be alarming to all of us. I would like to see any team, even the Sharkbitten Jets have a shot at the playoffs within 3 seasons, and have a legitimate shot at the league title after 5 seasons if they are smart and make good decisions and even be able to recover from a mistake or two. You would have a hard time convincing me that with our current rules that is possible for at least the bottom 4-5 teams even under the best circumstances(and no I do not put my team in that category for those that think I am doing this for my own team, I know I have mistakes to atone for but I should have enough of a footing to jump up if I play my cards right). The players just do not move enough, and drafting is a 3-5 year fix and with our seasons that is a 6-10 season plan, far too long in my opinion. Now, the draft age limit should help bringing down that lead time, but only after the short term drop that we are going to see in the next very watered down drafts.
To me the question really comes down to, ”Do we want to get a player that would be a top 2 line guy for one team off of the 4^th line or farm team from another?” I would say yes, I would rather see a more competitive league, but I know many of you would not, or at least would not without some sort of compensation.