Post by Padres GM (Steven) on Dec 9, 2015 15:00:28 GMT
I'd post this in the Chatngo thing, but for some reason it doesn't load on my work computer, so I can't really do it there.
Anyways, I think we need to look at adjusting the time limits on the minor league draft. We're going painfully slow. We've been drafting for 19 days, and we've only gotten 52 picks in, which is less than 3 picks per day. At this rate, it would take us 450 days to get through the whole draft. That can't happen.
I've been in a lot of big leagues like this where we've done large scale drafts, and 12 hour clocks worked just fine. Yes, sometimes you are on the clock while you are asleep, but how many people are asleep for 12 hours? On top of that, with the site easily accessible on a smartphone, there is no reason that someone can't log in once every 12 hours. In the other leagues where we've done the 12 hour clock, yes, there were instances of people getting skipped. But we have a 24 hour clock right now, and people are getting skipped at pretty much the same rate that I've seen in other leagues where there is a 12 hour clock.
I know the idea for submitting 10 or so picks to Justin each morning was thrown around, and I think it was stated that we might implement that in later rounds. But maybe starting in round 3 we can move the clock to a 12 hour window instead of 24? I don't know if this suggestion is the best, but something definitely needs to be done because the draft is moving at a glacial pace.
Anyways, I think we need to look at adjusting the time limits on the minor league draft. We're going painfully slow. We've been drafting for 19 days, and we've only gotten 52 picks in, which is less than 3 picks per day. At this rate, it would take us 450 days to get through the whole draft. That can't happen.
I've been in a lot of big leagues like this where we've done large scale drafts, and 12 hour clocks worked just fine. Yes, sometimes you are on the clock while you are asleep, but how many people are asleep for 12 hours? On top of that, with the site easily accessible on a smartphone, there is no reason that someone can't log in once every 12 hours. In the other leagues where we've done the 12 hour clock, yes, there were instances of people getting skipped. But we have a 24 hour clock right now, and people are getting skipped at pretty much the same rate that I've seen in other leagues where there is a 12 hour clock.
I know the idea for submitting 10 or so picks to Justin each morning was thrown around, and I think it was stated that we might implement that in later rounds. But maybe starting in round 3 we can move the clock to a 12 hour window instead of 24? I don't know if this suggestion is the best, but something definitely needs to be done because the draft is moving at a glacial pace.
