THE SYSTEM - MINORS/MAJORS FULL - replacement needed

[BC Manager]

Ok, I'm going to change the clock to 3 hours. If a person isn't going to be able to check the draft site all, or most of the day and they won't leave proxies, it's not going to make a difference whether they're given 3 hours or 4 hours to pick.

[djkalle]

Definitely a trend, wait 15 hours to make a pick, 14 picks in 1 hour, wait 4 hours, make 8 picks in 10 minutes.................... maybe make a rules change requiring proxies for a minimum number of picks per day. I believe there was discussion in the rules about proxies but nothing firm was set. Just a thought.

[BC Manager]

I don't know how we could enforce a rule about proxies -- how would we know how many proxies someone had? What would do if someone wasn't using proxies?

I think we can only use the clock to force people to pay attention or proxy. And I don't think we can reduce the clock too drastically all of a sudden as this would be unfair to those who didn't know the clock was changing.

[wesleyeugeneclark]

There are definitely some stopping points during each round. I would be down with a 1 hour time limit between picks. Maybe we can make some sort of announcement and give 24 hours notice. Anything to speed it up.

[BC Manager]

A reminder that there are some minimum and maximum position requirements. I did a tally of everyone's team in these areas. Here's the highlights:

[b:a8c3769942]Catchers - MIN of 4, MAX of 6[/b:a8c3769942]

- Jablowmi only has one
- DJ, sphillip and YF all have 4 (can only pick 2 more each)

[b:a8c3769942]Pure Relievers (can't start) - MIN of 6, MAX of 10[/b:a8c3769942]

- canauscot has 3
- Hak has the most, at 8 (can only take 2 more)

[b:a8c3769942]Starting Pitchers - MIN of 10, no maximum[/b:a8c3769942]

- Sphilipp has the least, at 6
- BigA leads the crowd with 11

Some of my totals may be off. It's hard to count when so many pitchers are mislabeled.

[djkalle]

Sorry I was a little slow there guys. Didn't expect it to come to me that quick this morning. I didn't want to set a proxy because once one of the homer parks were gone, I wanted to jump in and grab one before there was a run on them.

[BC Manager]

I'm going to change the clock again, to 2 hours this time. As we get further along in the draft I suspect some will become less interested given the diminishing talent available. I want to keep people checking and setting proxies. And for those not doing either, I want us to spend less time waiting for them.

Any thoughts on when to go to a 2 hour clock?

[djkalle]

I normally would say start the 2 hour clock now but since I will be gone, my biased opinion is Monday. We will get done with the draft no matter what next week.

[BC Manager]

Will you be completely without access dj or just less access?

That's the kind of info I was looking for -- if someone's going to be away, won't have computer access, etc.

[djkalle]

I will be completely without access but have a friend who can step in for me so the draft will not slow down.