Re: 2022 Fantasy Lacrosse Draft
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:55 pm
It seems worth changing the Draft Order to something more merit-based so we can, at least, know who are the winning-est programs...
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Wait you're a California lax person and a UNC fan? Please DM me lol kindred spirits. And I'm pro-trades and think it's worth a vote but totally valid if people don't like the idea. Transfer portal has changed the real life landscape but obviously transfers =/= trades.callaxdad wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:41 pmOK NC, I get what your saying and don't necessarily disagree but I'd also say that there is the transfer portal today where there wasn't one several years ago.nclaxin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:26 pmThe league was created to as closely mimic running a college program as possible, not fantasy football.
Ie. Someone else drafted a guy you wanted...you were out recruited. Have a bad team? You own it until the next recruiting cycle.
Trades get brought up all the time. Matnum probably has a better, more in detail, answer.
Also, if someone takes your guy because he had a higher draft pick I wouldn't necessarily say you were out recruited, you just had a lower fantasy pick, a la fantasy football.
I will say that I'm in favor of a possible trade system but certainly not strongly, I think the league is pretty good the way it is.......unless I could trade for Tar Heel Dewey Egan!!!! Go NC baby!!
Wait this idea kicks ass. As a guy who inherited some top picks, I would still love this system.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:40 pmThough it used to be pretty darn close. Every team used to have a Social, an Academic, and a Winning Tradition Rating and the ratings were adjusted every season. The Social and Academic Ratings were done randomly (which was imperfect) but the Winning Tradition was under each coaches control and, for obvious reasons, the Winning Tradition had a heavier weight than the others. And... the teams with the best offering to a potential recruit picked first. We did this for years until (i think in 2014) we shifted to what we do today. And, frankly, I don't think it mattered. We're in the middle of the second round and people are still grabbing top players.
I think the jury is still out on Knobloch, Danenza, Slusher, Conner. Leclaie and Kraus are gone, so I don't know if you'll be making a deep playoff run this season...fcalax wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:37 am I've got my 3 rings (should have been 4 with 2011....that championship game scoring is still under protest)
Why would NC, Greenie, and I want to draft at the top? Year after year you guys give us stud players at the bottom of the draft.
2022
Pick #13 – Shane Knobloch (RUTGERS)
Pick #28 Alex English (PRINCETON)
2021
Pick #17 TJ Haley (GTOWN)
Pick #24 Aidan Danenza (DUKE)
2020
Pick #18 Alex Slusher (PRINCETON)
2019
Pick #16 Jack Myers (OSU)
Pick #25 Jeff Conner (UVA)
2017
Pick # 18 – Tre LeClaire (OSU)
Pick # 19 – Michael Kraus (UVA)
Very few big impact freshman these days. Many of you are patient enough to wait on a guy producing by their junior year. Excited for a great season ahead.....LETS GO!!
Dante Trader......ha ha!! Nice one!!
From New Hampshire...
Personally, I'd prefer picks 20 and 21 over picks 1 and 40. Especially if I was building a franchise. But that may just be me. Also, Lax1 who had the first pick in the Draft this season likes the "better mirroring D1 Lax" idea so that's one vote from a basement dwelling, new franchise coach. And... i think you're right Canada. This was the same discussion years ago. This is a cool idea, an idea that better mirrors D1 Lacrosse but... Is it fair to the basement dwellers? And, years later, after numerous years of data, I think the answer is, Yes because the Draft Order is not the critical path to getting out of the basement. We've done the Draft Order randomly and top to bottom and bottom to top and... The correlation between Draft Order and winning is spurious at best.
Canada, I don't understand above.
It's true, FCA had 118 Points last season, finished #8, and was #10 in terms of Points and... It was a strange season. No Ivies? But, even with no Ivies, FCA was only missing a Sophomore Alex Slusher. He really wasn't hit very hard by the virus. Greenie had 3 Ivy players and won it all. Bottomline, and I understand that I'm stating the obvious, is that FCA's best years are in his rearview mirror and, in 2022, FCA is barely relevant to our league.
I agree. I would rather be in the middle….Trust me!Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:42 amPersonally, I'd prefer picks 20 and 21 over picks 1 and 40. Especially if I was building a franchise. But that may just be me. Also, Lax1 who had the first pick in the Draft this season likes the "better mirroring D1 Lax" idea so that's one vote from a basement dwelling, new franchise coach. And... i think you're right Canada. This was the same discussion years ago. This is a cool idea, an idea that better mirrors D1 Lacrosse but... Is it fair to the basement dwellers? And, years later, after numerous years of data, I think the answer is, Yes because the Draft Order is not the critical path to getting out of the basement. We've done the Draft Order randomly and top to bottom and bottom to top and... The correlation between Draft Order and winning is spurious at best.
Canada, I don't understand above.
My team was de novo. We changed the draft order when I would have taken O’Neill with the #1.OCanada wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:00 am Matt.
I was trying to say there is an inception date for each team. Most teams have had, i think, more than one owner. Or at least many have.
At a uni each coach builds on what came before do its tge dum total of what came before. The data should be inclusive of what came before eg record, coaches records etc. as coach 1 gave way to coach 2 who gave way to coach 3 for example. No team starts de novo except on day one. I hope that helps
Correct.
Agreed and yes. This theoretical Draft Order will be determined by the team, not by the coach. (Though the team does have the coach's name.)OCanada wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:00 amAt a uni each coach builds on what came before do its tge dum total of what came before. The data should be inclusive of what came before eg record, coaches records etc. as coach 1 gave way to coach 2 who gave way to coach 3 for example. No team starts de novo except on day one. I hope that helps
"Strange" connections and relationships are key...Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:38 amCorrect.
Agreed and yes. This theoretical Draft Order will be determined by the team, not by the coach. (Though the team does have the coach's name.)OCanada wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:00 amAt a uni each coach builds on what came before do its tge dum total of what came before. The data should be inclusive of what came before eg record, coaches records etc. as coach 1 gave way to coach 2 who gave way to coach 3 for example. No team starts de novo except on day one. I hope that helps
One more thought, something I, and i'm sure I'm not alone, have learned over the years is that... We have a strange league with strange coaches. if a coach doesn't have a strange relationship with HS/College lacrosse, this league won't be a great fit for them.
Matnum PI wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:50 amIt's true, FCA had 118 Points last season, finished #8, and was #10 in terms of Points and... It was a strange season. No Ivies? But, even with no Ivies, FCA was only missing a Sophomore Alex Slusher. He really wasn't hit very hard by the virus. Greenie had 3 Ivy players and won it all. Bottomline, and I understand that I'm stating the obvious, is that FCA's best years are in his rearview mirror and, in 2022, FCA is barely relevant to our league.