Suggestions for Future Forum Mocks

[thetechnocrat]

Simply put pick 1 due at 7 pm est, pick 2 at 8pm, 3 at 9 pm on an exact date, set before the draft begins.

It eliminates the having to come and see if you are on the clock. You know exactly when you have to come and make your pick and exactly how long you have to come and pass off a big board...

I like this idea. That way you know if you can't make it. You either pm a big board to an op or to an assistant gm.

[Vbsiena]

Keep it coming. These are good ideas.

[ZN0rseman]

I still think that next time around an exact time should be given for a pick. None of this 2 hours to make a pick crap when you have no clue when your 2 hours will start.

I have tried to be active this time around, and was active for the last one, but this time around i would check, and only 4 picks happenend in the last 24 hours and i am still 12 picks away. I check back a day later and 15 picks have happened and i was skipped.

Simply put pick 1 due at 7 pm est, pick 2 at 8pm, 3 at 9 pm on an exact date, set before the draft begins.

It eliminates the having to come and see if you are on the clock. You know exactly when you have to come and make your pick and exactly how long you have to come and pass off a big board...

I concur.

[49ersfan]

I have seen that on other forums, but people miss picks with that system too. We might just have to admit we aren't the NFL and some people won't get on in time. I like these suggestions, though.

[Bluto]

There is one easy way to do this if someone misses their pick. After two hours without a pick being made, a Mod on duty will first consult Walter's "Offseason Needs" section. He usually has at least 5 positional needs per team, in order from 1-5. The Mod will take the highest rated need position that has not yet been addressed. Should all needs be addressed, then they shall return to the #1 need. At that point, the Mod will go to Walter's "Draft Prospects" section, and select the highest rated player at that position. Again, this is only if the pick is missed and no big board has been sent. It takes any and all guesswork out of the equation. Bottom line, everyone knows the rules, and if no big board is sent, then nobody has the right to complain about who the receive. At least now it isn't left up to a Mod to have to pick a player for someone else, there is a formula for determining who they get.

[bills_red]

There is one easy way to do this if someone misses their pick. After two hours without a pick being made, a Mod on duty will first consult Walter's "Offseason Needs" section. He usually has at least 5 positional needs per team, in order from 1-5. The Mod will take the highest rated need position that has not yet been addressed. Should all needs be addressed, then they shall return to the #1 need. At that point, the Mod will go to Walter's "Draft Prospects" section, and select the highest rated player at that position. Again, this is only if the pick is missed and no big board has been sent. It takes any and all guesswork out of the equation. Bottom line, everyone knows the rules, and if no big board is sent, then nobody has the right to complain about who the receive. At least now it isn't left up to a Mod to have to pick a player for someone else, there is a formula for determining who they get.

Love it.

[49ersfan]

That is basicially how I and other mods (probably) do it anyway. Still, having that as a rule can't hurt.

[Leo Fender]

I still think that next time around an exact time should be given for a pick. None of this 2 hours to make a pick crap when you have no clue when your 2 hours will start.

I have tried to be active this time around, and was active for the last one, but this time around i would check, and only 4 picks happenend in the last 24 hours and i am still 12 picks away. I check back a day later and 15 picks have happened and i was skipped.

Simply put pick 1 due at 7 pm est, pick 2 at 8pm, 3 at 9 pm on an exact date, set before the draft begins.

It eliminates the having to come and see if you are on the clock. You know exactly when you have to come and make your pick and exactly how long you have to come and pass off a big board...

I like the way you are thinking!

[Matt McGuire]

I think if the clock runs out on you no one should make the pick. It is just skipped. Your fault you weren't here on time. I don't think anyone else should make the pick but the team's GM.

[Leo Fender]

I think if the clock runs out on you no one should make the pick. It is just skipped. Your fault you weren't here on time. I don't think anyone else should make the pick but the team's GM.

Why are you awake this early? Now go back to bed!!!

[49ersfan]

I think if the clock runs out on you no one should make the pick. It is just skipped. Your fault you weren't here on time. I don't think anyone else should make the pick but the team's GM.

Believe me, I've wanted that for ages. It won't happen. Still, I would like that to happen.

[animal52]

I agree. Maybe on the next one since we had so many problems this way.

I keep saying this because I just want everybody to know that I still think that we did this pretty well, just needs some tweaking.

[ZN0rseman]

I think if the clock runs out on you no one should make the pick. It is just skipped. Your fault you weren't here on time. I don't think anyone else should make the pick but the team's GM.

Yeah, I don't think that will work because if a GM doesn't show he's gonna get a bunch of 7th/FA players for all of his picks, which pretty much invalidates the entire mock. Not only that, but I think most of us want these mocks to be as realistic as possible, and if you have GM's being skipped, players are sliding that shouldn't be which further invalidates the mock. That is why I agree with what Bluto said, because that way a GM who does miss his pick doesn't get strapped with some no-name player he would never pick in a million years and that makes no sense for the team.

I really think the biggest key would be having fixed times for every team to make a pick, and have that time not vary under any circumstances. It's not fair to owners who are here trying to make picks every day to wait around for 20+ hours for one guy to pick, and then have 3-4 picks rattle off in mintues and their clock expires while they are away. That makes it impossible to know when you are giong to actually pick, which means you can't be away from your computer for more than 2 hours at a time. That just sucks, and it makes the draft unnecessarily stressfull for everyone who takes the draft seriously.

It would be drastically better to set it up like this...

Round 1:
MIA 1:00pM - 1:30PM
DEN 1:30PM - 2:00PM
KC 2:00PM - 2:30PM

ect...

Then teams have no excuse for missing a pick and not sending their top selections to a mod.

Game over, draft runs smoothly and efficiently.

[49ersfan]

Yeah, I don't think that will work because if a GM doesn't show he's gonna get a bunch of 7th/FA players for all of his picks, which pretty much invalidates the entire mock. Not only that, but I think most of us want these mocks to be as realistic as possible, and if you have GM's beign skipped, players are sliding that shouldn't be which further invalidates the mock.

No, here is my suggestion. We do it like the NFL, letting them pick when they show up. After a set number of picks (10, perhaps), the mods pick for them.

[Craig Smith]

No, here is my suggestion. We do it like the NFL, letting them pick when they show up. After a set number of picks (10, perhaps), the mods pick for them.

Yes but the NFL also gets everyone together in one room and they can't leave. So unless you want to fork over the money to trandsport ass 31 participants to Walter's house for a one day mock, than it is kind of out of the question to do it that way. Most people here have lives, jobs, familes, classes etc. and can't stick to the boards 24 7...