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[div align=\\\"center\\\"]The secrets about scouting exposed! By ValorX77[/div]
Have you always wonder why sometimes a player who doesn’t exactly has the highest TPE in their position manages to go earlier than the top guy in the national Simulation Football league draft? Today I’ll go through the secrets of the draft, and what general managers don’t tell you, and how to improve your draft stock.
As a former General manager in the national Simulation Football league, I have some analysis on how each team views each prospect, about a few days before the pre draft, you will probably receive a direct message from a general manager either on the forums, or through Discord. You will receive a set a questions, and be told from which team the general manager represents, but there’s more to scouting then just the answers to those questions.
My philosophy is quite simple, I just ask these questions in my head after reading the scouting answers, and these are very important because these will help you figure out where this specific prospect should go.
The biggest thing GM’s look for is these things:
1. Is the User active? Does he have a history in other sim leagues? Does the user have trouble with H.O.?
The first thing General managers see in a prospect is how active the prospect is, this is dependent on two things: 1. Are they active on the forums?, if so, they’re on every day, and frequently are commenting on league announcements or updating their player. 2. Are they active on discord?, if so, they’re talking about something if it’s either something that happened in the National Football League, or debating if a hot dog is a sandwich or not, (Yes, people fight over this almost every single day.) Another thing GM’s look for is if a user is involved in other leagues like the Simulation Hockey League or Pro Baseball Experience for example, with a connection to more than one league, they are pretty much a highly touted prospect that should be high on almost every team’s draft boards. The next thing they look for is how the user’s personality is, because this could possibly be a potential red flag if the user has a personality that could possible divide the team locker room or even worse, demand to be traded to another team because they didn’t like the team for some unusual reason, these types of players are likely going to drop into the later rounds.
2. Does the player fit a team need, if not can he/she switch to that hole?
Probably the single biggest thing for why the draft exists is for teams to find young talent to fill holes on their teams. The easiest way is figuring out what position your team needs to consider selecting at your position of the draft, the biggest part is figuring out who might be on their way out of the team, for example the San Jose Sabercats might consider to draft a defensive tackle with their first round selection because their primary star, Brayden Ennis is retiring at the end of the season, which would form a large hole that other teams could exploit. Now, some teams may consider drafting someone who is not exactly that position they need, but, they are open to position switch to that spot, which could mean a guy not projected to go in that round could go earlier because they are willing to work with the team and switch to that position of need. One such example occurred in the S19 national Simulation Football league draft, where the New Orleans Second Line selected Mack Arianlacher, a Defensive Tackle, with the first overall selection, but switched to a linebacker to fill a hole in New Orleans’ pass rush.
3. How much TPE does this person have? Is he/she a max earner?
TPE is probably one of main cores on deciding on who to select in a draft, it’s the main source on what players use to increase on what their player is truly capable of, because the more they have, the earlier the prospect goes, because TPE is the one thing that everyone should have on their minds on when you first joined this league on day 1. However, the less you have, the more likely you’ll drop to lower rounds, in large draft classes like S15 and S22, Max earners, the players who earn the most TPE, will likely be spread out across the whole draft.
4. How will this player fit into the locker room? Has this user been good/bad in other team locker rooms?
Locker Room culture is probably the most important part of a draftee, because the more active and encouraging the prospect is, the earlier they go because simply they can make someone’s day in the league, because we all need that sometimes in our darkest moments. Take Tesla for example, she is one of the brightest spots in the league, and just because how simply she positively changed Norfolk’s culture allowed her player to be drafted second overall by the New Orleans Second Line not only because she fitted a team need, but she would be beneficial to the team culture. A toxic player would send the exact opposite message.
5. Here’s the big one, Does the user have enough to afford equipment and weekly trainings? Is the player broke?
The last thing that a general manager may look at it is your bank account and how you make money to afford weekly trainings and of course, seasonal equipment every offseason, because the more money you have, and the bigger effort you put into your analysis articles, and of course your signatures you make of other players to help give a flashy sense to their own player. It’s simple, General managers would like to find a max earner to be the face of their franchise, but if the player doesn’t have enough money, they simply cannot be a max earner their general manager strides them to be. It’s quite simple Wealth does equal more success and pride.
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[div align=\\\"center\\\"]The secrets about scouting exposed! By ValorX77[/div]
Have you always wonder why sometimes a player who doesn’t exactly has the highest TPE in their position manages to go earlier than the top guy in the national Simulation Football league draft? Today I’ll go through the secrets of the draft, and what general managers don’t tell you, and how to improve your draft stock.
As a former General manager in the national Simulation Football league, I have some analysis on how each team views each prospect, about a few days before the pre draft, you will probably receive a direct message from a general manager either on the forums, or through Discord. You will receive a set a questions, and be told from which team the general manager represents, but there’s more to scouting then just the answers to those questions.
My philosophy is quite simple, I just ask these questions in my head after reading the scouting answers, and these are very important because these will help you figure out where this specific prospect should go.
The biggest thing GM’s look for is these things:
1. Is the User active? Does he have a history in other sim leagues? Does the user have trouble with H.O.?
The first thing General managers see in a prospect is how active the prospect is, this is dependent on two things: 1. Are they active on the forums?, if so, they’re on every day, and frequently are commenting on league announcements or updating their player. 2. Are they active on discord?, if so, they’re talking about something if it’s either something that happened in the National Football League, or debating if a hot dog is a sandwich or not, (Yes, people fight over this almost every single day.) Another thing GM’s look for is if a user is involved in other leagues like the Simulation Hockey League or Pro Baseball Experience for example, with a connection to more than one league, they are pretty much a highly touted prospect that should be high on almost every team’s draft boards. The next thing they look for is how the user’s personality is, because this could possibly be a potential red flag if the user has a personality that could possible divide the team locker room or even worse, demand to be traded to another team because they didn’t like the team for some unusual reason, these types of players are likely going to drop into the later rounds.
2. Does the player fit a team need, if not can he/she switch to that hole?
Probably the single biggest thing for why the draft exists is for teams to find young talent to fill holes on their teams. The easiest way is figuring out what position your team needs to consider selecting at your position of the draft, the biggest part is figuring out who might be on their way out of the team, for example the San Jose Sabercats might consider to draft a defensive tackle with their first round selection because their primary star, Brayden Ennis is retiring at the end of the season, which would form a large hole that other teams could exploit. Now, some teams may consider drafting someone who is not exactly that position they need, but, they are open to position switch to that spot, which could mean a guy not projected to go in that round could go earlier because they are willing to work with the team and switch to that position of need. One such example occurred in the S19 national Simulation Football league draft, where the New Orleans Second Line selected Mack Arianlacher, a Defensive Tackle, with the first overall selection, but switched to a linebacker to fill a hole in New Orleans’ pass rush.
3. How much TPE does this person have? Is he/she a max earner?
TPE is probably one of main cores on deciding on who to select in a draft, it’s the main source on what players use to increase on what their player is truly capable of, because the more they have, the earlier the prospect goes, because TPE is the one thing that everyone should have on their minds on when you first joined this league on day 1. However, the less you have, the more likely you’ll drop to lower rounds, in large draft classes like S15 and S22, Max earners, the players who earn the most TPE, will likely be spread out across the whole draft.
4. How will this player fit into the locker room? Has this user been good/bad in other team locker rooms?
Locker Room culture is probably the most important part of a draftee, because the more active and encouraging the prospect is, the earlier they go because simply they can make someone’s day in the league, because we all need that sometimes in our darkest moments. Take Tesla for example, she is one of the brightest spots in the league, and just because how simply she positively changed Norfolk’s culture allowed her player to be drafted second overall by the New Orleans Second Line not only because she fitted a team need, but she would be beneficial to the team culture. A toxic player would send the exact opposite message.
5. Here’s the big one, Does the user have enough to afford equipment and weekly trainings? Is the player broke?
The last thing that a general manager may look at it is your bank account and how you make money to afford weekly trainings and of course, seasonal equipment every offseason, because the more money you have, and the bigger effort you put into your analysis articles, and of course your signatures you make of other players to help give a flashy sense to their own player. It’s simple, General managers would like to find a max earner to be the face of their franchise, but if the player doesn’t have enough money, they simply cannot be a max earner their general manager strides them to be. It’s quite simple Wealth does equal more success and pride.
(1003 words)