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Tilley · 06-19-2025, 04:05 PM

I could be wrong, but at this point it is not the GMs that do not live in North America that are holding up the draft. How many GMs are not in North America? Devo, probably 3-4 others, but the vast majority are in NA although literally from coast to coast.

It seems like the biggest issues with GMs not making their selection in a timely manner have more to do with not having a plan or list in place until their selection comes up and then starting to do their homework or fielding trade requests at the last minute and then needing time to make a decision. Without some sort of time limit on picks and just hoping GMs make timely selections is a recipe for disaster.

Are GMs PMing the next Gm to make a pick? All the online drafts I have participated had this as a fundamental rule to inform the next person it was their turn to select.

I am not a huge proponent of giving cap for picks for a number of reasons.
1) All the trades that have been made to this point didn't take this into consideration. Someone who is sitting on a bunch of 4th rounders would be wise to cash in and get an extra 2-3 mil in cap space as it is very unlikely any of those picks turn out.
2) The proposed values are way too high. The last couple of years we are starting to see picks traded for crazy amounts of cap. Sometimes likely because teams are intentionally tanking and selling off cap to get high picks and others because they have ~$30 mil in cap space. Maybe at half the proposed values it would be a more difficult decision.
3) We could see less trading as GMs may want to keep picks just to cash them in for extra cap. Teams picking late in each round could make over 5 mil in cap just from their own picks. This further separates the have franchises from the have not franchises.

I like the idea of a hybrid draft, but we have had issues in the past with the live draft with people dumping picks, not showing up, not showing up prepared, etc. This is obviously just a symptom of a larger problem where the level of involvement by some GMs is just not there. I appreciate the discussion and hopefully we can use this year as a trial run to develop a much more efficient draft process for next year.

06-19-2025, 04:05 PM	#38
Tilley Retired Aksarben Correspondent Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Spokane, Washington Exp:	I could be wrong, but at this point it is not the GMs that do not live in North America that are holding up the draft. How many GMs are not in North America? Devo, probably 3-4 others, but the vast majority are in NA although literally from coast to coast. It seems like the biggest issues with GMs not making their selection in a timely manner have more to do with not having a plan or list in place until their selection comes up and then starting to do their homework or fielding trade requests at the last minute and then needing time to make a decision. Without some sort of time limit on picks and just hoping GMs make timely selections is a recipe for disaster. Are GMs PMing the next Gm to make a pick? All the online drafts I have participated had this as a fundamental rule to inform the next person it was their turn to select. I am not a huge proponent of giving cap for picks for a number of reasons. 1) All the trades that have been made to this point didn't take this into consideration. Someone who is sitting on a bunch of 4th rounders would be wise to cash in and get an extra 2-3 mil in cap space as it is very unlikely any of those picks turn out. 2) The proposed values are way too high. The last couple of years we are starting to see picks traded for crazy amounts of cap. Sometimes likely because teams are intentionally tanking and selling off cap to get high picks and others because they have ~$30 mil in cap space. Maybe at half the proposed values it would be a more difficult decision. 3) We could see less trading as GMs may want to keep picks just to cash them in for extra cap. Teams picking late in each round could make over 5 mil in cap just from their own picks. This further separates the have franchises from the have not franchises. I like the idea of a hybrid draft, but we have had issues in the past with the live draft with people dumping picks, not showing up, not showing up prepared, etc. This is obviously just a symptom of a larger problem where the level of involvement by some GMs is just not there. I appreciate the discussion and hopefully we can use this year as a trial run to develop a much more efficient draft process for next year.