09-12-2019, 05:37 PMSpartanGibbles Wrote:

09-12-2019, 05:26 PMKeygan Wrote: You made the point that the downgrade won’t effect them and then made the point that downgrading will make them so bad that if they came back they would see it and leave again, you can’t choose both :O

My point on them coming back is that their season has already been negatively affected by not posting within an arbitrary guideline that they can't immediately fix. This would make their player worse on a statistical level and could make them view the season as a lost cause. Why return if your player is going to be worse for roughly 10-15 games?

The downgrade may or may not affect their performance. That is up to Simon's whims. We can try and predict how a stat change will change actual performance but that depends more on lines, teammates, and the strength of the team in general.

I'm trying to look at this proposal from multiple angles if possible since it would directly affect more than 1 job that I hold on this site.

Inactivity isn’t an arbitrary amount, it’s pretty clearly defined: one month. Speaking as a former SMJHL GM, I think the idea on a whole is a good one that would encourage SMJHL GMs to develop their players further and grow the league like they’re expected to