12-06-2021, 05:13 AMZema Wrote:

12-05-2021, 06:44 PMLordBirdman Wrote: This might not be the point of the thread, but I agree with you. I think this is a personal preference question, because I've heard some people say they like how long a career is because of the effort put into a player.

I think careers are too long in every aspect, spending 6-8 months in the J is too long, taking a year and a half to two years to become a good/great player in the SHL is too long, having a player for 3+ years is too long, and the IRL time it takes to rebuild a team through the draft takes too long.  IDK what the solution would be, but speeding up career progression/season times would IMO lead to a better experience.

I think the discussions are somewhat related. One of the big reasons for this change in regression seem to be wanting a higher player turnover. Making the seasons shorter would really help with that.

I agree with you on all points. I don't like that some teams have been dominating for some seasons now. But the biggest problem I've have with it is just  how long irl it has been.

Shortening the regular season in half would be a good start. Would earn another 3 or so seasons in a calendar year on that change alone.

i think this speaks to the core of the issue. Dunking 25% on S54 and S53 wouldnt be half as bad if they had started these players in January. Faster seasons would be a great alternative to the current problem, and gives us more data to work with in terms of where the issues actually lie. It's contracts, wait no it's testing wait no its regression hold on this will definitely fix it. That pitfall is present for each one of us


Ill edit here at the risk of triple posting


@RomanesEuntDomus You had mentioned that S50-55 are benefiting from a system no one had the pleasure of enjoying themselves (beating up on rookies) and I think that's a great perspective to bring to the conversation.

However, to what degree does it matter what happened before S50? I hope i'm not being too rude when i say that it was over 2 years ago. This league is not the same as it was when i joined and when i joined it was not the same as it was 2 years prior. Again, the length of seasons rears it's ugly head. I understand that maybe S53/54 may sound selfish when their opportunity to dominate was taken away but...that's what has been happening for awhile now. We switched in like S53 right? I will remind the court that march will mark 2 years since the offseason for S53 began.

How many new users have joined the site in 2 years? This is their reality, but it sounds like some of the counter-arguments are "Well STHS was like this, so lets go back". What if we didnt go back?