11-17-2021, 02:23 PMPremierBromanov Wrote:

11-17-2021, 02:10 PMLordBirdman Wrote: The diamond in the rough comment of this thread.

I took a look at the GM openings this offseason and considered applying.  I was an SMJHL GM for a number of seasons, feel like I can do a good job of roster management and scouting, but am unwilling to spend the hours required to test sim.  It's just not something I'm willing to do with my free time.  I remember the pain of assembling good rosters in Colorado and the team not performing as well as they should because I didn't put in the required time/effort required to do well (and I did put in a lot of time and effort). 

It's an unfortunate result of FHM and I'm not sure what the solution is.  I've floated the idea in some locker rooms (at first as a joke) of having AI coaches, so truer to real life GMs you are hiring a third party coach that has independence to set lines/tactics and puts GMs on a level playing field in that regard.  This feels bad from a management perspective of not getting to set lines or tactics and probably inserts a level of randomness we probably don't want.  Maybe there is a middle ground where AI coaches set tactics and GMs set lines and roles, or some combination of AI coaches and GM management.

isnt that what the co-GM is for?

it feels like there are seasons for testing and seasons for being an "active" GM. TBB is far from a true example of success, but trella and dwight and MCP spent a ton of time scouting and making trades to make the best roster they could. In those days, we didn't test a whole ton because we had barely any TPE on the roster. Now that we have one of the higher averages in the league, we spend way more time testing and gathering FHM info than we do fielding trades and scouting. We have not only GMs testing, but we put somewhat of a priority on FHM knowledgeable players in our drafting process, and not to toot my own horn but I spend a lot of time automating as many processes as possible. And, guys like Canadice make the entire league better if you are savvy enough to follow.

Teams like BUF and HAM are likely similar in their breakdown, whereas WPG and MAN are likely going to spend way more time scouting and trading.

I think I'm rambling, but i guess my point is that maybe a testing time investment is a good thing. Maybe my POV is skewed because things have always been busy for us, but what are GMs supposed to do outside of draft and trade if not test and deploy?

That's a fine point, but my point was to address the dwindling interest in becoming a GM through my own personal experience. I don't want to spend as much time as you, trella, dwight and the gang spend on testing FHM. I just don't want to do that. I didn't say I would want to spend zero time, I'm saying I've been there before and don't want to spend a ton of free time doing it because it's not fun and I'd rather waste my free time on slightly more fun wastes of time.

Frankly this is fine and I'm not complaining, it just means I won't become a GM. It's perfectly reasonable to have a different opinion and believe that GMs should be putting in this much time and effort, but that is just not something that is appealing to me. I assume this is the case for others as well given dwindling interest in once coveted positions.