My proposal for dealing with the midsession draft is based largely on the model proposed by @wezza. Coaches will be able to select in reverse ladder order. If the coach takes a pick their RFA will be amended to the bottom of the order. To ensure we get this wrapped up prior to team selection the time limit will be 4hrs per pick during the day. Normal rules regarding delisting a player to create a spot is needed.
Please let me know if you are strongly opposed to this suggestion. Otherwise I will let @Maxx know he has the pick of the lot.
I seriously considered mandate my RFA priority until this round but ultimately picked someone up. I think itās a bit tough on those who may have adopted this strat. Perhaps Rd 1 could go in the RFA order with Rd 2 in reverse ladder order.
Because itās a draft, I lean towards reverse order as a seperate entity to FA if possible. No idea if it can be done, but:
hold a minidraft in here where the coaches nominate the draftee/delistee.
Eg- pick 2. Fogtrotters. In- Pickett. Out - Macreadie
Start it at 6pm tonight. 2 hours maximum pick time per coach (might have to accommodate O/s coaches of course) , itās done in 26-30 hours max.
Manually assign players when UF add them to system.
FA proceeds as normal at 11.59 Thursday night with existing RFA order preserved. That way those who have kept their RFA still have it and still have the same field.
We could do that and itās skmilar to my suggestion. The only difference that Iām proposing is that coaches drop down the RFA order in an attempt to balance the two competing forces.
I wonāt be participating in the draft but imo whatever is decided upon should weigh in favour of the teams lower on the ladder first as they are the ones that need the most help.
I think its the fairest thing to let the reverse ladder pick (so ignore their current RFA order), but then if they decide to pick someone then they go back of the queue for subsequent rounds.
Otherwise itās double dipping and thereās not enough mini draft players.
I think there really is only going to be 4-5 max players picked anyway.
Players added to Supercoach already and will in all likelihood have the same positions in UF:
Josh Deluca - C
Mitch Riordan - C
Kyle Dunkley - C
Michael Knoll - R
Lachie Hosie - F
Ryan Gardner - F
Will Snelling - C
Jack Mayo - F
Cam Sutcliffe - C
Dillon OāReilly - B/F
Marlion Pickett - C
John Noble - C
Cody Hirst - C
All just to keep you in the loop - we have not heard from Laverde2Langford for a number of weeks here on Blitz and his team on UF has hardly been touched since the draft. Separately I have tried emailing him without success. Therefore the decision has been made to bring in our favourite interim coach in @vandrs as a replacement from now.
Well I didnāt really want to see a repeat of last year but looks like Iām popping my head back into this league.
It may seem like a back flip from last year as I didnāt choose to continue with the squad I had, now run by Crazy, but itās not. I actually really liked that squad.
I didnāt feel I had the time to do 2 teams justice so felt it better served to be assigned to a new coach who could.
I really enjoy watching what goes on in this league and am disappointed when things like this come up. I want this league to succeed just as well as BBFFL1.
So I wont be just taking over as interim coach, Iāll stick it out for as long as possible!!
With this locked away we will also move forward with the mid season draft.
@maxx has the first crack at the players available. The positions are yet to be finalised but they will be similar to these - the only changes will be the addition of any dual positions.
Josh Deluca - C
Mitch Riordan - C
Kyle Dunkley - C
Michael Knoll - R
Lachie Hosie - F
Ryan Gardner - F
Will Snelling - C
Jack Mayo - F
Cam Sutcliffe - C
Dillon OāReilly - B/F
Marlion Pickett - C
John Noble - C
Cody Hirst - C
Rules for mid season draft
Draft will officially commence at 9am tomorrow - to allow at least some notice for all coaches. This doesnāt mean the picks canāt start this evening.
You will have 2hrs to make your pick in Blitz
When making the selection a player will also need to be delisted or alternatively you need to state which LTI listed player you are replacing
After your draft pick is taken your RFA priority order will be moved to the bottom of the order. I will manually allocate picks on UF once the players are listed
should you fail to make a pick in your allocated time period or not wish to take a pick you can pass. This will result in your RFA order remaining unchanged
Normal fee agency will take place post the naming of the teams.
Any players that arenāt picked will become regular free agents with all other free agents.
To ensure we have 26hrs of pick time before teams are released on Thursday the draft will run as follows (note all times are Melbourne times):
-Wednesday 9am to 11pm
-Thursday to 6am to 6pm
The times for Thursday will be adjusted based on where we get to on Wednesday. The quicker picks are made the better.
PMs should be sent if you are unlikely to be on Blitz