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This is why all backups should be in during blowouts

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193939.1
Date: 8/11/2011 5:44:00 PM
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I'm down 22 with about 1 minute left when my star player gets injured.

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/36159451/reportmatch.aspx?realTime=2760

Injuries happen, but why should he even be playing at that point? It's a blowout that I have no chance in winning, so like in RL all my starters should be on the bench. However, for some reason in BB the team winning rests their starters but the team losing keeps trying even though they've lost. My suggestion is that there should also be a rule in place for the losing team... Maybe more than the up by 20 in the 4th for the winners, but if it's a clear situation where you can't win (maybe down by 20 with 5 minutes) I'd rather have my bench players in.

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193939.2 in reply to 193939.1
Date: 8/11/2011 8:13:59 PM
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I think this should depend on what setting you have set for the game. If you set "strictly follow depth chart" I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it when my coach pulls my 18 year old trainee out of the game with three minutes to go because it is a blowout.

But on the other hand if you have chosen "let coach decide" then 20 points down in the 4th it is time to clear the bench and the five worst players should be on the floor.

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193939.3 in reply to 193939.2
Date: 8/11/2011 9:24:10 PM
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Or, ideally, some general settings for each position's substitution patterns -- nothing like setting exact minutes, but maybe:

Keep him in!
Use Coach's judgement
Rotate them.

That would help people who want to force the player to stay in for training purposes and those who want to make sure their backups get more than 5 minutes in a game for GS purposes, but have a starter with too much stamina. The fact that the phrase "too much stamina" exists is really all we need to know.

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193939.4 in reply to 193939.1
Date: 8/12/2011 12:35:40 AM
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i like it, with the same setting then the garbage time of the winning team.

Because it makes sense, and it makes it a bit more difficult/risky to forfeit for training min.

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193939.6 in reply to 193939.5
Date: 8/13/2011 5:59:46 AM
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Maybe people shouldnt lose their games by so much? That would solve the problem.

:p

kidding.