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From: ThadMo
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280779.1
Date: 7/26/2016 9:13:55 PM
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You should be able to set a limit on "Garbage time".

For example, the scrubs are not allowed to come into the game for "garbage time" until a specified time limit. Personally, I would not allow my scrubs to come in for garbage time unless they had a 20 pt lead with 5 minutes to go.

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280779.2 in reply to 280779.1
Date: 8/12/2016 3:45:40 PM
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I like this, but I'd like to add:

Scrubs will be removed when lead drops to 'X', at the next dead ball, and if it drops to 'X2', by timeout, if necessary.
If scrubs are removed via Timeout, the lead required to sub them back in is 5 points higher than the original setting (this is just to hopefully reduce the odds of a see-saw scoring effect where the lead team uses up all their time outs).

I've lost too many games due to scrubs coming in in the top of the 4th when up by 20, but not being removed until my lead was eroded to low double or high single digits, and then when my starters returned, the opposing team went on a run and won.

Last edited by Iguanadon Joe at 8/12/2016 4:33:36 PM

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280779.3 in reply to 280779.2
Date: 8/12/2016 7:46:58 PM
The LA Lions
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I had no idea it was possible to lose a game that went into garbage time.

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280779.4 in reply to 280779.2
Date: 8/13/2016 9:49:34 AM
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Good point. And I would say watching your team blow or lose a nice lead in the 4th because of garbage time is a big frustrator, and not just because of the anxiety, but because it's not helping PD which can be valuable at the end of the season.

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280779.6 in reply to 280779.5
Date: 9/3/2016 11:33:17 PM
Florida Champs
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I've never lost due to garbage time, but due to the bench players not coming in when I wanted them to and blowing a 10 point lead, my PG got hurt on a foul with about 10 seconds left in the game. I was expecting the starters to be in the game til about 3 to go in the 4th Q or when the team got up 20+ but they came in early if memory serves me correctly. Maybe I'm forgetting that my bench just sucked, but I feel like it was still early for them to check in