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Do we try a new game engine or a new substitution pattern in scrimmages? Last week I thought that maybe I did a mistake arranging my lineup but it happened again today and I don't think I did the same mistake two weeks in a row. Actually, I'm pretty sure that I arranged my lineup 100% correctly.

Last week the coach completely changed my lineup from start and the same thing happened once again and I never let the coach decide. With only 7 players in the roster, this was my choice for the lineup because I wanted my PG/SG/SF to play for 48 minutes:

Empty. Player 1. Player 1.
Empty. Player 2. Player 2.
Empty. Player 3. Player 3.
Player 4. Player 6. Player 6.
Player 5. Player 7. Player 7.

However, this is the lineup that played:

Player 2. Player 3. Player 3.
Player 4. Player 4. Player 4.
Player 7. Player 7. Player 7.
Player 5. Player 5. Player 5.
Player 1. Player 6. Player 6.

Can someone enlighten me? It's happened two weeks in a row, two weeks of missed training and bad game shape is truly frustrating to say the least.



Last edited by Caveman at 5/6/2021 1:41:20 PM

you can leave only 2 slots empty

Wow, really? I think I did 3 slots and never had this problem but will check again. Thank you.

Last edited by Caveman at 5/6/2021 1:47:02 PM

Why is better to leave slots empty instead putting a player in all three spots? Even when you dressed only 7 players? Thanks.

In S30 news (223143.36), it said,

Starting with the first scrimmages of this season, blank lineups are finally a thing of the past. Some lazy managers had started sending out incomplete lineups to their coaches who did their best to manage around this incomplete information, but it didn’t really feel like basketball anymore, and the fans started complaining. Now, if a manager sets a lineup with three or more blank starter positions, the coach will declare the lineup invalid and make up a new lineup using a fuller roster.

In S30 news (223143.36), it said,

Starting with the first scrimmages of this season, blank lineups are finally a thing of the past. Some lazy managers had started sending out incomplete lineups to their coaches who did their best to manage around this incomplete information, but it didn’t really feel like basketball anymore, and the fans started complaining. Now, if a manager sets a lineup with three or more blank starter positions, the coach will declare the lineup invalid and make up a new lineup using a fuller roster.

Well, thank you. Seems like you went way back for this one.