i set the substitution to coach picks from the depth chart.
i realise this post wasnt directed to me, but i am trying to help anyway.
there is a difference between 'coach picks from depth chart (CPDC)' & 'strictly follow depth chart' (SFDC)
if you want a player to play as many minutes as possible, set the sub pattern to SFDC
even if you set the starter as the worst player, if you play CPDC and have a better player on the bench, the coach will put him in.
EDIT - for example, Fremantle are playing West Coast in a pre-season match, Mark Harvey wants Marcus Drum (youngster) to play most of the game in Michael Johnson's position, so he sets Drum as starter and Johnson as backup. He tells the interchange bench to CPDC. This results in Johnson playing 100 mins & Drum only gettin 20 mins. If however he had picked SFDC and set Drum as starter & backup, with Johnson as reserve this would've resilted in Drum playing 120 mins unless injured or sin binned (yeah i know that is a rugby ref but there are no 'foul outs' in AFL)
Last edited by waggyrob at 7/31/2008 8:07:47 AM