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Some guys with low potential can actually be worthwhile. My 2nd round pick with 6th man potential sold for 150000 and he was also 19.

So 1/3 (if it's even) of draft generated players die and get wasted.

That number is way too low. Just think of the garbage data that is generated by creating rookies for bot leagues. I guess the number of draftees that are really usable and trained in this game is less than 10% of total draft population.

end-of-the-bench or garbage-time isn't the same as Walther to your head straight after the draft you put your self into :}

Well, don't you think it would be mettagood then? And it's not a big concession.
But to know that 6 role players can take you out of DV in two seasons is encouraging, no?

Hide the potential until players are 20!! It will save and create many decent players.

It is so much less than 1/3 that get training. From my league's draft last season I doubt if even 5 of the draftees are geting trained.

I don't like the idea of hiding potential completely, but I do like the idea of widening the margin of error. Then with every season of training the possible potential range becomes smaller and more accurate.

That would be a pretty big change but I'd love to see it explored for feasibility at least.

I have always been in favor of making potential a bit more vague, something to reduce the predictability in player development, whether it’s applied to potential or used as a way to affect potential. This game needs some underachieving head cases who just can’t live up to what everything thinks is their potential, or that underdog who becomes a star when most would have written them off.

I am personally someone who was thought to have announcer potential, but in the end, I’m no better than a lucky fan.

Why is potential revealed and aggression hidden? Which do you think is easier to scout out?

The better thing to do would be to just remove a couple of the bottom levels of potential. Really the whole potential thing is a bit useless.

announcer = useless
bench warmer = useless
role player = useless
6th man = useless
What is the point in having 4 variations of totally useless and not worth training at all?

starter = bad
star = bad
Same here, these two are really not worth training unless there are special circumstances like a player from Pakistan or a $7,000 7'4" 18 year old or something else unusual.

allstar = acceptable
perennial allstar = good
superstar = great
MVP = perfect

These are the only 4 potentials that really matter.

hall of famer = pointless
all-time great = pointless

99.9% of players with this potential will never reach it and that is despite them having massivly inflated prices on the trade market. And when a player finally does reach this level no-one except national teams actually wants him an he floats around the market being sold for less than a million each time.

So really there are 4 potentials that matter. When I look for a trainee I wouldn't even consider less than all-star and I can't afford a HoF or ATG and I know their potential is irrelevant.