Post by furnaceface on Dec 6, 2020 2:20:24 GMT
There was an offline discussion right before the prospect draft on the time window for picks. We have traditionally gone with 20 minute slots but last year I believe I set up 10 minute slots. I went with 10 minute slots for the prospect draft as a result, and also because I wanted to ensure we could finish the prospect and free agent drafts before Christmas so be ready for a Jan 1 start of the season. It now looks like the season isn't starting until Jan 15 at the earlier so we have more time.
10 minute time slots would allow us to run through rounds faster. We could do similar to what I setup for the prospect draft and run 3 rounds over the weekend and then a round per day during weekday evenings. I've usually run the weekday rounds from 6-10 mountain but we have a couple more GMs who are in the east now and late nights (10pm to midnight) might not work. I'd look to moving that up an hour, if that also works for our west coasters.
20 minute slots would allow for 2 rounds over the weekend and then 12 picks each weekday over a similar 4 hour window. 20 minute slots could take longer to complete and the final rounds could be finishing up just before Christmas. As we're seeing with the prospect draft, we should be able to move things along rapidly. I suspect we could finish in ~10 days regardless of which time period we pick but there is a greater potential we could drag longer with 20 minute slots.
I think 10 minutes is working and would ensure we have more time for final trades and to adjust rosters to get everyone cap compliant but I'm going with what you guys want from the poll.
10 minute time slots would allow us to run through rounds faster. We could do similar to what I setup for the prospect draft and run 3 rounds over the weekend and then a round per day during weekday evenings. I've usually run the weekday rounds from 6-10 mountain but we have a couple more GMs who are in the east now and late nights (10pm to midnight) might not work. I'd look to moving that up an hour, if that also works for our west coasters.
20 minute slots would allow for 2 rounds over the weekend and then 12 picks each weekday over a similar 4 hour window. 20 minute slots could take longer to complete and the final rounds could be finishing up just before Christmas. As we're seeing with the prospect draft, we should be able to move things along rapidly. I suspect we could finish in ~10 days regardless of which time period we pick but there is a greater potential we could drag longer with 20 minute slots.
I think 10 minutes is working and would ensure we have more time for final trades and to adjust rosters to get everyone cap compliant but I'm going with what you guys want from the poll.