I&#039;ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you&#039;re in a grouchy mood because of exams and what-not, nostar!<br /><br />Anywho, as for how this will influence the outcome of the season remains to be seen. But I don&#039;t think these small swaps will have this major impact that you guys seem to think it will have. But who knows, this draft is really deep and there are some big names out there who might fall due to their activity amongst other things. <br /><br />[quote=&quot;nostar&quot;]The point of captains picking draft slots was to prevent one captain from losing, getting the 1st pick, and having a gimp team due to the nature of the snake draft (and the anemic player pool)[/quote]<br /><br />This is a very good point but this fixes the aforementioned problem:<br /><br />[quote=&quot;nostar&quot;]The reason that this draft re-ordering didn&#039;t have the obvious consequence is that we mostly got rid of the lower skilled captains.[/quote]<br /><br />This is why I think the top spots were far more attractive than they would have been in past seasons. With a pool of higher skilled captains, the idea of getting an elite caliper player while&nbsp; having a not-so-great third didn&#039;t seem to scare anyone off. It was too tempting. And honestly, it probably will continue to be unless lower skilled captains come back into the picture.<br /><br />[quote=&quot;dew&quot;]&#039;ll be watching strangle&#039;s team, cause i think he wasted an opportunity to balance out his team across the main lineup. but maybe he will surprise us with a witty trade, who knows![/quote]<br /><br />This is true, too, but I don&#039;t think Strangle will trade unless he gets a really good deal in return. Getting White or Stall was probably too tempting! <br /><br />But here&#039;s what I&#039;m trying to say: the top six spots were unaffected. And in future seasons, as long as the IDL continues to do their best to get higher skilled captains, I don&#039;t see that changing much. Especially if we get more big names in future seasons. <br /><br /><br />I admit I was expecting more change in draft spots and I was rather surprised to not see it. But after realizing the captain pool was stronger, it didn&#039;t shock me at all that people tried to stay in the top spots to get the best player available to them. Overall, I am not against having players pick their spots. I just don&#039;t think you will see much change in the top 4-6 picks in any draft. So basically, it just shuffles around the bottom six. And while you guys think it will have a huge impact, I don&#039;t think it will. The draft doesn&#039;t have the usual star power we&#039;re used to seeing but it has roughly 26 capable players so everybody should get a decent team. So I suppose until we see results, we can agree to disagree on the impact these swaps will have.<br /><br />Also, no responses on the other questions I had? I was expecting more!<br /><br /><br /><br />