[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]<br />0: Random draft<br />1: Draft ordered by... Past season record<br />2: ...Total past captain record<br />3: ...Total past player record<br />4: ...Total past priv record<br />5: ...Administration ranking<br />6: Hand-picked teams[/quote]<br /><br />Random is definitely most fair but least good for the league.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think player record and priv record can be applied to captaining.&nbsp; They are too different.&nbsp; So removing 3 and 4 I would agree with this.&nbsp; 6 is obviously a no go since it sucks and would be countless drama even if it would produce perfect .500 teams no one would play in such a league.<br /><br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Obviously, options 3-6 are arguable, impossible, or outrageous.&nbsp; You don&#039;t need to tell me why.&nbsp; In all likelihood we will stick with 1 forever, with the possibility of moving to 2.[/quote]<br /><br />Why not try 2?&nbsp; How outrageous is it to never try anything new?&nbsp; How the fuck can you learn or see if anything is better if you don&#039;t change?<br /><br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]This also includes the possibility of picking your spot in a snake draft[/quote]<br /><br />Again how can you determine how captains pick their spot without any ranking of some kind such as discussed above (numbers 1-6)?<br /><br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Since the current system is based on past season record, we have to decide what to do with new captains who do not have a past record.&nbsp; The traditional method is to have them randomly inherit the draft spot of retiring captains.&nbsp; This seems illegitimate for obvious reasons[/quote]<br /><br />The current system is OK but really isn&#039;t not a system so much as a hodgepodge stop gap.&nbsp; It&#039;s flawed because it only works for certain captains and anyone new doesn&#039;t apply for it which means the whole thing is sort of broken and dumb.<br /><br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Finally, I want to say that if the administration is going to make any changes to the draft, those changes will probably not be made for this coming season but for next season.[/quote]<br /><br />Um, WOW, I hope you are sincerely joking about this.&nbsp; Is the IDL run by some bureaucratic juggernaut incapable of change now?