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Old 06-01-2008, 11:27 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RonCo View Post
Potential cap shouldn't be viewed as "true." Instead, the gap between rating and potential cap should be viewed more like a "speed of expected development." So a guy with 40 rating and 120 potential should be viewed as "40 and growing rapidly," whereas a guy with 40 rating and 50 potential should be viewed as "40 and not growing much at all."
Always good to hear your take on things, RonCo. Although the number of incidents have been reduced, OOTP still has - I think - players arising in league creation (and others from various sources, but I think this one has been the culprit) who are older and possess a wide gap. I'm pretty sure you and I have discussed this before. An at-peak or older player, 28-35 with a 28/78 kind of range. Coupled with age, regardless of when the player is evaluated, you can't really call this guy a "rapidly growing" any longer, can you? In fact, he's likely stalled out, particularly at later ages, and will only see that potential realized in spotty performances and single games; the latter more rationalization than data-driven, but you get my point.
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