Habs wrote: I think the problem is not whether or not a player can play any position the GM wants him to, because honestly you should be able to put anyone any where. The problem is that the players play should decrease if he is playing out of position. I’ am under the impression that if the league changes a players position that his play will not be affected and if the player is simply player out of position by the GM that the sim will take that into account and his play will be affected. Can someone tell me if I got this right? Because really I could care less who plays where as long as the sim is taking into account that a player is not at his natural position. His is why I do not like that positions are being changed so easily by the league, because it is my understanding that when this is done that the players play will no longer be affected.
Then why don't we just allow gms to play players out of position since there play is affected and crack down on the sources used to add to the positions that a player can play so that there play is not affected.
I can play Bill Guerin at centre next season but the sim will justifiably and realistically reduce his effectiveness if I do so to the official right winger.
That's the way it should be.
If I can suddenly have his official position changed in the sim to C that'd be absurd.
Let's just hone down the list of valid sources for official position change.