Intentional Tanking?

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Intentional Tanking?

Calgary GM · Senior Member

Well, I guess I should say something here since it seems I'm getting attacked a little here as well. I agree with Luke in the context that he brings up the issue of tanking. In my opinion, there a difference between trading all your good players and icing a terrible team in the hope to finish at the bottom and putting your 4th liners on the 1st line hoping to lose. The latter, imo, is intentional tanking but I'm sure there's other that would disagree with me.

Anyways, in regards to my team, I don't consider myself to be intentional tanking. Obviously my team sucks but I'm still icing the best possible lineup that I can. Now, have I traded most of my top talent while building for the future and hurting my present lineup? Yes, absolutely. I felt it was the necessary thing to do with my team, basically tear it right down and build from scratch. Now, some will disagree with that method of building a competitive team for the future but it's my method of doing it.

In the end, if a GM has paid his dues, he should be able to run his team as he sees fit, end of story.

BluesGM · Guru

BryceBruins wrote:
Paying or giving incentive to ANOTHER team to tank (like if you have their draft pick, or are playing against them) is absolutely outside the bounds of fair play. As per the rule book.

-- Edited by BryceBruins on Wednesday 17th of March 2010 09:24:57 AM

if there's any proof of this, i would say that the team attempting to bribe another team should have whatever they offered forfeited.... whether it's as little as half a mill or as expensive as a high draft pick as a first warning....

PhoenixGM · Guru

BluesGM wrote:

BryceBruins wrote:
Paying or giving incentive to ANOTHER team to tank (like if you have their draft pick, or are playing against them) is absolutely outside the bounds of fair play. As per the rule book.

-- Edited by BryceBruins on Wednesday 17th of March 2010 09:24:57 AM

if there's any proof of this, i would say that the team attempting to bribe another team should have whatever they offered forfeited.... whether it's as little as half a mill or as expensive as a high draft pick as a first warning....

I'd prefer to see the offending team kicked out of the league. There is no room for that kind of **** in a pay league.

Hawks_G · Guru

Calgary GM wrote:

Well, I guess I should say something here since it seems I'm getting attacked a little here as well. I agree with Luke in the context that he brings up the issue of tanking. In my opinion, there a difference between trading all your good players and icing a terrible team in the hope to finish at the bottom and putting your 4th liners on the 1st line hoping to lose. The latter, imo, is intentional tanking but I'm sure there's other that would disagree with me.

Anyways, in regards to my team, I don't consider myself to be intentional tanking. Obviously my team sucks but I'm still icing the best possible lineup that I can. Now, have I traded most of my top talent while building for the future and hurting my present lineup? Yes, absolutely. I felt it was the necessary thing to do with my team, basically tear it right down and build from scratch. Now, some will disagree with that method of building a competitive team for the future but it's my method of doing it.

In the end, if a GM has paid his dues, he should be able to run his team as he sees fit, end of story.

I don't think anyone is questioning a rebuild. It has to happen for some teams.

What people don't like is playing Gaborik on your fourth line and Matt Bradley on your first line to intentionally try to lose a game.

Bryce has said this is acceptable though so the debate is over.

Rebuild/Selling off talent to try to draft good talent early is something everyone can understand as necessary.

-- Edited by Hawks_G on Thursday 18th of March 2010 09:52:57 AM

Predsgm · Guru

Now i know my team has been very crappy indeed as well and i hope i wont get accused so i will explain what im doing here now so no accuations develop.. but im playing my backup goalie a bit cause i need 600 minutes from my backup Valiquette so this is no means a way to try and keep losing im still trying to ice the best team possible.

BluesGM · Guru

Predsgm wrote:
but im playing my backup goalie a bit cause i need 600 minutes from my backup Valiquette

don't worry man, everyone has to do this (while some haven't started yet)....