[Devils-list] Our favorite #16

[Bill Hammell]

Not to mention the puck hogging that would result.  No one in their right
mind would play defense!  Goaltenders would face an average of 100 shots a
night, scores would be 14-10, dogs & cats living together, etc.
(Ghostbusters reference)

Bill
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Berk" <Rick@RickBerk.com>
To: <devils-list@badweb.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Devils-list] Our favorite #16


> Kim-
> Performance base pay does not work. There is a very simple reason why it
> won't work. It's called the Coach's Decision Scratch. Obviously, if the
> coach sits you, you can't earn those bonuses. And, the coach works for
> the owners.  Who's to say that an owner might decide he doesn't want to
> have to pay Player X quite so much? Who's to say that he tells the coach
> to sit him? Also, it breeds problems amongst the team.  Why? Because not
> everyone is a scorer. Not everyone racks up the assists.  And you can't
> use plus-minus, because, as we've seen, if you play on a crappy team,
> but are the team's best player, (say, a 25 goal scorer), you are on the
> ice a lot more.  But your defense is terrible, and thus, so is your
> plus-minus. Now, how do you pay him for his 25 goals, when obviously, on
> a better team, he's a 35-40 goal scorer? I don't think the current
> negotiation setup is bad, but I do think the adversarial arbitration
> system breeds bad blood.  Why not just have the league supply the judge
> with the player's stats, some video tape, a written proposal from each
> side, kept secret, and then, comparison of players who have similar
> stats over the same time span as the player in arbitration?
>
> Rick
> www.rickberk.com