Draft Seeding (1 Viewer)

[Saint]

As I contemplate week 1 playoffs, it made me think of the draft next year (yes, you can never start too early!). One of things my league does is try and use finishing spots during playoffs to determine seeding for next year's draft. Currently, we have the top 6 teams go to the playoffs where each division winner (2 divisions) has a first round bye. The bottom 6 teams go to a toilet bowl where the 7th and 8th ranked teams get byes in the toilet bowl.

To determine draft spots, we try to keep all of the team owners involved. So the toilet bowl winner gets first choice of draft positions, where as the SuperBowl winner gets the last draft spot. The seeding goes like this:

1. Toilet Bowl Winner

2. Toilet Bowl - Runner-up

3. 3rd place TB finisher

4. 4th place TB finisher

5. 5th place TB finisher

6. Biggest Loser of TB

7. Biggest Loser of Playoffs

8. 5th team overall

9. 4th team overall

10. 3rd team overall

11. Superbowl Runner-up

12. Superbowl Champion

So for instance, next year the Toilet Bowl winner can choose their draft spot, so they are not limited to have to take 1st if they don't want it. We used to randomize the draft seeding into top half and bottom half, but this is the first year we are using the new seeding method. As I review, it makes me think I may have screwed up in seeding our playoffs team, such that once I am out of the title game, I should really tank as much as possible. I'm actually debating about changing it to the following:

1. Toilet Bowl Winner

2. Toilet Bowl - Runner-up

3. 3rd place TB finisher

4. 4th place TB finisher

5. 5th place TB finisher

6. Biggest Loser of TB

7. 3rd team overall

8. 4th team overall

9. 5th team overall

10. Biggest Loser of Playoffs

11. Superbowl Runner-up

12. Superbowl Champion

Thoughts? In addition, how do you guys handle your seeding strategy and how has it worked for you?

 

[valhallan]

10-team league and we award higher picks based on winning except for the champion who always picks last. In week 15 we have "pick" games for the non-playoff teams and in week 16 the remaining picks are decided by the playoff teams.

Week 15:

1st pick - winner of 10th place vs. 9th place

2nd pick - loser above

3rd pick - winner of 8th place vs. 7th place

4th pick - loser above

5th pick - winner of 6th place vs. 5th place

6th pick - loser above

Week 16:

7th pick - winner of two first-round losers ("3rd place")

8th pick - loser of two first-round losers ("4th place")

9th pick - runner-up

10th pick - champion

 

[two_dollars]

we pick out of a hat.