Playing just well enough to stay up is what I did my fist DIII season (so last season basically). Thought I'd get a great player in the draft since I was like 3rd pick... I got 3 underdeveloped players... great potentials, but poor starting skills. None of them worth anything.
I'm definitely not doing that ever again. Wasn't worth the gamble, even if I did managed to win my RL series. This year, I'm going to play normal. I don't expect to make the playoffs still because my team isn't great, but no semi-tanking.