GUESS is a rating system graciously provided to the GD community by bhazelwood (click those ads). I think it means Great User-friendly Evaluation of Silly Statistics or something like that.

Posted by zagman73 on 10/5/2012 12:15:00 PM (view original):
Great stuff and being new to this game this really helps.  Just a couple questions. 

1. When your using the Yatzr tool, do you need to save a spreadsheet of 100 recruits for each position or just overall.
2.  How much time do you spend on practice plans?  Also, how many O's and D's do you practice?
3.  I am a little lost on the what the hell "GUESS means"  Can someone let me in on that?
4.  As far as using Yatzr, do you need to have your search parameters set in GD when you download the list?  So search for OL over 1000 miles away, etc...
5.  What is the S1, S2, S3..etc on the Yatzr tool?

I think that is it.  Been in HD for about 100 seasons and for some reason GD was calling me today (well yesterday).  Seems way more in depth than HD, so I may also have questions for setting up gameplans and such, but this should be enough for now.  Thanks guys.

1. You shouldn't need to do anything with spreadsheets.  Some people like to export the recruits from the tool to a spreadsheet, but that's a single spreadsheet containing all recruits.
4. You don't need to worry about search parameters on the site.  The tool will set all of the search parameters when it accesses the site.
5. The S1, S2, S3 columns are for custom equations which are configured under Options->Equations.  By default, S1 and S2 use the GUESS equations.

So at what point do you apply the scholarship?  Will recruits turn green without an offer?

They will turn green without an offer. The offer carries no recruiting weight.

You can offer the scholarship any time. I usually offer right before the signings cycle.

Just don't forget to make the offer.

Just FYi- A gameplanning guide is in the works. hope to publish in the next week.

Where's this game planning guide caesari!!!???

Shut up. It got delayed.

Still waiting

Has anyone worked up the true meanings of recruits' email replies to Head Coaches?  I've lost several guys who told me "Just say the word...", "You're at the top my list..." etc. 

I thought replies to HCs were supposed to be more accurate than replies to the AC.  Is it all just BS until the yellow light turns green?  Or are these replies really informative?

After schollies are offered, the recruit will let you know if you are in the lead or not if he is yellow.

Posted by bhouska on 10/7/2012 10:40:00 AM (view original):
They will turn green without an offer. The offer carries no recruiting weight.

You can offer the scholarship any time. I usually offer right before the signings cycle.

I usually have all my schollys offered by the end of the 3rd or 4th cycle. This way the $100 is taken out and I know I'm not going to be short on the budget.

Where's the gameplanning guide? ;)

Held off. New update and all. And I almost died, but other than that, it was right on schedule. 

Posted by flipdog0 on 7/6/2012 2:49:00 AM (view original):

Position Most Important     Secondary

QB     TECH, GI, STR               ELU, SPD, ATH

RB     ELU, SPD, STR              ATH

FB     BLK, STR                          ATH, TECH

WR     HND, ELU, SPD, GI       ATH

TE     BLK, TECH, STR             HND, ELU, GI

OL     GI, BLK, STR                   TECH, SPD

DT     TKL, STR, TECH             ELU, ATH

DE     TKL, TECH, SPD,           ELU, STR, ATH

ILB     TKL, GI, TECH                STR, ATH

OLB   GI, SPD, TECH, TKL      STR, ATH

CB     TECH, GI, SPD               STR, ELU, HND

S        GI, SPD, TKL                   ATH, STR, TECH

K        TECH, STR                      GI

P        TECH, STR                      HND, GI


Current Guess Equations: 

QB - 0.10*ATH+0.10*SPD+0.18*STR+0.07*HAN+0.25*GI+0.08*ELU+0.22*TEC

 RB - 0.20*ATH+0.23*SPD+0.20*STR+0.03*HAN+0.03*GI+0.27*ELU+0.04*TEC

 FB - 0.13*ATH+0.03*SPD+0.22*STR+0.25*BLK+0.04*HAN+0.18*GI+0.03*ELU+0.12*TEC

 WR - 0.15*ATH+0.17*SPD+0.04*STR+0.21*HAN+0.17*GI+0.20*ELU+0.06*TEC

 TE - 0.06*ATH+0.04*SPD+0.07*STR+0.09*BLK+0.28*HAN+0.15*GI+0.22*ELU+0.09*TEC

 OL - 0.10*ATH+0.12*SPD+0.20*STR+0.25*BLK+0.20*GI+0.13*TEC

 DE - 0.12*ATH+0.14*SPD+0.13*STR+0.19*TKL+0.10*GI+0.15*ELU+0.17*TEC

 DT - 0.12*ATH+0.04*SPD+0.22*STR+0.28*TKL+0.06*GI+0.13*ELU+0.15*TEC

 ILB - 0.12*ATH+0.04*SPD+0.13*STR+0.28*TKL+0.22*GI+0.06*ELU+0.15*TEC

 OLB - 0.12*ATH+0.17*SPD+0.13*STR+0.15*TKL+0.18*GI+0.10*ELU+0.15*TEC

 CB - 0.06*ATH+0.17*SPD+0.08*STR+0.04*TKL+0.09*HAN+0.22*GI+0.08*ELU+0.26*TEC

 S -  0.10*ATH+0.17*SPD+0.08*STR+0.22*TKL+0.06*HAN+0.26*GI+0.04*ELU+0.07*TEC

 K - 0.40*STR+0.15*GI+0.45*TEC

 P-  0.45*STR+0.15*GI+0.40*TEC

When setting my starters should I add the "most important" or both "most important" and "secondary?"


Thank you