Posted by PBryant14 on 5/31/2016 3:57:00 PM (view original):
Posted by rogelio on 5/31/2016 11:54:00 AM (view original):
Posted by PBryant14 on 5/31/2016 11:51:00 AM (view original):
Newbie question here regarding the update: Do you have to participate in the in-season recruiting, or can you disregard it and recruit at the normal time?
I think you need to participate in it. There was a lot of discussion about a 2nd round of recruiting between seasons, but I don't know how that has sorted out. It's also helpful to note that the Beta testing decisions are probably not final yet.
Thanks Rogelio. Appreciate it. I wonder if you could start scouting a few days before signings or if that would hinder your effectiveness. Interested to hear how it's going for those testing. Thanks to all posting the updates.
The answer is yes. There is a second round of recruiting after the season. That's after job applications, but before rollover. I suppose you could stick with that only, but I suspect that you would not roll your budget over to it. We'll see how that is designed.
A lot of folks are used to getting scouting over with in 1 day (basically). The way this update is likely intended to be played will require very little effort, as long as one realizes that these steps seem to be intended:
- Discover players. The date for regional camps is about a week away in most cases. So, a ton of coaches are probably taking this step horribly inefficiently at this point (both in budget and time).
- Scout the players you are interested in. Instantaneous responses and no reading scouting emails! Hard to explain until you see it.
- Wait for recruiting to start. There's a set date when actions are needed. As we are told, there are no cycles.
- After the season, kids will x'fer & EE.
- Change jobs...(maybe rescind scholarships?)
- Second recruiting round...unknown budgets...unknown whether new recruits are generated to go with x'fers [could be stars or sloppy seconds]. Who knows?
- new coaches join the world (inherit all players for year 1).
- repeat.
The reality is that you probably can discover recruits and scout anytime within about a 2 to 3 week period with all responses instantaneous. Then recruiting will start and there are no cycles. The secondary recruiting might be the new bailout for coaches that totally strike out during primary recruiting. So, it seems like a very steep learning curve, but I expect its designed to spit out more processed information at the end with no greater effort.