Posted by CoachSpud on 11/27/2016 1:41:00 PM (view original):
"Open scouting for all undecided players to Level 4 of last 1 or 2 cycles of period 2"
This might help someone who screwed up their scouting, but who else?
*Keep D-1, D-2, D-3 recruiting separate. Generate some better recruits in each division as needed."
I see no need for this and absolutely no purpose served. "...diminish the frustration of D-1 coaches losing battles to D-2 teams." D1 coaches should be good enough recruiters that this isn't a problem. D1 coaches are the best, right?
*Eliminate the randomness that goes with winning a recruit. If someone gets to 51% recruiting effort the recruit is theirs."
That is 2.0, exactly one of the things 3.0 fixed. Why undo it?
On your first point, someone like zorzi who was 0-3 despite being very high. Even if he hadn't used his recruiting budget, he still probably would've been screwed. I agree there should be some strategic element kept to the game, but also think there needs to be a solution as well. Because of the roll of the dice that didn't go in his favor, his team is going to have trouble for the next 4 seasons. At least with a roll in the dice during the game, it's just deciding one possession. where in recruiting it's going to affect a team for 4 seasons.
I do think they need to keep the divisions separate. It's actually a nonissue if the divisions are kept separate, but it becomes a fight when the divisions are integrated. That's why you add additional recruits to the pool, so the D-2 teams can recruit D-1 type players and in the meantime, a D-1 coach isn't going to quit in frustration. Again, if I'm the owner of a game, this would be my solution.
I think with getting rid of the postseason cash and the prestige having less of an advantage, not to mention the EE issue, I think the playing field has been leveled. I'm just speaking on the part of an impartial observer, but it really is unfair to the coaches that have worked so hard to get elite teams. I'm not suggesting they are the best coaches in the game, because they have an elite school. A lot of it was first come first serve.
11/27/2016 3:35 PM (edited)