Posted by iwanturmind2 on 11/6/2015 9:17:00 AM (view original):
Posted by chapelhillne on 11/4/2015 11:20:00 PM (view original):
I think conference prestige will be more important, which may offset some of the pain of losing the tournament cash. There is also still the baseline prestige, which will give an advantage to Big 6 schools. I also think that most of the Big 6 coaches are very skilled in order to have landed the Big 6 programs, so they will probably still be able to land the better players because of their recruiting abilities. I am not sure if I remember reading this, but some of the players will have pre set preferences for the kind of schools that they will go to, and some of those players may prefer the Big conferences right off of the bat. It may not make as big of a difference as it sounds. I kind of think it will be interesting to see what happens, personal, so I am not really of one opinion or the other. The game will still be a lot of fun no matter how that is handled. I do think that the system right now makes it pretty much impossible for lower echelon teams to compete in recruiting. That is probably fairly realistic though.
In this day and time I don't know too many top players saying they want to go to LIU Brooklyn or to VMI or even Parie View A&M. Most of those players at those schools are sub 300 overall players. They are players that are good enough for Div 1 but never get looks at the Mid Major Level and above. Now there are players that may be good enough to go to a Big East School as a RS but will look at an A10 school to get more playing time and things like that but to say bottom schools should have a better edge to go against a Big 6 school is not realistic. Big 6 schools get the players they want and they compete vs other Big 6 schools for recruits. Gonzaga and others have a history of getting good quality players and once awhile a player in their back yard that is a 5 star player will consider them and go there. Just like UNLV got a great 5 star PF from Las Vegas recently. My point is Postseason cash is a part of the game and should not be taken away. I respect all schools and players want to build their systems up but there is a reason why you work your way up to a Bigger conference so you can compete as a coach and get the benifits of being in a big conference. Just my point on it but WIS will make their own decisions.
All you said is true, sort of.
This is "What If Sports" , so teams should be able to better compete. If only the elite schools can really win, then every D-1 world will have 15 players at the top elite schools and all the other teams will be SIMs.
There is baseline prestige, which means the Big 5 teams, even if they suck, will have more prestige and get better recruits as compared to non Big 5. But remember that UNLV and Houstion and Memphis have competed very recently with the major players. Right now teams like Gonzaga and Wichita State are competing with the big boys. They are getting top flight recruits. (Not every player on their team, but some players). Look at BYU and Jimmer Fredette as an example.
They have to actually test the new system in beta, but I think that splitting out:
1. Scouting: Costs lots of money. Everyone can scout and it does not have any recruiting value.
2. Recruiting: everyone get the same amount of home and campus visits, each one is worth more based on prestige. Better teams will get better players because of prestige, since their effort is worth more. BUT, they have to properly concentrate their effort on players.
That all makes sense to me. The better teams CAN get the best players .. if they properly scout and properly focus on players with their recruiting effort. If they either don't find the best players (don't scout) .. or if they don't properly focus on the better players, they can lose some guys.
The way it is now, few will even challenge an A+ Div-1 team for a recruit. So they spend enough cash to get the guy solid ($8,000) and use the rest of their cash somewhere else. Kentucky or Duke can't recruit guys from California if UCLA or USC have an A+, etc. In the new setup, Duke (if they are the better prestige team) can recruit against UCLA for the best player in California. I like the whole concept of what they are trying to do.