OOC games...home or away? Topic

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I always try to schedule my OOC games home (at least the good teams)  because I figure I have a better chance of winning, however, I've noticed alot of the "good" coaches schedule most (if not all) of their OOC games away?  Why is the advantage of this?
8/10/2011 11:17 AM
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Winning on the road boosts RPI.

RPI weights a road win as 1.4 x a normal win, a home loss as 1.4 x a normal loss, a road loss as 0.6 x a normal loss, a home win as 0.6 x a normal win and neutral site games are weighted at 1.0.
8/10/2011 11:26 AM (edited)
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It's better to win at home than it is to lose on the road - don't forget that.  So I'd say schedule the games you can win on the road, on the road; if you can't win it on the road, play it at home.

The $25,000 question, though, is whether it's better to beat a good team at home or beat a bad team on the road.  That's your own choice.

8/10/2011 11:32 AM
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A lot of it has to do with your conference, too.  If you have a good conference filled with human coaches, it doesn't really make a difference if you go home or away in OOC.  But if you have a lot of simmy coached teams, you'll need all the help you can get by scheduling away games.  Just make sure to stear clear of the RPI killer type bad teams.  It doesn't matter if it's home or away.  They really are RPI killers, as their name suggests.
8/10/2011 12:47 PM
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Posted by udm_mike on 8/10/2011 12:47:00 PM (view original):
A lot of it has to do with your conference, too.  If you have a good conference filled with human coaches, it doesn't really make a difference if you go home or away in OOC.  But if you have a lot of simmy coached teams, you'll need all the help you can get by scheduling away games.  Just make sure to stear clear of the RPI killer type bad teams.  It doesn't matter if it's home or away.  They really are RPI killers, as their name suggests.
I agree with most of this with one caveat: In a conference filled with good humans unless you are among the 2 or 3 elite teams that all conferences seem to have be prepared for 6-8 conference losses, and schedule to win non conference games to make up for it. You still must consider RPI but it can suck to have an RPI worthy of a NT bid but finish below .500

ETA: as I re-read mike's post I see he does't actualy contradict anything I said - it doesn't matter home v road so much for your RPI so concentrate on scheduling teams you can beat who will themselves win as many other games as possible. Home or road is less important in human conferences, and I agree with that.

8/10/2011 3:47 PM (edited)
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Scheduling is an art for which only some coaches are proficient at.  I think this is an area that really can be used to get weak teams into the NT, via smart scheduling.  The best thing is to schedule games against teams you can beat that have good records.....which isn't so easy.

8/10/2011 5:20 PM
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Posted by reinsel on 8/10/2011 5:20:00 PM (view original):

Scheduling is an art for which only some coaches are proficient at.  I think this is an area that really can be used to get weak teams into the NT, via smart scheduling.  The best thing is to schedule games against teams you can beat that have good records.....which isn't so easy.

Exactly.  You have to have a crystal ball to project a year ahead, so sometimes it can be a crap shoot.  If you pick teams with a good crop of juniors and who made one of the tournaments that season, I think that's about the most you can do.

It's not an automatic that good teams will want to play you, especially if your prestige isn't high.  And getting other coaches to respond to challenges in time for you to make alternate plans seems to be an issue quite a bit.

One of the things I'm finding as I learn the ropes and start to get my programs up there is that you can develop relationships with other coaches during the tournaments.  It's a lot easier (and more fun) to agree to play each other after you have a good game in the PIT or NT.


8/10/2011 5:54 PM
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