i just completed my 1st season back playing HD in several years. Both of my mid-term grade reports had 3 of my players highlighted with GPAs between 2.0-2.3. I added 2-3 minutes of Study Hall to each of the "in danger" players, and in all 6 cases their GPA jumped considerably (finishing between 2.7-3.2). My players all have between 7-15 minutes put toward Study Hall. My question is...do grades always tend to jump higher after mid-terms? If the mid-term report has guys at 2.0 or higher, is it usually safe to leave their SH minutes where they are currently set? I guess I was just surprised to get such an increase in GPA in all 6 cases with a minimal increase in SH minutes. Thanks in advance for the feedback

The new update has probably changed the answer to your question.  It had been quite random (not clearly following HSGPA or SH minutes) -- for instance I added about 10 minutes to a senior that was at 1.9 on the midterm report and lost him.   You may have to re-calibrate slightly anyhow.

before this update 2-3 more minutes probably wouldn't have saved them...

You're really wasting practice minutes if you give all your players 7-15 minutes of study hall.  I usually give freshman 5 minutes  and all others 0 until the mid-term grades come out and then I adjust the minutes accordingly.  I think most coaches do something similar.

I put everyone at 5 the whole career.  I can't recall a time where I've lost a player sense doing it that way.

I'm only saying this because you're using the word in multiple threads.

It's "since".  The word you want in that context isn't "sense" - it's "since".

And... 5 from the start?  Wow.  I should probably be more daring.

I do 7 for freshmen and zero for sophomores and up...

Posted by llamanunts on 12/9/2011 3:10:00 PM (view original):
I'm only saying this because you're using the word in multiple threads.

It's "since".  The word you want in that context isn't "sense" - it's "since".

And... 5 from the start?  Wow.  I should probably be more daring.

I doesn't make any since to correct him, sense he's been using them that way for a long time.  I don't know for sure, I just have a sexth since about things like that.

Posted by kucewicz on 12/8/2011 11:06:00 PM (view original):
You're really wasting practice minutes if you give all your players 7-15 minutes of study hall.  I usually give freshman 5 minutes  and all others 0 until the mid-term grades come out and then I adjust the minutes accordingly.  I think most coaches do something similar.

So if you start freshmen out with 5 minutes of SH...and then at mid-terms they are in danger...how many minutes do you add to SH to keep them eligible? How many minutes do you add to the sophomores and upperclassmen if they are in danger at mid-terms?

Posted by andrew5975 on 12/10/2011 8:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by kucewicz on 12/8/2011 11:06:00 PM (view original):
You're really wasting practice minutes if you give all your players 7-15 minutes of study hall.  I usually give freshman 5 minutes  and all others 0 until the mid-term grades come out and then I adjust the minutes accordingly.  I think most coaches do something similar.

So if you start freshmen out with 5 minutes of SH...and then at mid-terms they are in danger...how many minutes do you add to SH to keep them eligible? How many minutes do you add to the sophomores and upperclassmen if they are in danger at mid-terms?

under the OLD more random system, I would up a freshman who had weak grades at midterms to 12 if he was in some trouble - or 15 or 18 if he was in more.  Up to 20 if I reallt needed him - I tend to try hard to avoid failing grades because I like to run deep

for others, I scale it similarly - if a junior was  at 3  and turned a bad mid term I would kick him to 8 or maybe 12 - although if he was key I would go to 15 or 20

dont know what will make sense in the less random tweaked system

keep in mind, we are talking about student athletes and our top priority should be edication.  As Dean Wermer was saying to me just the other day.....

Posted by furry_nipps on 12/9/2011 2:23:00 PM (view original):
I put everyone at 5 the whole career.  I can't recall a time where I've lost a player sense doing it that way.

You give a senior with a 3.9 GPA 5 minutes of study hall?

Posted by andrew5975 on 12/10/2011 8:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by kucewicz on 12/8/2011 11:06:00 PM (view original):
You're really wasting practice minutes if you give all your players 7-15 minutes of study hall.  I usually give freshman 5 minutes  and all others 0 until the mid-term grades come out and then I adjust the minutes accordingly.  I think most coaches do something similar.

So if you start freshmen out with 5 minutes of SH...and then at mid-terms they are in danger...how many minutes do you add to SH to keep them eligible? How many minutes do you add to the sophomores and upperclassmen if they are in danger at mid-terms?

It's hard to put a number on it.  It depends on how "in danger" they are and how essential they are to your team.  For freshman, if they're below 2.0gpa, I'll give them 10 additional minutes, if above 2.0, I'll give them 5 extra minutes.  For anyone who plays significant minutes, if they're below 2.0, I'll give them anywhere from 20-40 minutes.  If they're between 2.0-2.5, I'll give them between 10-20 minutes.  That's just my general strategy and it's based on the old system, so take it for what it's worth (which probably ain't a lot).