Which team has the advantage? Topic

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I have an A+ school in D3 and I am battling a B school from D2 for a recruit. Based on that information alone, which team would have the best chance of landing the prospect if they put forth the exact same recruiting effort? I had always heard that it was about a grade difference by going up a division - in other words a B prestige at D2 = an A prestige at D3. Also, I have heard that an A+ can have a fairly wide range, and my team is probably towards the upper ranges of the A+ since we have had two final fours, an Elite 8 and two Sweet 16s in the last 5 years.
4/28/2012 8:42 AM
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i don't agree.  that means a C prestige D1 school has the same chance to land the recruit as the A+ D3 school?  Make it 2 letter grades per division and I'd agree with that
4/28/2012 9:02 AM
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I've never heard or seen the "going up a grade" formula that you mention, and I think that's a large understatement.

Looks like the recruit is local to both of you. If the D2 school wants the recruit, he'll get him. The one thing working in your advantage is his other battle, hopefully he'll spend on that one ..

4/28/2012 9:34 AM
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Posted by chapelhillne on 4/28/2012 8:42:00 AM (view original):
I have an A+ school in D3 and I am battling a B school from D2 for a recruit. Based on that information alone, which team would have the best chance of landing the prospect if they put forth the exact same recruiting effort? I had always heard that it was about a grade difference by going up a division - in other words a B prestige at D2 = an A prestige at D3. Also, I have heard that an A+ can have a fairly wide range, and my team is probably towards the upper ranges of the A+ since we have had two final fours, an Elite 8 and two Sweet 16s in the last 5 years.
That's not how I understand that "grade difference by going up a division" chapel -- I've always had it explained to me that going up from the top grade in the lower division it is a grade difference to get to the bottom of the grade scale for the next higher division. So from a D3 A to a D2 D is about the same as going from a B to an A within the same division. So in the example you cite, you'd be battling up not quite three letter grades (A+ d3 to D+ d2, D+ to C+ and then C+ to the B). 

Not saying I'm correct in this interpretation, just saying that's how it was explained and illustrated to me many, many seasons ago. 
4/28/2012 12:29 PM
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Hmm - That's not good.  That would probably make more sense, and probably what I read - I just may have interpreted it in the wrong way.
4/28/2012 2:16 PM
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example.. my D2 A+ school just outbattled a D1 D+ school and got the recruit.  the D1 school was a simmy though
4/28/2012 8:50 PM
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I've been able to do that fairly frequently too. I always wait until I see if the player is tight with the sim though, because I have totally blown my recruiting by going after a player like that before. If they are open to other offers, you can definitely do it. I'll let you know what happens with this one.
4/28/2012 11:57 PM
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Posted by yanks250125 on 4/28/2012 8:50:00 PM (view original):
example.. my D2 A+ school just outbattled a D1 D+ school and got the recruit.  the D1 school was a simmy though
This isn't that hard to do unless the Sim is tight with the recruit.  A human coach is a whole different animal though.
4/29/2012 1:22 AM
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