Posted by seble on 5/22/2014 3:05:00 PM (view original):
The drawback to basing on playing time is that you'd theoretically have to wait quite a while for a player to become eligible. I like the idea of being able to adjust positions immediately upon recruits showing up. The one idea that makes sense to me is limiting it to a window of time, possibly up until the regular season starts. That way, a player is set for that season at least.
the amount of time between recruiting ending and the season starting is small. i know i am not alone amongst coaches who are highly active during recruiting, then dying to set their team up... but the waiting 2 more days kills the momentum and then its a struggle just to get the team ready by the first regular season game. its normal to have micro periods of high and low interest alternate, but its unfortunate you can't set the team up right away, to get that important job done during a peak, instead of a valley of interest... anyway, adding one more thing that *has* to be done that early would really suck for folks like me. i basically had to give up on redshirts, after so many seasons paying for it in recruiting, then forgetting to put it on until after the 1st or 2nd game...
i like this change but i think limiting to the 1.5-2 day window immediately following the dead zone that is the end of recruiting, is the worst of all possibilities. i think the abuse potential is over stated here. what about until non conference is over? or 5 days into the season even? that would give ample time, while avoiding the pre-conference award shuffle problems.