Posted by carl3298 on 12/11/2014 10:54:00 AM (view original):
Posted by dacj501 on 12/11/2014 2:22:00 AM (view original):
Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 12/11/2014 1:47:00 AM (view original):
Yep.
And it makes recruiting with one scholarship at a mid major the literal definition of hell. Big 6 schools (and mid-majors with 6 open schollies for that matter) can pretty much just pick and choose who they want and I'm just left with the scraps. And I hate the scraps.
It makes me want to move back down divisions where you have to compete for recruits to build a great team.
this isnt really true either. There are probably 20 or so teams in each world that can almost pick whoever they choose. the mid level bcs teams have an advantage in cash that is true, but they cannot compete with the real big boys consistently (generally - some exceptional coaches prove their moniker by being exceptions) and wind up with mediocre records. A solid mid major (like Marquette for instance) is probably way easier to get to the Sweet 16 level then a mid or lower level BCS team.
as someone fairly new to D1, this is an interesting comment regarding "way easier" getting a solid mid-major to sweet 16 vs. low level d1 school.
why is this so? I have found that my lower level d1 schools are at such a disadvantage with recruiting money that it's hard to compete with low level BCS schools for recruits (it's possible, but not always). hence, harder to a decent run in the NT.
can you elaborate?
I am seldom doing things optimally as I continue to learn, so take this for what it is worth.
I have had lower tier BCS programs (most significantly I spent almost 20 seasons at Alabama in Tark). The SEC was a mid level BCS conference in Tark then. Not all BCS conferences are even created equal, some have innate advantages based on baseline prestige and geography.
I will forget, make up or twist most of the important details. This renders this basically into a fireside yarn more than anything resembling information, but that's what I've got.
There were a few tough teams at the top of the conference. Since the SEC is pretty close to each either geographically and penned in on the east by a usually more dominant ACC and to the North by the edges of the Big East (and occasionally by a dominant Big 10 or 12, but I am going to say that they were no better than wee were) there is a limited number of localish recruits. The best 3 or 4 teams will take ALL OF THESE. If you fight them for it, you will lose your entire budget and get nothing. Occasionally some rare thing happens, or like I said in the first post, exceptional coaches are exceptions.
If you don't rage quit you learn to not **** with the big boys and try to find all the "diamonds in the rough". These are players that suck but have high potential in key areas. If you are lucky they have good WE and will be the equal of the big boys' freshmen when they are juniors. Around this time usually your best one will go EE because you finally made it past the first round of the NT and he lead your team in, well everything probably, and maybe even got 1st team All Conference or something.
Whatever, EEs happen to everyone and you get a nearly insignificant prestige bump when your guy gets drafted 58th.
Like I said, EEs happen to everyone, like the top 3 teams in your conference, who also get hit regularly with 3 or 4. So they usually have over 100,000 to recruit with, and A or A+ prestige.
They take all the superior talent and kick your *** in conference games. 3-13 is not unlikely. You MUST schedule like a swami to get enough wins AND against good enough teams (since all you do is lose to the good teams in conference) just to make the NT.
So I never did figure out how to overcome this and I just gave up and moved on. Eventually I got lucky and got invited to girt's CUSA and rode their coattails to an A+ baseline Michigan State...
Mid-majors however. The BEST most mid-majors can hope for are those diamonds in the rough I was already finding at Alabama. But now they are the best players in the conference. Win many, many more conference games. Win CTs. Get MUCH better seeding into the NT where maybe you get a simai in the 1st round instead of being a 12 seed. Get lucky, get a good draw (or just plain outcoach) your 2nd round opponent and you are in the Sweet 16. I did this more frequently (a few times vs 1 time) this way...