I have played HD for many seasons with a break of 35 seasons in between. I have been at the bottom and the top of the Prestige hierarchy and understand the plight of coaches caught in B to C+ prestige hell who feel like they are spinning their wheels. So I also understand why there is large turnover of people quitting the game every year.
The most fun I ever had in HD was when a new world opened and all of us started on a level playing field in DIII. Most of us were racing to get to DI and trying to get to a high baseline prestige school. It was incredibly exciting every season and with clear objectives and goals to keep moving in the right direction. In short, it felt a lot like real coaching must feel like as coaches try to progress up the ladder.
However, with so many open slots over the number of HD Worlds, there is no hope of opening a new world anytime soon (maybe ever). As an alternative, why not create a finite time period on a world (say 75 seasons) - most single game worlds are in the 80s now and double game worlds are near or over 100 seasons.
After the end date, the world resets and all the coaches start in DIII again and need to work their way back up to DI. So many coaches have never experienced the excitement of this climb in a new world and I think it would generate more interest in the game and higher retention of existing coaches.
While I understand that a few coaches would be disappointed to lose the dynasty that they have built in the world, those statistics can be memorialized in some "book of records" document and if they are truly great coaches, they should also enjoy the challenge of working their way back up to a DI prestige school.
Any thoughts?