First, I'll admit that I have not gone back and read all of the many posts on this thread. However, I've seen many posts regarding recruiting and I'd just like to lay a question on the table for the group.
Do you think that the influx of new human coaches into the various worlds has changed the dynamics of how the SIMs operate? In a world with a lot of SIMS, the SIM can easily just go after another player that they are already "recruiting". In a world with many more humans, knocking SIMs off of recruits....eventually at least some of the SIMs would have to "fight back", so to speak, and either put up a much stronger fight or come back to previously established recruits.
I'm just throwing that out as a potential reason for some of the "unusual" observances.
Thoughts?
P.S. I start recruiting in Wilkinson tomorrow...so I'll be interested to find out if I observe any of this myself. There are certainly more human coaches this season.