Posted by taz21 on 8/14/2012 12:34:00 PM (view original):
It is also my experience, unless I'm missing something, that coaches won't fall to the level below them unless their initial job demand is filled at that level. ie, a guy looking for a ML hitting coach job, will drop to a AAA hitting coach request (and similar money demands) only after every ML team has a ML hitting coach hired. Some people don't fill that position to the end, so its dicey waiting until then. As dedelman indicated, if you offer them enough you can get them to sign 1 level below their demands.
I'm not sure what happens to a guy who initially wanted a AA PC job, all AA PC jobs are filled, but there remains AAA PC and/or ML PC jobs open. He may drop his demands down to a High A job (assuming there is still a high A PC opening, dropping down to low A or Rookie if those spots are filled at that level) or if he waits until all AAA and/or ML jobs are filled before dropping his request level.
In the 3 worlds I'm in, someone is always intentionally waiting until the last cycle to sign ML coaches, to make sure they don't drop their demands to AAA, so you can't fill AAA and/or AA coaches with major league quality guys cheap. Fairly often, that person is me.
I would not wait for that drop.