I think a good point that comes from this is planning from day-1 for 4 years of practice. If I have a guy with say 15-high LP, usually I'll try to gauge early on just how high it is by watching improvement closely. If it's going up insanely fast relative to practice time/WE/etc, then I'll try to dedicate more minutes there to make sure I'm not stuck with 50 points left to grow as a SR. Obviously lots of things to consider, but I do that if possible.
For the same reason, I frequently move practice minutes around when skills turn black or red.