Let me echo the voices of others:

We need SOFT CAPS on growth.

Hard caps are frustrating and unrealistic.

Quote: Originally posted by cbriese on 2/11/2009How much preparation does one really need for changes to rates of improvement?

Agreed 100%. I swear, the vast majority of the forum posters just look for something to cry about.

I'm not sure I understand what a "soft" cap is.

Quote: Originally Posted By runninute on 2/11/2009
Let me echo the voices of others:

We need SOFT CAPS on growth.

Hard caps are frustrating and unrealistic.

I think that sums it up. If that change was made alone, Im sure it would drop the complaints substantially.

Quote: Originally posted by zhawks on 2/11/2009what you need are players who are doing all these posts of things seble. some growing amazing amounts year one. some having breakout sophomore years some growing steadily to become great sr players. not just one or the other.

This would be really cool and I don't think it would be too hard to program in to it. Also, maybe through evals we could get a hint - things like "This guy will gain a lot right away", or "it will take a season or two, but he wll improve a lot"...

Quote: Originally Posted By headfirst on 2/11/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By zhawks on 2/11/2009
what you need are players who are doing all these posts of things seble. some growing amazing amounts year one. some having breakout sophomore years some growing steadily to become great sr players. not just one or the other.

Much like in real life.

I agree

My two cents. I completely agree with this thought. Let's keep it as real as possible.

The random caps on potential seem a little unrealistic to me.

If I practice a bigman(soph/800+ rated)in the post 20min every practice session for 3 more years...I cannot see him capping at a 67 rating in low post.Nor should I have to stop those drills in practice at that point in his career.(yet his BH is skyrocketing thx to extra minutes)

The player should slow his development but not stop completely.Thats been one of the biggest problems to me with potential.

I, for one, am glad that you're taking time to listen to your customers. Thanks seble!

Good improvement, seble. Good work.

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I like it! Thanks seble!

the only thing I do not like about potential is when you recruit a guy that is normal or high and he shows up on campus a low or normal? That is why I recrutied that guy to begin with and yet he drops? Otherwise I can adjust to the rest of the potential quirks.

Quote: Originally Posted By seble on 2/11/2009I'm not sure I understand what a "soft" cap is.

Soft cap means that instead of getting to 90 rebound and not being able to improve; they just prove at a lot less of a pace.

This is a good thing, yes. But echoing previous points made, in RL some players do show a great deal of improvement early on. Using the amount of playing time a player gets should help fuel more rapid growth.

Also, it is unrealistic for a player to max out his potential completely in a key area of his position. Example, I have a center in D2 who his 90+ in rebounding, low post and shot blocking which he reached early in his SO year. He capped at about 66 in rebounding however, also in his early SO year. Now in his senior year he hasn't improved any further in the 2 years since. Even if I allocate 20 plus minutes to rebounding for him he doesn't improve above 66 in rebounding even over a 2 year period. That is very unrealistic IMO - particularly for a guy playing nearly 30 minutes a game.