Posted by asher413 on 11/9/2010 3:02:00 PM (view original):
There needs to be something about winning with your players, not someone else's.

I have only touched DI a couple of times, so if you dismiss my opinions based on that, here's your out.

I think that improvement should also be a factor.  Say you take over a 1-25 non-BCS team.  If every year you get better, and get up to an NT team in four years, that should count for more than being an NT team the fourth year from a team that was PT worthy when you got there.  Loyalty should only be impacted if making later/frequent moves.  If your career goes- DIII 1 season, DII 2 seasons (same team), DI, you should still have a high loyalty.  But if you jump schools at the same level within 4 years, you should get hit hard.  (see above about winning with your own players).

My second half wouldn't post (not sure why), but I also think that team's standards should be a combo of recent success and baseline.  If Indiana goes 1-25 for 10 years, they shouldn't have the same standards as the top of the BCS.   I would also like to see varied AD 'personalities'- some don't care if you cheat every day, while others only want clean cut.  Some will not take a DII coach period to a mid-major, others will take a chance.  Add some variety to the paths to get to the top, instead of one-school fits all.

asher, I think in theory your first point (improvement) sounds good, but in practicality there's no effective way to set that up.

For instance, it's quite easy to improve on a sim-coached team. On the flip side, you may take over a human-coached team that was successful and returns four players. Which situation is better? Which one is easier to improve upon? 

And the second point (loyalty), I disagree with 100%. The scenario that you describe would allow people to cherry pick a good team, win with someone else's players, and continue to move up. That's undesirable and doesn't make sense. I honestly think it should be nearly impossible to move up from DII to DI or within DI unless you're coming from a team where you won with your own players.