Posted by possumfiend on 3/26/2012 1:12:00 PM (view original):

Posted by rednation58 on 3/26/2012 9:44:00 AM (view original):
I agree with your statement to a point. I do believe there are potential caps in real life which is why I do like the potential system here in WIS. I see it as the guys who will continue to get better are the guys that have the highest probability of getting to the pros. But some guys for whatever reason just don't have the same threshold of potential and they cap. IF what you are saying is true about potential, then there would be more Jordans and Kobe's who continue to get better even in their basketball twilight years. Potential is not unlimited no matter what strategy you use. There are only a handful of those guys that just have the WE to keep getting better. Maybe WIS could make WE more of a factor in breaking potential caps but other than that,in this sim, what strategy would you use to help a player break his cap limits? Everyone knows and accepts that the game is more about recruiting than anything else and I honestly love sitting back and watching my players grow especially if i recruited those players through tough battles. I guess I'm just saying if the guy has the talent to go play on another level, a college coach really doesnt have the tools nor the environment to unlock that potential. If x player has that potential he'd probably end up leaving your school any way in pursuit of something greater. 

rednation, I'm not arguing for limitless potential because I do agree that there are caps in real life.  My point is that so many players shouldn't be maxed out entering their senior season so that I have to spend so much time in practice on conditioning.  I think development and the abilty to max out should be tied to WE as you suggest, and I also think that assuming an average WE and an average number of minutes devoted to practice in each category that by the END of the senior season a player would still be about 2 to 5 points shy of their max cap in any given category.  That way during the course of their career I have the ability to put more effort into helping a PG max out in perimeter, but it may mean that instead of being 2 to 5 points shy of his cap in block shots or passing, he is 7 to 10 points shy of that particular cap.

The numbers I use aren't meant to be exact or specific, but rather are meant to illutstrate the point that the game could be more challenging without significantly dumbing it down if we had to decide whether three points of potential in perimeter was worth three points in passing.

I agree with you again to a point. But I also think you have a bit more control over this depending on how many minutes you put into IQ practice. If your seniors are totally capped at the beginning of the season then either you might try getting higher potential recruits or maybe you could up the IQ practice throughout the course of the players careers so they cap at IQ sooner rather than capping out in individual ratings... just a thought?? I mean for the sake of the challenge aspect of being a coach.