Quote: Originally posted by dcy0827 on 12/29/2009Now having said the above, I do think that it's weak that Furry and all his little buddies try to find these loopholes to exploit. Just leads me to believe that none of them are confident enough in their abilities as coaches to win on a level playing field.
I don't try to find them, they just come to me. I just try random things and sometimes some interesting things work. I sent tickets on the pull downs, sent tickets on promises, sent tickets when potential first rolled out and had issues. Everything back was "well look into it." or that they are working as intended. I've heard rumblings of a new pull down method out there and there is a team of coaches working to find it. I'm sure once its figured out, most will blow up CS with proof that the old one is working like it was when it was fixed before and try to get it fixed so recruiting is fun again and keep the findings quite. These are the good guys in your book, but when I find them and share them I'm the bad guy because I'm the only one open to using such tools.
Of all the little tricks I use, I am open about every one of them. I've shared them on the forums, coaches corners or through site mail. None of this is top secret info that only I know, nor do I want it to be. I always try to share everything I know so other coaches can use it, or do what I do and use parts of it but tweak it and make it 10x better.
The only thing I use that I can honestly say makes my teams better would be the pull down methods and promises. Without them would I still be good? Yeah, because everyone else would have to recruit the same way. I've won championships with and without pull downs, so I don't think I need to prove myself anymore. It got removed 2 times before and I still won 2 championships, although some players were old pull down players from the call/letter/coach call days. If they ever decide to fix every little thing I use I'll still win. There is nothing I use that allows me to have more money to recruit with, sign guys I would usually not be able to or do anything that no other coach can. All it does is help me seal the deal on top ranked players, sign them for the cheapest amount possible, lock players up and have them consider me for under 200 dollars and keep em on board as back ups and such. Everything is out there for coaches to do the same if they want and I know a lot of the top notch coaches do use every tool I use. Hell, OR has his little secret on how to get like +15 extra improvements out of his players per season. We all learn different things as we continue to play. I don't think I would say he is using a loophole just because hes found out things about the game that we have not.