Quote: Originally posted by toddcommish on 2/10/2010They could solve this problem in ONE season by just making ALL coaches free agents (just like in Season 1) with no pre-set demands or position.  Let the market (re)set itself.

So simple its.... genius.

Maybe it is just because my world is still young(season 7) and guess they haven't started retiring yet, but we have:

80+ = 14

70-79 = 12

60-69 = 2

50-59 = 2

49 = 2

I am too lazy to check other worlds, but I do not see a problem.

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Quote: Originally posted by toddcommish on 2/10/2010 They could solve this problem in ONE season by just making ALL coaches free agents (just like in Season 1) with no pre-set demands or position. Let the market (re)set itself.

So simple its.... genius

I kind of like this idea myself. Admin will never implament it though. This will require planning and there will be too much whinning.

Quote: Originally posted by examinerebb on 2/10/2010Sweet mercy.  Anything with a rating over 50 is, by definition, better than average.

Everybody in the majors should be "better than average", players and coaches alike. That's why they have major league jobs.

Do they? Because there are some very unsuccessful coaches and players in the majors.

And because you're being compared to your peers, it is impossible for everyone to be better than average.

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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 2/10/2010

One could argue that MLB has no bell curve for fielding coaches.

Nonetheless, now that WifS has let the whiners wield the "fix it so it's how we like it" club again. coach hiring will again be meaningless. The only coach worth bidding for was the FI. Now that everyone should get a good one, why bid?

Overhaul the entire coach/coach hiring engine. New thread time!




One could argue that the sky is made of pizza if one wanted to. It doesn't make it true. Most things in real life are distributed on something close to a bell curve.

If it is Nirch's pizza, I will accept your premise. However, if it is Pizza Hut, absolutely not. It gives me the runs

Has anyone tried the "New" Domino's? Is it every bit as bad as the "old" Domino's? I assume so, but I'd love a first hand account.

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Quote: Originally posted by examinerebb on 2/10/2010Sweet mercy.  Anything with a rating over 50 is, by definition, better than average.

Everybody in the majors should be "better than average", players and coaches alike. That's why they have major league jobs.

it depends on scale and supply, i would think

Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 2/10/2010Does your world not have at least 32 coaches with FI over 50?

38 coaches in GAP have a Fielding rating above 50. 10 accepted jobs for another position even when some were offered significantly more money to be a FI (750K over 4 million).

The more I think about it, the more I agree that we should just dump that coaching position. It doesn't really exist in real life - so why not use the combination of the rest of your staff to teach fielding.

So really it's not a lack of "capable" coaches. It's a lack of concern for your fellow owners and/or a programming issue wrt bidding for coaches.

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Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 2/10/2010 Does your world not have at least 32 coaches with FI over 50?

38 coaches in GAP have a Fielding rating above 50. 10 accepted jobs for another position even when some were offered significantly more money to be a FI (750K over 4 million).

The more I think about it, the more I agree that we should just dump that coaching position. It doesn't really exist in real life - so why not use the combination of the rest of your staff to teach fielding

Major league teams have fielding coaches, they usually just coach another position as well.

Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2010So really it's not a lack of "capable" coaches.   It's a lack of concern for your fellow owners and/or a programming issue wrt bidding for coaches.

Depending on what your definition of capable or average is - which we don't agree on.
I think an average ML coach regardless of specialty should be in the 70's in their specific rating - or statistically 68% of all coaches should have a rating within 1 standard deviation of the average and 95% should be within 2 SD.

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I know they don't list fielding instructors, and I can't explain why, but what I do know is that it is a job on the BL's, but not their only job.

this thread is aptly named. It is just about the most whiny thread Mike has ever written. Seriously, Mike, ifyou want to do a thread suggesting a revamp of the coaching process go ahead. But if the system as it is puts a ton of coaches out there for every position but FI, the only consistent solution within the system we have now is to make this change.

Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 2/11/2010Do they?   Because there are some very unsuccessful coaches and players in the majors.And because you're being compared to your peers, it is impossible for everyone to be better than average.

But the HBD rating scale doesn't just compare major leaguers to their peers. It compares them to kids down in the Rookie League too.