IMO, what you described is the intended result. Recruiting is supposed to be intense and competitive.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/13/2018 7:51:00 AM (view original):
IMO, what you described is the intended result. Recruiting is supposed to be intense and competitive.

It was intense but we all got to vh without any solution left to comoete, maybe uncap hvs, add four cvs, give a primary recruit option for every two schollies with a value that is worth more than a cv

Were you all putting in 80 Ap a cycle? Aps are the game mechanic you are looking for.

Posted by zorzii on 3/13/2018 7:42:00 AM (view original):
Just lost a 4 teams VH on a really good SF. All teams ranged in the 20s

20-29 exactly.

Not enough players generated?

Because 4 teams were heavy on ONE player?

No, player generation isn't the problem.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/13/2018 8:19:00 AM (view original):
Were you all putting in 80 Ap a cycle? Aps are the game mechanic you are looking for.

AP when you have seven schollies to fill... Can't do 80. If you have 1 to 2, can't do it. If you have 3 and go 80 on a late, you will only sign one. I went 30-35 throughout. We need other options imo.

So, really, you just hate making decisions?

I made decisions. My mistake was to invest in that SF but if I did not invest, I was going to get stuck with 5k$... AP was needed. I got too greedy when I saw stars aligned and the possibility to get 6 players. I should of drop the SF.

I guess my point is EVERYONE has problems when recruiting. I got my primary in Rupp but my 2-6 got swarmed by higher level D1 schools after signings started(they obviously lost on their primaries). So I'm not losing my secondaries because of player generation. I'm getting outrecruited for them because I chose to invest heavily in my primary and my resources are/were limited(2 openings).

To me, it feels like recruiting is working properly.

Not to me Mike, we get to the end of possibilities too fast and we can make up fot bad planning too easily, especially high prestige teams. The guy who won the SF was at 20%, the lowest of the four. It came down to luck, not really strategy.

So he put in a little less effort, but still a substantial amount, and you still write it off as luck?

In that case, everything in this game is luck. Why bother playing?

I think there should be more close 4+ way battles like this. That would be a healthier game than the one we have now, which encourages coaches to go Jimmy Chitwood or Bust on a small number of targets.

That's a user choice. Most cut bait and run when it gets crowded. I haven't been in a 3 team because I don't like the odds when it's 36-33-31. I imagine, when/if I get to the point where I HAVE to have Top 50 players, that might change.

Posted by zorzii on 3/13/2018 8:31:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/13/2018 8:19:00 AM (view original):
Were you all putting in 80 Ap a cycle? Aps are the game mechanic you are looking for.

AP when you have seven schollies to fill... Can't do 80. If you have 1 to 2, can't do it. If you have 3 and go 80 on a late, you will only sign one. I went 30-35 throughout. We need other options imo.

You sure can! There is a dropdown button and scroll all the way to the bottom. It's 80.

Seriously, You could have put in 80 a turn, you chose not to because, well, it doesn't matter....you had the option you elected not to use it.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/13/2018 10:26:00 AM (view original):

Posted by zorzii on 3/13/2018 8:31:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Trentonjoe on 3/13/2018 8:19:00 AM (view original):
Were you all putting in 80 Ap a cycle? Aps are the game mechanic you are looking for.

AP when you have seven schollies to fill... Can't do 80. If you have 1 to 2, can't do it. If you have 3 and go 80 on a late, you will only sign one. I went 30-35 throughout. We need other options imo.

You sure can! There is a dropdown button and scroll all the way to the bottom. It's 80.

Seriously, You could have put in 80 a turn, you chose not to because, well, it doesn't matter....you had the option you elected not to use it.

I had to sign six Trenton. It was a late tendency. I wish we had some other recruiting actions so we could strategize more.