Posted by tianyi7886 on 9/18/2011 11:02:00 PM (view original):
Another question about d1, if a recruit has no stars, can I safely recruit him straight up or do I still need to wait a cycle by making a phone call to test the waters?

In theory you shuold be able to recruit him. Since recruiting is effed up though and CS refuses to acknowledge it, IMO anytime you recruit anyone (and by "you" I mean everyone no matter what prestige) without sending a call first to test the waters you take a risk of losing your investment.

One of the threads about this was I believe by the coach of A+ Duke who lost out coz the kid refused to talk to him but accepted a bunch of home visits. In my mind if it can happen to an A+ it can happen to anyone.

Yep, looks like you are right. Just had a 540 rated player, ranked #130 at his position reject all my efforts. At least he was kind enough to not accept my CVs and return my money.

Posted by isack24 on 9/17/2011 11:34:00 AM (view original):

Posted by jpmills3 on 9/17/2011 11:05:00 AM (view original):
I would recommend against this tactic.  Not enough money to play.  The ONLY way I would ever try this would be close distance and full schollies at D2 (assuming max prestige) and D1 SimAI school with not good prestige (D+/C- or worse) and only 1 opening.

I disagree with the "1 opening" part.  I actually think it's easier when they have more openings.  The only way it can be done is when the recruit isn't a top priority.  Usually that happens only when the sim is recruiting more than one person.

Without ever having tried this I would agree to this as well, the more openings they have the more spread around their money is, if they only have 1 opening and are actually recruiting someone right off you are going to be up against almost all of their money right away.