Posted by Jitter_Thug on 10/22/2020 12:23:00 AM (view original):
From what I've noticed, the "wants to play" preference is related to recruiting and not redshirting. If you promise 10 mins the pref turns to "good" if you promise 15+ mins the pref turns to "very good".

If you promise any player minutes or a start they will not be happy with a redshirt, regardless of their playing preference.

If the player has the pref, but you don't make any promises, they have the same chance of being ok with a redshirt as a player without the pref.

Again, this is just from what I've noticed, I could be wrong.

You can give them a redshirt risk free like sol says above. If they take a huge WE hit just remove the redshirt right away, but I do not believe their reaction is related to their playing time pref specifically.

This is all correct - but I suspect that pref for playing time has SOME correlation w not tending to like a redshirt.

Note - I said that carefully - its about odds. It isnt that it means he for sure wont take the RS. Is he clearly the worst player on the roster - that helps get a yes. Is he a recruit who is thrilled to be recruited by you? That for sure helps the inform of redshirt go okay,