Im kinda confused cant say too much, but do prefs not matter anymore?
im VG VG on both prefs, and the other person is neutral, VG how are they not only winning but im not even being considered right now when there a lower prestige (barely) , shouldnt 15-20 visits knock him off completly? he cant make up that ground on the prefs , what am i missing? how am i this far behind on a recruit , im seriously stumped right now ive never seen this before

Promises?

Depends on promises and attention. If they’re investing ~ twice the AP and/or has made promises you haven’t matched, that could explain the discrepancy. If they’re only barely under you in prestige, it’s not reasonable to think you could keep them out of signing range with max visits, unless you have a BIG preference advantage.

What are the preferences? They’re not all weighted the same; distance, success and playing time seem to matter a lot; offensive sets and play style matter less. I’d need more information to say if I thought anything was amiss, or something has changed. Check back with the coach after the battle is over, and post the details here, if you want.

Offense and longtime coach are the only prefs
which i been there longer and match the offense and he doesnt
ya i know the promises matter some but when there not a pref , i shouldnt not be considered right now ,ill see this next update what changes i think ill still be behind tho all in somehow
and he only has 3 openings to my 2 so its not a big difference there either

I don’t want you to give away what you’ve invested or anything, I’m just saying that if he’s been pumping 70 AP every cycle, and has promised a start and 20-25 minutes; and you are at something significantly less than 60/cycle, with no promises (which still have significant stand alone value, even without the preference modifier); this result is reasonable. Matching promises would help, and you won’t be penalized for coming in late (as you would if he had the PT preference), but if he’s got a mountain of a lead in AP, depending on where you are in the session, he may be hard to catch.

A promised start is equal to roughly 5ish HVs in my opinion. So keep that in mind. Promised minutes I'm unsure of. But if it's not a preference, I'd say somewhere around 1 HV per 5 min increment.

So promises can make a huge difference if he's offered them and you haven't