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Quote: Originally posted by vandydave on 1/05/2010it would be helpful if you could use FSS for only players of a certain division. while dropdowns make that a little tricky, shouldnt be impossible

it would likely be accompanied with a $ increase per recruit. the $ amount was obviously set with it in mind that you are scouting useless recruits.

i have heard a number of people suggest this, but i am pretty strongly against it. not on its merits, but because i don't think it accomplishes much of anything, and is not trivial - i think time could be much better spent. also, you lose the element of cost/recruit fluctuating from state to state based on the ratio of those in each division. in some ways, this is good, and in some ways, it is bad. but, a somewhat strategic element is loss, which i general am against.

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The problem with allowing the option to scout only specific divions still makes it more expensive at the divisions with the least money. A DIII team is going to need to pay to scout the DII and DIII recruits, a DII team will need to scout DI and DII.

I'd like to see the possibility to specify evaluation trips. I once did 9 eval trips on a PF in Puerto Rico and not one time did my asst. decide to mention anything about his REB potential. I think it would add another strategy if we could specify - go on a scouting trip and focus on 'x' skill. When you get the report - that is the only skill that will get a mention.

I would love to have specific scouting trips, especially if you like a single player in a large, close state. In DIII, a $200 scouting trip to say, NY, would beat the $1000+ FSS charge any day. Especially if it is a year with only 1 or 2 open schollies, and only a couple thousand to spend.

About FSS, is anyone else finding differences between what FSS states a player's potential is and what the assistant coach tells you when the year starts?

Quote: Originally posted by isack24 on 1/05/2010Taking a look at the top five teams in the country right now:1. Randolph-Macon (9 players from VA, 3 from NJ, 1 from PA, 1 from NY, and one from MD)2. UW-Stevens Point (all players originally from WI)3. Washington University - has national attendance because it is a top-20 University nationally (one of the very best all-around schools in the country)4. UW-Whitewater (12 from WI, 4 from IL)5. St. Thomas (26 from MN, 2 from WI, 1 from AZ)These are the top five teams in the country and, at best, there is regional recruiting.  Often, there isn't even that.  The ONLY time I've seen that not to be the case is when a school is so strong academically that it can draw kids nationally (e.g. Grinnell, Wash U., Carleton, Macalester, NYU, MIT, etc.).

U Dub Dub! U Dub Dub! U Dub Dub! haha, sorry get all excited with my school on there. Just graduated from there actually and yup never any national recruits here and we have been in the top 25 for a couple years now.

Take a look at UW-Whitewater football, they have been to the National Championship 5 times in a row and won 2. Out of 99 Players on what would be an A+ school they have 30 players from out of state, of which all are in the great lakes states, and also of which most of them are from Illinois which is just 40 miles away at UW-W.

first off, scouting evaluations don't disclose if a recruit is on the low end of medium. If FSS lists him as average, evaluations tell you no more.

There's low; which is broken into very a minimal increase and low-low which is lucky if you'll see a single point. Average is one category that has about a 15 point range. And finally high which is around 20+ or an occasional high-high which could be 30+.

The Assistant Coach notes can differ a bit from FSS. For instance an 80 in FSS is average or best but often the Assistant will tell you he has a big upside. If it differs it's generally a potential gain that's borderline between low/average or average/big. The coach usually takes the higher end.

Quote: Originally posted by oldwarrior on 1/11/2010first off, scouting evaluations don't disclose if a recruit is on the low end of medium.  If FSS lists him as average, evaluations tell you no more.There's low; which is broken into very a minimal increase and low-low which is lucky if you'll see a single point.  Average is one category that has about a 15 point range.   And finally high which is around 20+ or an occasional high-high which could be 30+.The Assistant Coach notes can differ a bit from FSS.  For instance an 80 in FSS is average or best but often the Assistant will tell you he has a big upside.  If it differs it's generally a potential gain that's borderline between low/average or average/big.  The coach usually takes the higher end. 

A while back, several months ago, someone mentioned that evals did provide information whether it was i.e. "low average" "medium average" high average" etc. If what you're saying is true, I really detest this aspect of the game, might as well play a game which involved rolling dice. Just keep it as high, average and low.

I think it adds realism. DIII schools certainly dont have the same scouting capabilities as DI schools. I say leave it as it is. I am able to afford FSS every season at DIII and havent an open scholarship since Ive done so.

Crap I bumped the wrong thread! I am looking for the def of evals (High-High, High-Low, etc.)

wizard...sadly there are some D2 schools with less money in their budgets than D3 schools even though D2 may offer athletic scholarships...schools that have very high academic standards at the D3 level should be out of the equation because they're going to get kids to their university from all over because of their academic prestige...the amherst's williams, nyu, washington...states like wisconsin have very few D2 schools and not many D1's, alot of Wisc just tend to stay home if they don't get into U of Wisc...the same can be said for NJ schools...the NJAC is very tough