Okay, first, I want to say I'm not trying to brag or say that I'm a good coach or claim I'm better than anyone else.  I simply don't understand the logic of this game so I'm trying to get an answer.

Okay, here is my resume.   I just got hired on as the Tennessee coach.  Looks like they were victim of an abondoned manager last season and slummed down to a C+ precstige from a B.  To my benefit the Vols went 2-25 last year which made me qualified for the job.  Lucky me, I'm the new coach.

What I'm confused about is my current prestige, B-.  When I was at Wichita State, in five seasons I went from D+ to C+.  This is not impressive because when I joined, there were four teams.  Every year we dropped one until I was the lone reaming coach.  Anyway, I never was able to enter the B range, but now that I accepted the Tennessee job that was a C+ and my prestige was C+, how am I'm now sporting a B- prestige?

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about it, I just don't understand how this is possible.  So, if you have any helpful insight, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Beef

Well. . .perhaps it was a high b+ and it just barely moved the the other side of the line?

Coaches themselves can make a prestige move one way or another when hired. If you have a good enough resume (simmy thinks you do) it can move up when hired for a job. I think your total wins, what you've done recently with the tournament bids and lastly (I'm not sure about this) maybe your National Championship had something to do with the slight jump in prestige.

Posted by a_in_the_b on 7/24/2010 1:12:00 PM (view original):
Well. . .perhaps it was a high b+ and it just barely moved the the other side of the line?

I'm confused.  Did you mean C+ instead of B+?

Posted by jbob23 on 7/24/2010 1:23:00 PM (view original):
Coaches themselves can make a prestige move one way or another when hired. If you have a good enough resume (simmy thinks you do) it can move up when hired for a job. I think your total wins, what you've done recently with the tournament bids and lastly (I'm not sure about this) maybe your National Championship had something to do with the slight jump in prestige.

This is true.  I had the same thing happen to me under a different ID.  I was surprised it moved up, but certainly wasn't unhappy!

Thanks guys.  I'm not sure I understand why, but I guess I'll take it and move on.  Maybe simmy is giving me more credit than I feel I deserve? 

I think it is because you are "the lone reaming coach."

Fans love to see a good reaming from the coach.

Posted by dcy0827 on 7/24/2010 1:27:00 PM (view original):

Posted by a_in_the_b on 7/24/2010 1:12:00 PM (view original):
Well. . .perhaps it was a high b+ and it just barely moved the the other side of the line?

I'm confused.  Did you mean C+ instead of B+?

Ooops.  WHy yes I did.