The objective shouldn't be to get owners involved on the last cycle. Getting them involved earlier would be far more beneficial.

My suggestion:

Unhired coaches from the previous season either retire(if they're 60+, you'll see why in a minute) or return to Rookie league demands. Owners will be able to "hire up" early. Getting in on last season's discards will allow the early bird to get the best coaches in the minors(or even return the coach back to the bigs on the cheap). However, once a guy has been a BL coach, he is always going to want to get back to that level. So, if you get that 84 PC in LoA, he's not staying in LoA. He'll either hit the market or ask for a promotion every year(one level at a time). That's why 60+ will retire. They won't have time to get back to the bigs.

This should get owners hiring early and no one should have a legit reason to get assigned coaches.

Thoughts?

In MG, we had about 210 unhired coaches, under 60, of varying skills. That's enough to staff 14 minor league teams.

Makes too much sense to be implemented. But a good idea.

It'll probably receive the same consideration as the first 66 solutions.

I'm sure it will. I've been pounding the "We don't need 77 coaches seeking BL pitching coach jobs" for about a year and a half. WifS solution seems to be that they'll lower their demand level once all BL slots are filed but we know that doesn't work.

Also, the coaches who qualify would take the best offer they have on the first signing cycle. No need to aggravate everyone with bidding wars. It would simplify coach hiring enormously.

Please stop trying to fix trivial problems such as this. Spend more time on important issues, such as sympathizing with swamphawk's team getting TOTALLY SCREWED by the last update!

It looks like there's already 14 pages of sympathy/mocking.

I don't really have a problem with coach hiring. But there's been a rash of complaint threads over the last week. Well, 3 or 4 of them. You never know when WifS will placate the whiners. So, when/if they do, I'd like to have a few reasonable options rather than "Let me hire anyone available in a special cycle" or something of that ilk.

You have provided very solid solutions. I agree with all of them.

This one should be easy enough to program. I'm not so sure my other suggestions were.

Who's logging in as MikeT23 today? When did the real Mike ever give a hoot in Hades about complaining owners?

None of the suggestions are difficult to program if they institute true free agency for coaches, meaning they'll just take the highest offer at the highest level they can get. The main reason the problems arise is because the sim coaches have level demands (which seem to exist only to dumb the game down).

FREE AGENCY FOR COACHES!

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 12/07/2009
The objective shouldn't be to get owners involved on the last cycle. Getting them involved earlier would be far more beneficial.
My suggestion:

Unhired coaches from the previous season either retire(if they're 60+, you'll see why in a minute) or return to Rookie league demands. [ML or AAA straight down to RL? Realistic?] Owners will be able to "hire up" early. Getting in on last season's discards will allow the early bird to get the best coaches in the minors(or even return the coach back to the bigs on the cheap). [Realistic? Is "cheap" the key to your suggestion, a new way for guys to game the system?] However, once a guy has been a BL coach, he is always going to want to get back to that level. So, if you get that 84 PC in LoA, he's not staying in LoA. He'll either hit the market or ask for a promotion every year(one level at a time). That's why 60+ will retire. They won't have time to get back to the bigs. [fewer 60+ coaches = fewer quality Fielding Instructors. I thought there were already complaints about this.]

This should get owners hiring early and no one should have a legit reason to get assigned coaches.

Thoughts?

Have you looked at the other side of the coin in these three particulars?

I never found anything actually wrong with coach hiring. It has always been my impression that most of the whining you mention in another post was guys looking for something for nothing or just trying to dumb down the game.

Yes, as a matter of fact I have.

In order:
1. No job or job? Unemployment has hit double digits. I know several people working for less than they feel they are worth because, well, they need a job.
2. If other owners are bidding, the "cheap" will not play a part. As I said, they'll take the best offer on the table during the first signing cycle. Wanna try paying a guy 600k for BL PC? Maybe someone else offered him 650k. You lose, cheapo.
3. If they went unhired in a season, my guess is they weren't quality FI. Are you really going to disagree about that?

So, I ask you, did you really understand my suggestion? Or were you in such a rush to disagree that you didn't think it thru?