Idea for bringing in new coaches Topic

As most people have seen, WIS is giving free season of gridiron dynasty to bring in new coaches to play version 3.0 of the game.  It got me to play a season there, which I had never done before, and because of this DIII in the world I'm in is completely full with what appears to be mostly NEW coaches.
Why not advertise to give everyone a free season of HD also, just to get coaches in and maybe we can get a few to stay?  They can do promotion code rules where you can't fss unless you buy more seasons.  But I see no reason why WIS can't give away a few seasons to let coaches try it out, or have people tell their friends they can try it out for free.  It doesn't cost the company money to let people play the game.  And they are not getting revenue from sim coached teams.  So let's try to get a few coaches in the door then hook them in.  Even if only a few coaches stick around the site makes money. 
Can someone explain to me why this is a bad idea?   Or why it wouldn't work?  Because it seems obvious to me that this can only help.  
And if every coach joins for a free season then lets the team go sim again instead of paying money, then we are in the same position as before.  So why not?
10/29/2013 3:02 PM
The last time that WIS offered free seasons, many of the 'new coaches were just aliases of existing coaches. I counted 61 'new' coaches who didn't sign even ONE recruit. Some of them had as many as 10 roster openings. They were using the new team to bolster their 'real' team's recruiting

I like your idea of limiting FSS, though. That might work.
10/29/2013 3:31 PM
How long ago did they offer free seasons?  I don't remember it since I've been here.
10/29/2013 5:38 PM
Need to do something. IBA has lost 11 D1 coaches from last season, 10% of the human population. Only 1 coach moved up from DII.
10/29/2013 5:50 PM
Posted by dan2044 on 10/29/2013 5:38:00 PM (view original):
How long ago did they offer free seasons?  I don't remember it since I've been here.
I dont remember when they stopped it, but the free season is what got me playing back in 2008.
10/29/2013 8:10 PM
Just to be clear, I don't think they should always allow new coaches in for free.  Just make it a promotion for about a week. 
10/29/2013 9:13 PM
They had it for all of this past march for March madness.
10/30/2013 7:43 AM
Only way I want to see them offer free seasons is in conjunction with an overhaul of HD.  Where's our 3.0?
10/30/2013 1:41 PM
Posted by 1peat on 10/30/2013 1:41:00 PM (view original):
Only way I want to see them offer free seasons is in conjunction with an overhaul of HD.  Where's our 3.0?
It's the same place Seble has been for the last however-long-it's-been since he interacted here on the forums.
10/30/2013 2:44 PM
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