I am fine with things staying the way they are even if I may suffer at times. I like the current setup. However I do see this as a possibility that avoids giving extra resources to D1 power schools, increases talent for teams losing EEs, and increases the competitiveness of other levels. I am open to hear what people have to say.

Another idea

Why not have the top 10-20 players at the lower divisions (D2&D3) leave their schools after the season (recruiting cycle one is already completed by then) and open up their services to everyone in the 2nd period? Include them with the D1 level recruits and under the same guidelines. This will add some talent that has blossomed and can be used as a stop gap for EE issues and extra money those teams have. Also adds more short term quality players that would increase the 2nd period talent pool. Some of those players might make a difference. If they are thinking of leaving the coach will receive an email during the season or we can have a 'big board' type thing for them.This would be limited to those D2/D3 athletes with eligibility remaining

In real life some top players leave their school to move up divisions. Not many players that develop into D1 level talent stay all 4 years at D2/D3 schools.

top 10 in just D2 Wooden

1. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3554606
2. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3521195
3. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3481377
4. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3521293
5. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3555199
6. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3524014
7. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3524082
8. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3523639
9. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3524099
10. https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Default.aspx?pid=3524020

Pretty much what I suggested only same number in D1, D2, and D3 so everyone plays the same game/ same rules.
So id increase it to 60.
But I got slammed for it because I was successful at D1 which is apparently a bad thing to do in this Dynasty game.

Just seems like these threads are childish("if i have to go through this then so does everyone elses"). There are rarely lower divisions transfers to DI, the only notable one right now was Duncan Robinson on Michigan and that was just luck and connections on his part. I don't think that the EE system is perfect but its just part of the game at high DI, if you don't like it move to DII.

Posted by timjmiller on 4/3/2017 3:53:00 PM (view original):
Just seems like these threads are childish("if i have to go through this then so does everyone elses"). There are rarely lower divisions transfers to DI, the only notable one right now was Duncan Robinson on Michigan and that was just luck and connections on his part. I don't think that the EE system is perfect but its just part of the game at high DI, if you don't like it move to DII.

Disagreed. Do you like random that makes a team bad and another one doesn't miss a beat? They had same ranked players, same number of possible ees. Heck, some player are not even on the big board and declare. Under that system, there is no way to prepare for it.

Posted by stewdog on 4/3/2017 3:44:00 PM (view original):
Pretty much what I suggested only same number in D1, D2, and D3 so everyone plays the same game/ same rules.
So id increase it to 60.
But I got slammed for it because I was successful at D1 which is apparently a bad thing to do in this Dynasty game.

Poor baby. Life treats you so poorly and you're such a good soul.

Posted by zorzii on 4/3/2017 4:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by timjmiller on 4/3/2017 3:53:00 PM (view original):
Just seems like these threads are childish("if i have to go through this then so does everyone elses"). There are rarely lower divisions transfers to DI, the only notable one right now was Duncan Robinson on Michigan and that was just luck and connections on his part. I don't think that the EE system is perfect but its just part of the game at high DI, if you don't like it move to DII.

Disagreed. Do you like random that makes a team bad and another one doesn't miss a beat? They had same ranked players, same number of possible ees. Heck, some player are not even on the big board and declare. Under that system, there is no way to prepare for it.

Successful owners in the past are still successful owners. Doesn't really seem near as bad as folks make it out to be.

Here's what I'd do: Suck it up and figure out what those guys who were successful in 2.0 are doing to remain successful in 3.0. The other option is to cry yourself to sleep.

Posted by zorzii on 4/3/2017 4:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by timjmiller on 4/3/2017 3:53:00 PM (view original):
Just seems like these threads are childish("if i have to go through this then so does everyone elses"). There are rarely lower divisions transfers to DI, the only notable one right now was Duncan Robinson on Michigan and that was just luck and connections on his part. I don't think that the EE system is perfect but its just part of the game at high DI, if you don't like it move to DII.

Disagreed. Do you like random that makes a team bad and another one doesn't miss a beat? They had same ranked players, same number of possible ees. Heck, some player are not even on the big board and declare. Under that system, there is no way to prepare for it.

I'll use this example since I am a fan of Indiana. Troy Williams was a junior on the squad last year with almost no draft prospects, He still declared and went undrafted and they had to replace that scholarship in the spring when the majority of high level recruits had already committed. The only coaches in real life that can consistently load up their teams successfully with EE's are Calipari at Kentucky and Coach K at Duke. That's 2 coaches out of 300+ that can do it and I think the "this is a game, it doesn't have to mirror real life" is a whole other argument that is pointless.

There are still high DI teams that make deep runs and reload every season, so it is proven to be possible to be successful even with losing EE's. I know you are a good coach, zorzii, and I am confident you won't have to many problems finding a way to be successful even when you lose EE's

Posted by CoachSpud on 4/3/2017 4:32:00 PM (view original):
"Why not have the top 10-20 players at the lower divisions (D2&D3) leave their schools after the season..."

This bad idea was a bad idea in another thread within the last 48 hours. Why try again? Did we really need a second thread about the same thing?

As I said I like the system as it is. However, instead of decimating D2&D3 by taking 120 players total as was suggested previously or more as others have put forth. This idea only took a TOTAL of 10-20 players. I didn't think it fair or logical to hurt new coaches at D2 or D3 with potential losses.By limiting it you are mostly effecting experienced coaches with D2 (in some cases D3) powerhouses.

This post was only meant for a discussion of the best of the best leaving to go to D1 and those 10-20 players (10 most likely) only becoming recruitable at the start of the 2nd cycle. Besides the D2 coaches could win their player back.

Didn't mean to confuse people who didn't notice the differences. Obviously I did

I like the idea of each division losing the same numbers so everyone is on equal ground playing the same game. As it is now D1 is a completely different game than D2 or D3, that's why I suggested 60ish

I don't think D2 and D3 should lose players at all. I think limiting EES to one a team per year, one for sure if 3 players and more are on the big board, is the best way to go about it. A team losing three while another is losing zero is luck. But a team losing one max, losing one fore sure at 3 and more is fair. And you can prepare, Under 3.0, while it's not perfect, to that event. You'd know about it when the draft big board is shown or if it changes during the season. All players non on the big board can't declare. Teams with 1 or 2 EES, can lose one and need to be prepared also as likely going means... on the fence, means 50 % and so on.