Prior to our dev. chat Tuesday at 7pm EDT, I'd like to give everyone an understanding of how firings will work in HD. If you have specific questions, please post them in the dev. chat.

By default, every coach will start with a job status of "ok" - this goes for both new coaches to HD and coaches which have taken a new job within HD. At the conclusion of each season (immediately after the National Championship game), your job status will be updated based on how the team performed the prior season. This will occur for all coaches at all divisions even though only DI coaches can get fired. DII and DIII coaches can see their job status improve (exceeding expectations) or drop (boosters complaining). They will never drop to 'in jeopardy' or the dreaded 'fired'.

Any time your job status changes, you'll receive a note from your AD explaining why. If your job status does not change, you won't hear from your AD.

Two main factors - success and reputation. The level of success expected is dependent on the program you're at. A low level DI school may be content with a trip to the NIT while an elite school may only be happy with Sweet 16 or better. Reputation is also school-dependent so some schools (e.g. Ivy League, Stanford, Duke) expect more from their coach than a UNLV or Fresno St.

A good rule of thumb is that the harder it was to achieve the job, the harder it will be to keep the job.

A couple of caveats:

- your job status can not decline if you've had a better season than the season prior, so for example, if you take over Duke who is coming off a 2-25 season and you go 15-13, your job status would stay 'ok' even though Duke is not happy with a 15-13 record - so you will have time to turn a program around.

- you can not be fired unless you were already 'in jeopardy', i.e. you can not be 'ok' and then be fired UNLESS there is a major scandal (recruiting violations, program probation, etc.)

If you get fired, you'll be notified via email that you've lost your job. In addition, from the locker page, you'll see the world you were in liste as 'Unemployed'. Firings will occur immediately after the national championship game so you'll be able to apply for open jobs with the other returning coaches. Taking a new job after you were fired does NOT negatively impact your loyalty. You will have 6 applications (instead of 3) and your application will be considered along with any other coaches applying for that job.

If you do not take a job during the job change period, you can still take a job when the jobs open for new coaches or you could reserve a team if you miss that signup period.

Again, if you have specific questions, you can use the developer chat to ask them:

1. A player’s scholarship is rescinded
2. A player quits (broken promises or players unhappy about playing time)
3. A coaching change

Players who opt to transfer will be eligible to be recruited by all schools and will be available in recruting searches. In addition, they may also contact select schools based various criteria (proximity to home, national recognition, prior recruiting efforts, etc.). We will be adding the years of eligibility remaining to the recruiting search.

If you sign a transfer, he will not have to sit out one year at any division.

Also, as part of this change, the window to rescind a player's scholarship will be limited to between the end of the job change period and the start of signings in the next recruiting period.