So I HAD a player that I wanted to redshirt at the end of the season, so I have left him off the depth chart and had him marked as 'Mop-up'. This morning, he was thrown in the game in the final minute at a random position which now prevents me from redshirting him. So there is no real way of benching a player and keeping him off the court? WTF

Did you have the settings turned off for mop ups playing in the final minutes? Miscellaneous heading on your team's game plan page.

Why would you wait until the end of the season to RS him?

Posted by tecwrg on 5/10/2017 8:18:00 AM (view original):
Why would you wait until the end of the season to RS him?

When you R/S a SR their WE will drop to 1. Waiting until the last game of the season is a loophole you can use to R/S a senior and prevent his WE from going to 1 for the entire season-coaches will do this if they still have growth left.

I don't know if the OP was referring to a SR or not but if he was completely off of the depth chart I'm really surprised he came into the game. As the previous poster said, if you want to R/S someone (that isn't a SR) you should do it prior to the first game of the season to prevent this from happening.

Damnit yup, I had the misc setting on. Makes a lot more sense now, thanks.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 5/10/2017 8:33:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 5/10/2017 8:18:00 AM (view original):
Why would you wait until the end of the season to RS him?

When you R/S a SR their WE will drop to 1. Waiting until the last game of the season is a loophole you can use to R/S a senior and prevent his WE from going to 1 for the entire season-coaches will do this if they still have growth left.

I don't know if the OP was referring to a SR or not but if he was completely off of the depth chart I'm really surprised he came into the game. As the previous poster said, if you want to R/S someone (that isn't a SR) you should do it prior to the first game of the season to prevent this from happening.

Oh I thought the WE drop applied to all players, not just seniors. If an underclassmen is redshirted there won't be a large drop in WE?

Posted by zagsrulez on 5/10/2017 8:48:00 AM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 5/10/2017 8:33:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 5/10/2017 8:18:00 AM (view original):
Why would you wait until the end of the season to RS him?

When you R/S a SR their WE will drop to 1. Waiting until the last game of the season is a loophole you can use to R/S a senior and prevent his WE from going to 1 for the entire season-coaches will do this if they still have growth left.

I don't know if the OP was referring to a SR or not but if he was completely off of the depth chart I'm really surprised he came into the game. As the previous poster said, if you want to R/S someone (that isn't a SR) you should do it prior to the first game of the season to prevent this from happening.

Oh I thought the WE drop applied to all players, not just seniors. If an underclassmen is redshirted there won't be a large drop in WE?

Depends on the WE. I RS'ed a freshman on one team who had a WE in the 90's, and he took no hit. I RS'ed a freshman on another team who had a WE of 37, and he immediately dropped to 17. I removed the RS and it went right back up to 37.

Posted by tecwrg on 5/10/2017 9:49:00 AM (view original):

Posted by zagsrulez on 5/10/2017 8:48:00 AM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 5/10/2017 8:33:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 5/10/2017 8:18:00 AM (view original):
Why would you wait until the end of the season to RS him?

When you R/S a SR their WE will drop to 1. Waiting until the last game of the season is a loophole you can use to R/S a senior and prevent his WE from going to 1 for the entire season-coaches will do this if they still have growth left.

I don't know if the OP was referring to a SR or not but if he was completely off of the depth chart I'm really surprised he came into the game. As the previous poster said, if you want to R/S someone (that isn't a SR) you should do it prior to the first game of the season to prevent this from happening.

Oh I thought the WE drop applied to all players, not just seniors. If an underclassmen is redshirted there won't be a large drop in WE?

Depends on the WE. I RS'ed a freshman on one team who had a WE in the 90's, and he took no hit. I RS'ed a freshman on another team who had a WE of 37, and he immediately dropped to 17. I removed the RS and it went right back up to 37.

Not exactly correct.

Starting WE doesn't impact whether or not a player will take a RS happily. I don't believe there is any correlation.

But yes, some players will show a small decrease in WE while others will show nothing. Some players (typically non FR) will show a HUGE loss of WE.

If during recruiting you send the "inform of RS" and they sign with you then they will take the RS without complaint. Even JUCOs.