Quote: Originally Posted By coach_billyg on 12/08/2009i think ORs issue is a more interesting one, more interesting than multiple teams in 1 world in different divisions. how about 2 teams in the same division? i've had multiple d2 teams, and i figure d3 would be even less of an advantage... well in d2, i just don't see it there. there is little competition, i don't know any market, nor do i pay attention to what anybody else is doing. so im not sure it would help me even if they were close, not to mention, across the country.
anyway, how about multiple d1 teams. could you elaborate a bit OR? i am very curious, as i just dropped my d3 team in favor of a california d1 team (assuming i get the job, low prestige, so likely). i figured there was no non-negligible advantage to it, as california is so far from kentucky. i understand knowing the market there, i tend to watch the teams after the top players in my area in case they over extend themselves, etc... but i don't think either team would have any overlap in their market. i'm not even sure any team in kentuckys market would get involved with a team in californias market. so what difference would it make
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here is why I think it is an advantage and / or conflict to have multiple teams in the same division:
1 - at bargain shopping time, when I look national, and I find someone, who do I give the recruit to?
2 - before recruiting, when I look for the guys I will recruit local, I get a feel for what is available, I then do the same process over again, it is like taking an alegebra test on the same subject, the second test would be easier as result of the first one (reason we take practice tests for getting into grad school)
3 - no saying anyone would do it, but gil, if you took a team d-, but built them into a b+ prestige team in california, and had kentucky with your 2nd id, what is going to prevent the ucla coach from saying you are colluding with yourself to harm ucla and help kentucky, every time you go for a local recruit vs him, even if you were innocent, he would have a point, especially if kentucky and ucla were the top two teams in that world