People don't want to waste 4 seasons worth of money and time when it could be avoided by some small changes to the recruiting format, and when it hadn't always been that way.

I don't really care about the game being realistic, I want the game to be fun.

Posted by MonsterTurtl on 1/2/2017 10:28:00 PM (view original):
I don't really care about the game being realistic, I want the game to be fun.

Then I have mistakenly lumped you in the with MANY "I want REALISM but only when it suits me" people. My bad.

FWIW, I took a new team. I didn't get any opportunity to recruit any players. That season was a waste. It's just how the game is configured.

Posted by MikeT23 on 1/3/2017 7:43:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MonsterTurtl on 1/2/2017 10:28:00 PM (view original):
I don't really care about the game being realistic, I want the game to be fun.

Then I have mistakenly lumped you in the with MANY "I want REALISM but only when it suits me" people. My bad.

FWIW, I took a new team. I didn't get any opportunity to recruit any players. That season was a waste. It's just how the game is configured.

Does not mean it's the right design. It should be changed.

I'm not disagreeing with that but, in a way, I understand why it is the way it is.

A) Realism in job changes. As I just posted, Dean Smith and Coach K were not Smith and K in their early days at their iconic schools. One could say they were lucky to get 4-6 years to get rolling.

B) More realism when starting a new job. Frank Martin was pretty successful at KSU. Took SC job and had run off the previous coaches' recruits or play thru them(SIMAI guys). Seems to have righted the ship.

C) Prevent dumbass moves one would have to live with. New user takes a team and recruits 5 players without a clue. That's 5 guys he has for the next 4 seasons before he learns one thing. Easier to drop that team and take another. Happens in HBD all the time.