Posted by johnsensing on 3/13/2017 12:54:00 PM (view original):
The issue with EEs (and it's a sad commentary on WIS management that we're still beating this topic however many months after 3.0 rolled out) is that apparently some users -- and WIS, I suppose -- like the "realism" of EEs, but don't like the "realism" of a multiple-EE school being able to replace those EEs with functional high-DI players (140/160 ranked DI players that fall to DIII definitionally aren't functional high-DI players). If we care about "realism," then you have to give the EE-school a chance to replace -- if we don't, why have EEs at all? Right now, if you have 1 or 0 open schollys, then get multiple EEs, you are screwed -- there is just no realistic way to bridge the gap, and the vast majority of the functional DI players are gone by the time you can really give yourself a chance. There are easy fixes that would mitigate some of this (no second session signings before 5 am the second day first and foremost) -- I remain disappointed that WIS has not implemented them.
I know I've brought this up a few times, and at risk of sounding like "I told you so", I'm going to mention it again. I've been singing the same tune since the idea for 3.0 was first disclosed, and people started worrying about EEs. I wish more people would have joined me then. The fight shouldn't be on resources. That's always been a losing fight. Mike is right about this part, WIS wanted more open competition, more team with a chance to go deep every year. So people arguing for more resources earlier are on the wrong horse. If they get what they want, the game will be worse, and the whole point of the competitive revamp of 3.0 will have been lost.
We should be talking about making sure a rational number of top level recruits are waiting long enough to accept effort from teams with early entries. More top 300 OVR recruits should have the late and whenever preferences. At least 40% each, of that subset of elite recruits. No more than 40% of elite recruits should be signing in the first period. More guys need to wait. That late preference should be tied to elite players the same way a preference for success and strong conference are. You fix the "problem" through making sure the preferences are rational. Make more elite recruits want to sign late, and make late mean the last 5-6 cycles.