Posted by kcsundevil on 3/11/2019 2:20:00 PM (view original):
Make it easier to move up. No other fix matters.
Most noobs bounce as soon as they figure out how long it will take to get to the bottom of D1. True for both HD and GD.
And seble is wasting all his limited time for these games on spiffying up recruiting. Mind-boggling.
That doesn't fix anything. Assuming that is the reason noobs would bounce right away, then you can also assume they only want to get to D1 quickly to get to the top teams everyone knows, such as a Duke or UNC. Someone is not rushing to get to D1 so they can be UC Riverside. Once they realize those teams aren't opening up anytime soon, they would bounce anyways.
You're correct on the recruiting issue, because recruiting was never the issue with the game. It shouldn't have been drastically changed like it was. Minor tweaks, sure, but the major changes drove the game into significantly reduced populations.