The gods just don't want me to be successful in Wilkenson. For the second time in three seasons, I've taken over a team where the coach decided to let the computer take walk-ons, instead of actually recruiting some freaking players. You'd think I'd learn my lesson and check these things before I applied for the job.

It's not the mistakes you make in life, it's how you respond to those mistakes. Rescind 2 or 3 of those Sim players, and get busy recruiting. It's not the end of the world.

What BJ said. I have done the same thing Indpnt. You "Can" make a silk purse out of a cows ear" if you're willing to do the work .

Just make sure you rescind those Sim players by the end of day tomorrow. That's when Wilk rolls over to the next season, and you can't rescind scholarships after the rollover.

Eh, I'll ride it out. Annoyed with my self for not looking at the roster before applying for the team. Oh well.

That is what I am doing now. All the players on my team are SIM recruits. I cut three and my rep dropped to B-.
Going to have 20 scholarships and no vision.
The one advantage I have....every recruit can be a freshman starter.

I'll survive. But there's a difference between a SIM recruit, and a SIM walk-on. SIM recruits can act as depth. SIM walk-ons are worthless.

Indpnt, if it helps any, i still had that team on my short list to apply for...they’ve got a solid base, you should still be able to compete your first season.

But, in the future, always check the roster, not just the record.

It would’ve been nice if Mr. One-and-done had recruited though...

Yeah, the team will be fine the upcoming season. But that (upcoming) Junior class has nothing in it. You're right, I need to be more careful about this. When I saw the coach who had the team before, and I recognized him as a good coach, I didn't even think to look to see if he had recruited. Who knows, he may have had something happen that prevented him from recruiting. No problem.

Deep rebuilds are the most fun...

What's the worst SIM you've ever rebuilt? For me it was a Valparaiso team in Warner with 12 wins in three seasons. It took me 7 tough seasons to dig my way out of that hole...

Just picked up Delaware State, I’d consider them a rebuild. We’ll see how it goes....

Just picked up this school in a literal div 2 move.
Don't have to worry about battling the top players for recruits.
All I am battling is SIM and DIV 3 players.
I don't have the vision to see the top players that human players want.
I made a lot of phone calls in the first round of recruiting and I got a lot of rude comments.

Sim rankings is the far right

159	Sim AI	5-8	3-5	3-5	2-3	115
158	Sim AI	1-12	0-8	0-6	1-6	139
157	Sim AI	3-10	2-6	1-7	2-3	135
156	Sim AI	1-12	1-7	0-6	1-6	138
155	Sim AI	2-11	1-7	1-8	1-3	143
154	Sim AI	2-11	1-7	0-6	2-5	142
153	Sim AI	2-11	1-7	2-6	0-5	140
152	Sim AI	5-8	3-5	1-5	4-3	129

Posted by scrodz on 1/23/2020 12:12:00 AM (view original):
What's the worst SIM you've ever rebuilt? For me it was a Valparaiso team in Warner with 12 wins in three seasons. It took me 7 tough seasons to dig my way out of that hole...

I took over Sam Houston State when the previous three seasons, it had a total of 4 wins. Two 1 win seasons, and one 2 win season. I was there for 6 seasons, with the last three seasons being 10 and 11 win seasons.

Rebuilds are not a problem, when that's what you're expecting. The present situation basically has a great senior class, but nothing else. No problem. I got lazy and I'll pay the price.

wdfox, you need to send out assistant coach scouts to find out the potential development of the players you want to sign. You want to sign as many High or Very High players that you are able to.

If you haven't read through at least the first part of this thread, you need to:

https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=451760