Posted by bhansalid00 on 2/25/2017 9:29:00 AM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 2/25/2017 7:10:00 AM (view original):
Incorrect. As both myself and stewdog stated, there ARE specific incidents that MIGHT cause a recruit to go to local college as opposed to some big time D1 halfway across the nation. Therefore, once in thousands of times seems pretty damn accurate.
Using words like "immaterial" and "nonstarter" are simply words to prohibit/discourage discussion. So, be a pal and let that be the last time you do it. Thanks in advance.
Mike, I chose those words carefully and I stand by them. Here's why.
1. Throughout the years, on chats and forum posts, WIS has said there are some recruiting "battles" that can never be won. Now, where that "hard line" is has obviously changed with 3.0, but it still exists. A D1 A++++ putting in huge effort, prefs and promises can never lose to a D3 D school with bad prefs putting in minimal effort. Can't happen. Not once in a thousand or trillion. If you're not ok with there being a hard line for extreme cases, take it up with the developers.
2. So the OP scenario is interesting because many of us feel it should be on the "never" side of the hard line. You're welcome to disagree with that and say it should be allowed infrequently. But the fact it "only happened once" doesn't matter for the question of whether it should ever happen.
3. Once every couple of weeks, someone brings up the "extenuating circumstances" argument. What if the recruit's mom got cancer and wants him to play at a specific place? Short answer: HD doesn't care. Mom's cancer, brother went there, Dad's sleeping with the AD's secretary - HD has already factored those types of chaotic events into the likelihood percentages. There are no "incidents" that aren't already baked into the equation. So again, the OP's example broke the hard line, and it doesn't matter for what reason that happened.
Sigh. When you choose those words, carefully or not, you say "This is not a discussion. This was wrong and any dissenting opinion is wrong. YOU need to come on over to my side."
I didn't read the rest because I know you are not open to discussion.
Nonetheless, here's the thing: You assume the developers did not want this to happen. Well, I'm of the belief, if they leave a school with a chance, i.e. 21% chance, there is a 1 in 5, roughly, chance they wanted them to get the recruit. Just because YOU don't think any 18 y/o would choose the local D3 over some D1 school doesn't mean it doesn't, or shouldn't, happen. I think the game worked EXACTLY as designed.