Posted by MikeT23 on 9/22/2017 5:36:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Benis on 9/22/2017 5:00:00 PM (view original):
This is kinda like someone who has run a 5K telling someone else they know what it's like to run a marathon. Understanding that you get really, really tired in a marathon isn't "rocket science" but when you have experience doing it, you just understand what it's like better.
But w/e. Do what you want.
Yeah, sounds wickedly different. You want good players at D1 and you have to compete for them. Nothing like that in D2 or D3. Cra-cra different.
If everyone is spread relatively evenly among D1/D2/D3, there are three national championships up for grabs. 48 teams make the S16. It's possible, even with a relatively limited pool of recruits, for a lot of the customers paying to play the game to have fun and enjoy some success.
If all (or most) of those paying customers are all at the same level with the same number of recruits, suddenly far less people are having success. That makes the game less fun for most those coaches.
I don't see it as a huge problem given that a) it won't happen and b) there are nine other worlds to choose from if you don't want to play that way. But I can see someone not liking it if they have already invested a lot of time in Rupp getting to D1 and suddenly the dynamics of the game change significantly.