Posted by pdxblazerfan on 6/22/2018 10:45:00 AM (view original):
Posted by masonwr on 6/22/2018 10:28:00 AM (view original):
Out of curiosity, are you really getting that much of a benefit in recruiting by promising 25 minutes instead of 20 or 15?
This. I don't see ANY advantage. Promising minutes only makes sense on guys that have a "wants to play" preference in 3.0. You are trying to promise those minutes as early as possible to get that preference to very good so it multiplies the efforts of your attention points. 15 minutes gets all players to very good, so what is the point in ever promising 20 or 25??? I've won many battles (in d2) over d1 schools and human d2 coaches where I only promised 15. In the battles that I didn't win it was because I lost the dice roll when heavily favored.
There is definitely an advantage. It’s bigger if the player wants to play, because then it’s applied to all the other effort as well. But even if the player doesn’t care about PT, promises have stand alone value, and 25 minutes is 25% more than 20. It’s noticeable. At ACU, because I run FB/press, I have never promised 25, and I have lost and even been locked out of battles I am pretty sure I would have otherwise won/gotten in on.
As mully says, it’s a tool. There is risk and reward, and as a coach you need to navigate that.