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#21327	Forum >> Discussions >> Josue Carrasco	Fireballer34	05/04/2024 1:59:03 pm
You’ll have to inform me of what this “curse” is lol.
#21328	Forum >> Discussions >> Coaches are the worst part of the game	Stromstar	05/05/2024 1:43:06 am
Needs a total rework. No, I don't have ideas or suggestions, but its current form is lackluster at best
#21329	Forum >> Discussions >> Coaches are the worst part of the game	admin	05/05/2024 8:30:26 am
I'm not going to disagree with you here -- it's one of the game's weakest implementations. It's a bit hard, because in real college basketball, the head coach's influence on the program is huge. But that wouldn't really work in a game like this -- we need a flatter playing field. So we have this -- and the influence of coaches is just very small. People stress and complain about it, but the effect on winning and losing is much below other factors - like players, game tactics, game management etc. Steve
#21330	Forum >> Off Topic >> AI Art	Ced	05/05/2024 12:28:20 pm
Idk, link not working. Updated Sunday, May 5 2024 @ 5:57:13 pm PDT
#21331	Forum >> Discussions >> Coaches are the worst part of the game	Blackbeard	05/05/2024 2:57:16 pm
I don't have a problem with the coaches and thats probably because I have no idea what they actually do to either help or hinder a teams performance. How much does a coach that has 0 on recruiting (or anything else) and 20 on recruiting help? Do you get zero help for a 0 and say 20% improvement on one that has a 20? And on offense, does a coach with zero offense mean that the team will stink on offense and a 20 mean they will be great or at least be able to play above their actual skill level because in RL, coaches can have a lot of influence on what the team actually does on the field or court. Knowing simple things like that might be helpful to understand on a lot of things that are a total mystery and I could go on and on. Plus I wish that it wasn't so darn hard to actually get a good one or even a descent one. They are so rare and hard to find. Other than that its perfectly fine, with me. If they actually just look nice while doing nothing then thats fine too but it would be nice to know that. lol
#21332	Forum >> Discussions >> Josue Carrasco	gards710	05/05/2024 8:43:54 pm
They always seem to disappoint, that's all. And by "always", I mean I have a sample size of like 3 players lol. It's clearly a thorough study that proves the statistical significance that 14 pot 5* players are actually bad investments. But there are more tangible reasons that I have for not wanting to invest much into Carrasco that anyone should be able to see.
#21333	Forum >> Discussions >> Coaches are the worst part of the game	Ced	05/06/2024 9:09:34 am
Well, OP's feelings are valid and Blackbeard's too. Blackbeard I think wants a guided, Ubisoft type of gaming experience and those are games that I have tried but quickly relegated them to my backlog, meanwhile I've finished many and most FromSoftware games which are games that don't tell you hardly anything. We have to accept each gamemaster as they are and decide if we will play. But I wouldn't be so harsh on our gamemaster Steve and quickly post worst game eva!!1 without offering a view into the past of the Hardwood sandbox. He always listens and advances and improves his games, no question. In the playtesting days we had one head coach, no assistants, now there are three assistants. Head coach had four attributes, now there are six for all coaches. FOMO no lifers who can change, but prob won't change their tactics sniped assistants on flip day season after season, dropped assistants from their second teams and into the pool to be sniped by others online or into their other team, and the gamemaster nerfed this practice to protect the community as was described in the Commitment to Competitive Play. So what are we left with. We click on New Coach, and everyone looks exactly the same. 10's in everything. "Hire the young guy" is the meta for most. Guy from a cool ass hometown who might grow is the meta for others. So having experienced the frustration of Stromstar and Blackbeard in the past, being offline during most season flips due to graveyard shifts and girlfriend shifts, I interviewed selected and hired Chappy Lewis as head coach with a coach card of 10s everywhere. He never thought he would coach again. He was out of basketball and ignored by the 1,000 Hardwood schools for two years. IU was a program in Division 3, Division 2 for 14 years so Chappy was of course not interested at all! My other President friends hired others and their coach cards never got above 14 in skills, but as the gamemaster says the coach at this point in time is somewhat arbitrary. But Chappy Lewis has demonstrated to be elite and so the IU program has a roleplaying story that makes coaches the greatest part of the game. So the community must listen to the gamemaster when he says it is a low priority hire and strategic choice within his game. Athletic head coaches at universities are sometimes the highest paid government employee in their entire state. That would not work here. Level playing field. Someday maybe we will see the development finances, salary cap, waiver wire system for a hot stove period of the year, less severe fog of war on the coach cards, hide the coaches age. Talk to you later.
#21334	Forum >> Discussions >> Coaches are the worst part of the game	gards710	05/06/2024 10:03:32 am
That's a fantastic story about Coach Chappy!
#21335	Forum >> Discussions >> The High School Freshman Draft	Fireballer34	05/06/2024 12:51:18 pm
Any interest in bringing this back?
#21336	Forum >> Discussions >> Josue Carrasco	Bielsa	05/07/2024 12:41:28 pm
Had only one experience with 14 pot 5* with Riley and it is tough first since you want to give playing time to develop while winning but in the end it pays off I think. Everything builds up to the JR and SR season... Will see how it ends for me.

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