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#5732	02/20/2019 7:17:08 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
jakala Joined: 10/21/2018 Posts: 148 Inactive	+1 to Rock. Thanks to give us Information of recruiting factors, they sure really help. But i also think 'we' need a little bit information of prospect feedback. Possibly about: How long they will wait to commit and what they think about our school (league level, playing time, etc). So 'we' can decide either to stick on him (by adding more contacts) or move on and keep an eye to another prospects. Here at HW, contacts are precious to recruit 'decent' players (different from BB drafting system). I believe no team would like to waste contacts, if they are not sure to win a 'decent prospect'.
#5735	02/20/2019 9:21:24 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
BradenWoA Joined: 12/02/2018 Posts: 276 Houston Cougars IV.5	I actually disagree--I think the ambiguity is important to prevent the game from simply becoming a number crunching exercise, and also for realism. We should know in the extreme cases--I'd say if a player's interest weight for a certain category is 2+ standard deviations above or below the mean, assuming somewhat normal distribution, have a note of it in their scouting report, but the majority of players shouldn't reveal their weights. In real life, players don't have a formula for selecting a school--all the factors are weighed in the decision, and they can only really tell you if something is of no importance to them, or of very high importance to them.
#5737	02/20/2019 9:42:34 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
FurySK Joined: 12/17/2018 Posts: 170 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles VI.24	i'll also throw the -1 out for the same reasons as listed above for the most part. I don't mind some recruits occasionally saying "wants to commit early" or "values playing time" here and there, or even if a "recruit interest gauge update" happening that updates some recruits over time globally. Or really, any idea that doesn't create private information i'd be willing to consider.... just hate the idea that keeps being thrown at the wall.
#5738	02/20/2019 9:47:40 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
mukilteomike Joined: 07/04/2018 Posts: 276 Inactive	-1 from me as well
#5739	02/20/2019 10:29:24 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	No sure where this false idea about private information started floating about. Giving us feedback about whether or not a recruit is interested has nothing to do with private information. It could be as simple as printing on the player page that playing time is very important to them. Right now playing time is a complete mystery which makes it so some players take 70 Contacts to get to High interest, while others take 16 Contacts. That is far beyond ambiguity. It just turns recruiting into an RNG fest.
#5741	02/20/2019 10:51:49 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
mukilteomike Joined: 07/04/2018 Posts: 276 Inactive	They're high school kids and you want a formula explaining them. Good luck with that.
#5742	02/20/2019 11:17:54 pm	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
BradenWoA Joined: 12/02/2018 Posts: 276 Houston Cougars IV.5	I agree with Mike here. Unless it’s of huge importance, or no importance, a recruit likely won’t be able to tell you how much a single facet of a school matters.
#5747	02/21/2019 5:47:43 am	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
Dcmrulz Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 99 Inactive	Yeah i kind of agree with mike too. The whole process feels more realistic not knowing what factors matter more for a recruit. Just like reality, it probably does take a faraway and not as prestigious team a few more contacts to get a recruits attention than a closer school or a more prestigious school.
#5752	02/21/2019 8:08:19 am	Oct 16th, 2004	Ignore
Reneverse Joined: 11/08/2018 Posts: 63 Inactive	In my opinion I should say we should do values what the recruit values and that the more you contact the recruit the more you will find out about the recruit just like real life and then if u find that his values dont match yours then you should just drop the recruit and go for someone else.
#5761	02/21/2019 2:19:42 pm	Oct 20th, 2004	Ignore
BigBallerPeter Joined: 02/13/2018 Posts: 346 Inactive	Conference level, winning, and coach recruiting is why my teams recruiting is consistently good. I kind of would have thought playing time would hurt my recruiting as I redshirt nearly everybody. Agree with -1 to Rocks idea Updated Thursday, February 21 2019 @ 2:21:21 pm PST

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