PH'15: Offseason, 2013

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced. Welcome to the Offseason!

We are now at the Coaching Carousel. The consensus on allowing Coaching Carousel seemed to be positive, so all jobs are open.

Agency is first on the clock, with an offer from Penn State.

[gschwendt]

I'll be remaining at Arkansas State for the duration of the OD.

[JBHuskers]

I'll weigh my options. Are we allowing the recruiting of :4star: this season or not til next?

[skipwondah33]

I'd like to take a job like that if one comes up

[JeffHCross]

Agency declines all offers and elects to stay at UCF.

[JeffHCross]

Escobar declines all offers and elects to stay at Houston.

[JeffHCross]

I'll weigh my options. Are we allowing the recruiting of :4star: this season or not til next?
One more season of :3star:, then :4star: starting in Year 3.

[TheAgency]

I know my clock just passed but I assumed we all were limited to three star schools the same as recruiting. Is that what's going on here or is everyone available to go wherever? Seems like it would throw off the balance of talent and recruiting.

[gschwendt]

I know my clock just passed but I assumed we all were limited to three star schools the same as recruiting. Is that what's going on here or is everyone available to go wherever? Seems like it would throw off the balance of talent and recruiting.
I would agree with this as well... I'm personally not a fan of free-range of any school, especially not this early.

[JeffHCross]

I'm open to discussion on that point. I wanted to have a discussion on this earlier, but there wasn't much discussion in the other offseason thread.

I'm personally staying at Kansas for the duration of the OD.

[gschwendt]

I'm open to discussion on that point. I wanted to have a discussion on this earlier, but there wasn't much discussion in the other offseason thread.

I'm personally staying at Kansas for the duration of the OD.
I didn't want to interject my opinion in that discussion since I'm more of an affiliate member so I don't believe I have a vote in the matter.

I'm good with whatever everyone decides... like I said, I have every intention of staying at Arkansas State.

[TheAgency]

I didn't want to interject my opinion in that discussion since I'm more of an affiliate member so I don't believe I have a vote in the matter.

I'm good with whatever everyone decides... like I said, I have every intention of staying at Arkansas State.

I didn't think my vote carried much weight behind but also thought if we did have the option to change, strictly based off the recruiting restrictions we would be limited to three star schools.

[JeffHCross]

I didn't think my vote carried much weight behind but also thought if we did have the option to change, strictly based off the recruiting restrictions we would be limited to three star schools.That would make no sense, as many of our teams (myself and Skip at the very least, those are the only ones I've checked) have jumped from 3-star to 4-star thanks to our bowl visits. So there'd be no reason to limit it to just 3-stars. We can easily limit ourselves to 3-star players without being 3-star teams.

FWIW, Penn State is only a 4-star team at this time, since that's the job offer that more or less kickstarted this discussion.

[JeffHCross]

Currently on the clock: Skip
Job Offer Maryland (4-star)

Skip is considering the offer from Maryland and will review it once he gets a chance. Because BYU is currently 4-star, it would be a lateral move.

[TheAgency]

That would make no sense, as many of our teams (myself and Skip at the very least, those are the only ones I've checked) have jumped from 3-star to 4-star thanks to our bowl visits. So there'd be no reason to limit it to just 3-stars. We can easily limit ourselves to 3-star players without being 3-star teams.

FWIW, Penn State is only a 4-star team at this time, since that's the job offer that more or less kickstarted this discussion.

I guess I should rephrase that statement. You inherit 4/5 start talent instead of building it through recruiting. Penn State may have been a five star school but because of a sub par season they dropped a star. I accept and immediately pick up 5 star talent.

[skipwondah33]

Unless any objections I'd like to accept the Maryland position.

Some work needs to be done since they are in worse shape than BYU

[marcotte14]

I object!!!......only because I want that job lol.

[JeffHCross]

JB is on the clock. He has been offered the head coaching job at :UL_Monroe:.

[skipwondah33]

I object!!!......only because I want that job lol.

lol I wanted them to begin with since I live here now, (or WVU) but they were a 4*. They will be under 80 rating next season.

[JeffHCross]

We have completed the Coaching Carousel.

Major changes:
User changes
skip has moved from BYU to Maryland
Houston's OC Major Applewhite left to become Illinois' head coach.
Cincinnati's OC Eddie Gran left to become Purdue's head coach.
UCF's OC Charlie Taaffe left to become Missouri's head coach.
NC State's DC Dave Huxtable was fired.

SEC HC Changes
Gary Pinkel was fired as Missouri's HC. Charlie Taaffle was hired from UCF (OC).

Big Ten HC Changes
James Franklin was fired as Penn State HC. Jeff Brohm was hired from Western Kentucky.

Pac-12 HC Changes
skip left BYU for Maryland. BYU promoted their OC to HC.
Mike Gundy was fired as Oklahoma State HC. Skip Holtz was hired from LA Tech.
Sonny Dykes was fired as Cal HC. Dino Babers was hired from Bowling Green.

I will advance once the Alabama/Ole Miss game is completed.

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced to Players Leaving.

Deadline: Monday morning at 8 am central.

I'm going to try to follow a more-or-less 24-hr deadline schedule for the offseason. If anyone doesn't believe they can stick to that, please speak up sooner rather than later.

[JeffHCross]

Schools with Players Leaving to complete:
Arkansas State
Cincinnati
Georgia Tech
Maryland

[marcotte14]

Cincy done

[gschwendt]

I'll take care of mine sometime today.

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[gschwendt]

Arkansas State ready to advance.

The Red Wolves lose their likely starter at QB for next season due to home sickness.

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[skipwondah33]

Maryland done

Lost everyone that wanted to leave. FS got drafted, SS graduated and back up SS who was going to start transferred!!! Promised him everything. Couldnt bring myself to promising him more than 3 interceptions...because we all know that won't happen lol

[JeffHCross]

Then you didn't promise him everything, lol :D

[JBHuskers]

I love doing my offseason stuff on the web, and it is so annoying that I can't log into the dynasty website.

[skipwondah33]

Then you didn't promise him everything, lol :DWell it was everything to me lol. Start 9 games, make 60 tackles I believe. Though I know that could have been higher but again he wasn't going to get 100 tackles...maybe miss 100 tackles haha. Same for interceptions.

So I'll be fielding a walkon Strong Safety or very inexperienced one.... :fdown:.

[JeffHCross]

Arkansas State had a TE drafted in the 7th round
Cincinnati had a WR go in the 1st and a DE in the 5th
Georgia Tech saw a CB her drafted in the 2nd and DT in the 7th.
Houston's SS had his name called in the 5th.
Maryland's FS was part of the 6th.
SMU's WR received a call in the 5th.

Kansas, NC State and UCF had no drafted players.

Ohio State had 9 drafted players, including Cardale Jones in the 3rd. Joey Bosa did not declare for the draft.

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced to Recruiting!

Deadline: Wednesday morning at 8 am central.

[gschwendt]

Arkansas State ready to advance.

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[skipwondah33]

Maryland ready....and ouch at class lol

[TheAgency]

RTA

[marcotte14]

Cincy ready

[JeffHCross]

Just waiting on ecrip and Snoop. Both have been texted.

[JeffHCross]

Final recruiting rankings:


Rank
School
:4star:
:3star:
:2star:
:1star:


32
NC State
0
23
0
1


64
Arkansas State
0
15
4
0


72
Houston
0
14
2
3


88
Kansas
0
12
4
1


115
UCF
0
10
1
1


119
Georgia Tech
0
10
0
1


120
Maryland
0
8
1
4


125
Cincinnati
0
6
1
0


126
SMU
0
4
2
0




BYU signed 5 halfbacks :D

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced to Position Changes.

We will advance again Thursday morning by 8 am central.

[skipwondah33]

Sounds about right all 3 on the roster were Seniors :D

Ugly season ahead for the Terps

[gschwendt]

We have advanced to Position Changes.

We will advance again Thursday morning by 8 am central.
Arkansas State done with position changes.

This season looks brighter for the Red Wolves so long as the QBs don't fuck it up too badly.

[skipwondah33]

Maryland done with position changes

[marcotte14]

Cincy done with position changes

[JeffHCross]

I heard from Escobar that he won't be ready until tomorrow afternoon. I'll be advancing tomorrow night after work.

[JeffHCross]

Arkansas State done with position changes.

This season looks brighter for the Red Wolves so long as the QBs don't fuck it up too badly.G, what are your plans for next season?

[gschwendt]

G, what are your plans for next season?
Go ahead and put me in a user conference. I may have to sim some games but we'll see how it goes.

[JeffHCross]

As I just posted in a new thread, I'm looking to overhaul the sliders to ramp up the CPU challenge next season. One of the changes will be turning Home Field Advantage ON. To that end, we will be on the Custom Conferences stage of the offseason over the weekend, which is also where everyone can reset your coach skill points if you want to account for HFA being on.

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced to Cut Players.

Deadline: Saturday morning, 7 am central.

[JeffHCross]

Kansas has no players that need cutting.

[gschwendt]

I believe I have 5 or 6 that I'll have to cut. I'll do mine tomorrow morning.

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[marcotte14]

No cuts needed for UC.

[gschwendt]

Arkansas State done with cuts. Had to make some hard decisions letting go of some seniors that were buried on the depth chart.

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[skipwondah33]

Wil be getting mine in here shortly at lunch

[skipwondah33]

Maryland done

[JeffHCross]

We have advanced to Custom Conferences.

Deadline: Monday morning, 8 am central.

This stage also allows us to Reset our Coach Skills. You can do it from the Coach Skills Tree screen. Keep in mind that next season's sliders will have HFA turned ON.

I will be out tonight. Please participate in the slider and conference discussions so we can move ahead by Monday morning.

[JeffHCross]

Reminder: I plan to advance tomorrow morning, though right now it doesn't look like the conferences are set. If you want to reset your coach skills, now's the time!

[JeffHCross]

Until we have a consensus on the conferences, I don't see a point in moving past the Custom Conferences stage.

[TheAgency]

Until we have a consensus on the conferences, I don't see a point in moving past the Custom Conferences stage.

We gotta dig in today as a group and talk this out.
No issues- ecrip, esco, G, skip
Can't connect- JB
Yet to play- Jeff, Marcotte, snoop
I can move to another conference if it makes moving us along an easier.