Coaching Carousel: Love It or Hate It?

[jaymo76]

Last night I was up until 4am playing as the OC of Syracuse. I'm playing on AA as always with similar sliders to last year (though I still need to adjust the run game). At this point I am 4-2 getting ready to be demolished by West Vriginia. My wife asked me if I am "loving" carousel as much as I thought.... truthful answer~ I'm not sure. I think I was expecting a little more. Don't get me wrong it's a lot of fun but there are some major issues to "get over.

Positives:
-coach contracts are awesome
-name/signature is a nice touch
-being able to see all of the other coaches prestige/goals is great
-customization powers with bowls/conferences is a nice addition
-use of custom playbooks with CC is absolutely phenomenal!!!
-games are very quick (30 mins for 8 min quarters)
-I am extremely excited about "job offers" in the offseason. That looks great!
-I feel more immersed in my CONFERENCE seeing how my fellow coaches are doing
-I am constantly "checking" on my HC and DC to see if they are up or down

** Yes the positives in the mode are really strong positives. However, there are a lot of things I don't like so much.

-OC/DC should not do team recruiting (HOUSE RULE~100% done by cpu now)
-I can't punt, kickoff, kick return, punt return or be involved with special teams
-no input on 4th down decisions... let me give advice???
-continually press R1 to see each defensive play if I want to watch them
-if I don't have the ball I miss game track and quarter ending collages
-I have no feel for my team since I don't know the defense at all
-super sim at times still feels off. I give up 13 to USC but 35 to Tulane???
-coach design options are down right horrific!!!
-BIGGEST ISSUE~ I feel very much isolated when playing the game. There is no flow, no home field advantage, no invollvment in all aspects of the game.

So what's the verdict? Well, if I had to choose between this year and last... hands down NCAA 12 and the carousel. I jst keep telling myself that it will all be worth it when I get my "first HC job. Then, I will truly be master and commander. That's my take; what's yours???