Quote Originally Posted by TIMB0B View Post
What about offseason training results? I'm not sure how it works now, but if the training could be conducive to coach philosophy, which means philosophy would have to expand to position groups. The same approach could be applied as done in recruiting preferences of positions, for example: QB recruit preference is scrambler, balanced, or pocket passer. So, have a training section to focus on how you want your players to develop. Let's say balanced is 1 to 1, but if you have a run block OL and want to focus on pass block, you will see a 2 to 1 growth in that training. Obviously, results would still depend on hidden potential, and athletic facilities could have an impact too.


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I absolutely agree that coaching philosophy needs to be expanded. It can easily be tied into coaching carousel too. I believe that the game is best when you have control of how you want to play as your team. I've always been against position restrictions or limitations, but at the same time, everything needs to have a pro and con to it.

For example: coaching carousel could greatly be expanded....not necessarily meaning to have an entire staff, but to have coaches with a position specialty (USC HC Clay Helton is a former qb coach, nick Saban specializes with defensive backs, Urban Meyer works with qb's, etc). On your 3 person staff, each coach needs a position specialty. Having a HC and OC who specialize in WR's can greatly boost WR training results in the offseason, BUT have a very limited increase in RB offseason training. All other positions on offense get somewhere in between. A RB/OL coaching tandom could see great running game training boosts, but the passing game suffers. Everything has a pro and con to it. Not only does that offer more opportunities to differentiate your team from the next, it can help the cpu play more life-like, and it forces you to be more aware of your team and play to your strengths.

I also agree that we should have some kind of day over how our players improve in their offseason training. Maybe an in season training focus could be added every week, where you give certain position groups certain goals, and if they meet those goals during the game, they receive a ratings boost. Qb accuracy could improve by throwing to 4 different receivers. Or another goal could be completing a pass to 6 of 9 throwing zones (short/medium/long X left/middle/right). A DL goal could be to get a sack with every D-lineman. Etc...