[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

I hate how theres a coach skill that lets you know what play the opponent ran and gives a 25% chance of knowing what play they will run next.. That's part of being a coach, recognizing an offense and their tendencies, and being a good play caller. It seems EA has essentially conceded to the fact of stick skills being more important then football IQ to be good at this game. Instead of expecting you to recognize the offenses plays and tendencies the game tells you their play automatically. I cant believe how no one has brought this up yet.. its disgraceful that they would have a skill like that in my opinion. You used to be able to play Madden/NCAA and learn the game of football but now I fear its becoming more of an arcade style series where timing your jukes and pressing the right button is more important to winning then being able to read defenses and make smart calls. I fear a day when it will be impossible to 'out coach' your opponent.

Trust me, i was going to go on about this one in particular but i'm holding my tongue so I don't have to see people complain about me complaining (the irony). But yes, when I read the blog and saw this one it just confirmed all my feelings I had about this whole "coach skills" thing. Even other things like the one that prevents Icing the Kicker from having as much of an impact (did it really have much of an impact before?), that's something the player himself controls, not a coach. A coach can't make a kicker be composed, that's up to the kicker himself.