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I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find anything about it.

I'm wondering about the effect of the coach ratings. Each of the three types of coach has certain ratings highlighted (position development for the coordinators, motivation and playcalling for the head coaches, etc.), and clearly these are meant to be the most important ratings for that type of coach, but it isn't clear whether the non-highlighted ratings are at all important. It doesn't make sense that a defensive coordinator would have any impact on the development of offensive players, but it does seem he would have a large impact on defensive playcalling (possibly even more than the head coach!), and probably motivation and discipline too. The question is whether or not this is true in the game. Does anyone know?

Anybody? Even if nobody knows for sure, I'd be curious to hear how other people are deciding which coaches to hire. I've been using mostly the highlighted ratings, but I don't totally ignore the others, just in case.

I know that what you know about your players abilities depends largely on the strength of your scout.

I'll try bumping this one more time :)

SlapBone, I'm not even talking about scouts here. Just the three types of coaches, and which ratings are relevant to each.

I think the non-highlighted ones are there because all coaches have to be rated in everything (much like players are rated in everything but you only see the relevant ones to their position) and in case you want to promote them/change their jobs.

I think only the highlighted ratings are relevant in game.

But like Chubby said, the other ratings are there in case the guy changes jobs.