03-21-2004, 08:01 AM | #1 | ||
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FBCB Question-Retirement
I am 81, in the game not in real life ,and just won a third championship and 3 of my top players are leaving early. I am almost thinking of just quitting and starting over because I would like to retire on my own terms.
So I have a couple of questions: When does the game force you to retire? Can I coach till I am 100 or 200? Or is there a set age like 85 where I will be carted off on a stretcher? If I am forced to retire can I keep the league history and start off with another school? Any help would be much appreciated. |
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03-21-2004, 09:18 AM | #2 |
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You can retire, and create a new guy, perhaps your son, or in this case, your grand son. Heh.
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03-21-2004, 09:19 AM | #3 | |
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03-21-2004, 09:32 AM | #4 |
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Of course, it will be the same league.
Your coaching history will be anew as a new guy, but you can also go back and look at your retired guy if he's top 50 in any of the career coaching records. |
03-21-2004, 10:15 AM | #5 |
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Make your grandson a coach but with his alma mater as your guy's most prolific team.
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03-21-2004, 10:16 AM | #6 |
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Or you can do what Dick Bennett is doing at Washington State and take the job so your son can have the job when you retire
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03-21-2004, 10:43 AM | #7 |
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I don't think anyone has actually answered the question of forced retirement. The game doesn't actually ever force you to retire. You could coach to 150 if you wanted.
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03-21-2004, 12:19 PM | #8 |
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There is no forced retirement. I'd also suggest that you don't "retire" your coach. Just quit the current job and then create a new, or edit an existing coach to use.
What I have done with my most recent career is this: Coach 1: Started out as an assistant coach at Arizona and I let him play on computer control for three seasons. When he got his first coaching job, I used the coach editor to change him to human and take control. I coached with him from 2006-2050 (1194 wins, 7 NCAA championships). In 2035 he hired an assistant coach for the minimum salary of $30,000. When I quit coaching Coach1 in 2050, I changed Coach2 to human. Coach2: I've coached this guy from 2051-2075 and he's now 67 and ready to retire. (954 wins, 6 NCAA championships) 5 seasons ago I hired a 20-something year old assistant for $30,000 again, and when I decide to retire Coach2, I'll edit that assistant to be my new coach. By limiting myself to coaches that I can only hire as assistants for $30,000 I usually get a good challenge at the beginning of their careers before working my way up to a good job. I don't RETIRE the coach, because I like to be able to go back and click on them to look at their ratings/stats/etc... I've found this method very enjoyable. |
03-21-2004, 01:55 PM | #9 |
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I was considering forced retirement at one point but decided it was best to leave that decision up to the person playing the game.
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03-21-2004, 02:04 PM | #10 | |
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How about a "coach career" mode? You'd start off with a certain number of points to allocate--and they'd be partially based on your age, and partially on whether you choose to start as an assistant, or as a Head Coach. If you start as a 24-year-old assistant, your best job offer might be scouting director at an Indy. You'd then have the game sim forward until you got a Head Coach offer, then you'd take over that team--surely a weak one. Coach Career mode would have forced retirements, and its own record book. Just a thought.
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03-21-2004, 02:36 PM | #11 | |
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That sounds like that would be a lot of fun if implemented properly. |
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