Rising Coaching Star Season 1 (FBCB)

Young Drachma · 05-24-2012, 08:04 PM

Ok, so I just wanted to do a quick dynasty before I leave for the weekend. I also wanted to do one that incorporated my last weekend waste of time silly project called the FBCB Coach Salary calculator. I wanted to know when it would be a good time for a young coach to make jumps to jobs at a higher level. Rather than just visceral decisions, wanted it to be based on actual financials and other resource-laden issues.

Because this is a 50-year dynasty that will be done in one night, I'm going to go quite quickly. Also, I finally went through and reverted my files back to guys names and so, for the first time that I can remember, I'm actually going to play FBCB (outside of my online league) with actual dudes.

Anyway...I've installed a real coach names file for giggles and we'll get going.

I've started in 1912, but consider it as 2012 and moving forward..I just can't start in the modern and go into the future from scratch, it messses with my head.

We're going to start our guy at a small school and see if he manages to have any success at all. He'll start off with an initial contract and then we'll revisit his first deal after 3 years, though if something happens during that first three years that make us revisit it soon, then we'll also do that.

From there, we'll just keep moving along. Like I said, I'm going to be light in the details department unless someone seizes in and wants specifics. Just curious to see how this works out. I was inspired by these mid-major coaches who get programs, have some success in those jobs and manage to flip them into successful gigs and to play with the idea of whether you'd stay with a program like that (a la Gonzaga, Butler, VCU) or take a job and go elsewhere with it.

PILOT

So for starters, instead of having him start at a bottom basement program and work his way completely up -- mostly because that'd take a lot of time -- we're going to go the Brad Stevens route and have him inherit a program that's no higher than a 50 prestige in a conference that's no more than a 3 prestige.

One of the rules is that conference prestige is turned off and conference moves are also turned off (I'll do the latter manually) so it will force programs to top out at a certain level or not.

Even though I hate it, I also have the game activated to allow recruits to opt out and go to the pros. I think it'll do interesting things to parity and might level the field for the mid-majors in big ways. Injuries are on, academic suspensions off.

The CIT is turned on, but the CBI is turned off for the time being.

Young Drachma · 05-24-2012, 09:20 PM

So the idea is to pick a program that's in a mid-major conference with a team prestige not over 50. I wanted to pick a program that we'd heard of in the past, maybe that has had some mid-major success in real life, so it'd be a good leaping point for our new coach.

Anyway, after doing some evaluating our options, our coach Skip Winston is going to be the new head coach at Winthrop!

He's starting as a Level 0 coach. His first contract will pay him $104,371 per season. We'll start with a 3-year deal and see where that leads us.

Winthrop plays in the Big South (We're using the 2014 alignments in-game with no DC changes yet) and they're a 47 prestige program.

Young Drachma · 05-24-2012, 10:17 PM

1912-13 SEASON

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WINTHROP  Schedule

  Date        Opponent                  Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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  11/14/12    vs. #22 Ohio State          24-4   18       L  96-56          0-1
  12/04/12    Nebraska-Omaha              2-28  304       W  71-66          1-1
  12/06/12    Florida A&M                 6-21  286       W  70-63          2-1
  12/11/12    at Oakland                 18-11  144       W  76-68          3-1
  12/14/12    at #20 UCLA                 24-4   11       L  82-52          3-2
  12/18/12    Army                        3-26  284       W  77-63          4-2
  12/21/12    at Loyola-Maryland          8-21  295       W  76-65          5-2
  12/24/12    at Central Florida         11-17  110       W  79-70          6-2
  12/27/12    at Northern Colorado       11-18  196       W  77-56          7-2
  12/29/12    Houston Baptist             4-23  321       W  85-65          8-2
  01/02/13    Charleston Southern        10-19  257       L  60-50    8-3 (0-1)
  01/04/13    at Coastal Carolina         9-20  278       L  68-65    8-4 (0-2)
  01/09/13    Presbyterian                9-20  267       W  71-62    9-4 (1-2)
  01/11/13    at VMI                     14-15  195       W  78-60   10-4 (2-2)
  01/16/13    Longwood                    5-24  308       W  76-47   11-4 (3-2)
  01/18/13    Liberty                    18-11  135       L  68-59   11-5 (3-3)
  01/23/13    Gardner Webb               13-16  302       W  80-62   12-5 (4-3)
  01/25/13    at High Point              13-16  161       W  64-54   13-5 (5-3)
  01/30/13    at Radford                 19-10  236       W  76-71   14-5 (6-3)
  02/01/13    at Longwood                 5-24  308       W  77-66   15-5 (7-3)
  02/06/13    at Charleston Southern     10-19  257       W  67-59   16-5 (8-3)
  02/08/13    High Point                 13-16  161       W  94-61   17-5 (9-3)
  02/13/13    at UNC Asheville           12-17  211       W  85-80  18-5 (10-3)
  02/15/13    at Liberty                 18-11  135       W  87-81  19-5 (11-3)
  02/20/13    Coastal Carolina            9-20  278       W  78-68  20-5 (12-3)
  02/22/13    Campbell                    3-26  311       W  79-68  21-5 (13-3)
  02/27/13    VMI                        14-15  195       W  73-57  22-5 (14-3)
  03/01/13    at Presbyterian             9-20  267       L  62-57  22-6 (14-4)

Here's the results from the first regular season. We'll now head to the Big South tournament. We're obviously a one-bid league, but if we get upset in the tourney, we're not going to get an at-large. But at least we know we'll be headed to the NIT no matter what by virtue of winning the regular season title.

Sure enough, we choked in the 2nd round of the conference tournament to Charleston Southern 64-57. So we'll await the NIT pairings.

We end up as an #8 seed in the NIT and will play #1 Richmond in the 1st round. We lose 87-69 and end the year 22-8.

Young Drachma · 05-24-2012, 11:41 PM

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WINTHROP  Potential

 Player             Pos   Yr  Ins  Jps  Fts  3ps  Hnd  Pas  Orb  Drb  Psd  Prd  Stl  Blk
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 Abram Dampier        C  Sr*    B    F    D    D    F    C    C    B    D    C    D    A
 Jack Bravo          PG  Sr*    C    C    D    C    B    C    D    F    D    D    D    F
 Kurt Cone           PF   Sr    B    C    D    F    D    F    B    B    C    D    C    B
 Stephen Wallace     SF  Jr*    D    A    A    C    D    C    D    F    C    D    C    C
 Bryant Bankston     SF   Jr    D    C    D    D    B    C    B    F    B    C    C    D
 Mitchell Morrow     SF  So*    D    B    C    C    C    F    C    C    D    C    C    D
 Stevie Lawrence     PG   Fr    D    A    B    C    C    D    C    D    C    D    A    D
 Hyman Hunter        SG   Fr    C    B    B    C    C    B    F    D    F    F    D    F
 Jamie Pike          PG   Fr    D    A    B    B    A    C    C    D    C    D    F    F
 Brenton Cedillo      C   Fr    D    F    F    F    C    F    C    A    C    D    C    B

So heading into the 2nd season, we did a bit of a Larry Brown at SMU on the roster, so that the Year 3 team will possibly be the strongest class yet. We'll see how our recruiting efforts yield, we don't exactly have the most stellar recruiting staff in the world.

Still with another weak schedule in the books, the hope is that we can do what last year's team failed to do. I doubt we'll be that successful with a skeleton crew, but if we can at least tread water and make the CIT, we'll consider it a successful year.

Young Drachma · 05-25-2012, 12:08 AM

As expected, Winthrop is just a cut above the rest of the Big South conference.

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WINTHROP  Schedule

  Date        Opponent                  Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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  11/10/13    vs. Texas-San Antonio       7-22  279       W  63-57          1-0
  11/12/13    vs. Illinois State          26-5   34       L  75-52          1-1
  11/25/13    Savannah State              7-22  274       W  55-53          2-1
  11/27/13    Morehead State             15-16  169       W  52-49          3-1
  12/03/13    Youngstown State            6-25  287       W  82-68          4-1
  12/07/13    at South Dakota State       6-24  324       W  60-36          5-1
  12/13/13    at William & Mary           6-24  299       L  76-74          5-2
  12/17/13    at Wofford                 12-19  246       W  71-61          6-2
  12/19/13    at Colorado                18-11   71       L  77-54          6-3
  12/22/13    at Army                     6-24  277       W  77-36          7-3
  12/24/13    at Houston Baptist         12-17  154       W  81-54          8-3
  01/01/14    at Charleston Southern     13-18  230       W  72-53    9-3 (1-0)
  01/03/14    VMI                         9-22  301       W  63-50   10-3 (2-0)
  01/08/14    Presbyterian                7-23  334       W  72-49   11-3 (3-0)
  01/10/14    at Longwood                 9-22  270       W  61-42   12-3 (4-0)
  01/15/14    Liberty                    18-14  190       W  62-48   13-3 (5-0)
  01/17/14    at Radford                 15-15  174       W  83-72   14-3 (6-0)
  01/22/14    at Presbyterian             7-23  334       W  56-45   15-3 (7-0)
  01/24/14    High Point                 11-20  275       W  70-66   16-3 (8-0)
  01/29/14    Gardner Webb                9-21  341       W  73-65   17-3 (9-0)
  01/31/14    Charleston Southern        13-18  230       W  74-53  18-3 (10-0)
  02/05/14    at Coastal Carolina         6-24  337       W  69-60  19-3 (11-0)
  02/07/14    at Liberty                 18-14  190       W  61-55  20-3 (12-0)
  02/12/14    at High Point              11-20  275       L  74-73  20-4 (12-1)
  02/14/14    Longwood                    9-22  270       W  78-58  21-4 (13-1)
  02/19/14    Radford                    15-15  174       L  85-63  21-5 (13-2)
  02/21/14    at UNC Asheville           15-16  225       W  86-54  22-5 (14-2)
  02/26/14    Campbell                    9-21  318       W  66-47  23-5 (15-2)
  02/28/14    at VMI                      9-22  301       W  59-50  24-5 (16-2)
  03/05/14    vs. VMI                     9-22  301       W  69-61         25-5
  03/07/14    vs. UNC Asheville          15-16  225       W  75-57         26-5
  03/08/14    vs. Liberty                18-14  190       L  72-64         26-6

Unfortunately, that choke job against Liberty in the conference tournament final means we won't be dancing despite running through through the conference in the regular season.

NIT here we come again.

We get a #7 seed and will face #2 St. John's in the first round of the NIT. We get blown out 78-39 and end the year at 26-7.

We used 5 scholarships and I'm hoping to fill the other two with decent transfers. With a year to go before the end of his contract, it seems we've done enough to fulfill the terms and be invited back. Until this team starts making the NCAAs, he's never going to be good enough to be considered for another job though unless it's a low-prestige program in a better conference.

Young Drachma · 05-25-2012, 01:02 AM

So it's Season 3 and I pretty much sim through it. It's a walk year and I have a strong feeling that if we can, we're going to look elsewhere outside of the 1-prestige Big South Conference. The deal is, I have a mechanism within my spreadsheet for a coach to determine what kind of job he can leave for whether he's fired or chooses to go in a walk year. That will determine the type of program we can take.

As of last year, that meant a program at 40 prestige or lower. But it also means we can look at a better conference program even if it's down on its luck.

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WINTHROP  Schedule

  Date        Opponent                   Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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  11/15/14    Air Force                    20-9  110       L  82-65          0-1
  11/20/14    vs. Saint Louis             12-18  254       W  82-70          1-1
  11/22/14    vs. Ball State              11-19  253       L  75-60          1-2
  11/24/14    vs. Penn State               5-25  195       W  68-52          2-2
  11/29/14    at San Francisco            15-15  128       L  65-49          2-3
  12/05/14    Albany                       9-21  290       W  60-52          3-3
  12/09/14    at UC Davis                  6-23  258       W  89-63          4-3
  12/12/14    at Notre Dame               19-10   24       L  64-54          4-4
  12/17/14    South Dakota State           5-24  315       W  74-57          5-4
  12/20/14    William & Mary               7-24  278       L  65-57          5-5
  12/25/14    Colorado                    10-20  234       W  70-62          6-5
  12/31/14    at Charleston Southern      14-17  207       W  65-58    7-5 (1-0)
  01/02/15    Gardner Webb                12-18  197       W  76-52    8-5 (2-0)
  01/07/15    Presbyterian                17-14  148       L  75-69    8-6 (2-1)
  01/09/15    Coastal Carolina             8-23  335       W  65-59    9-6 (3-1)
  01/14/15    at High Point               10-20  288       W  65-57   10-6 (4-1)
  01/16/15    at Longwood                  9-22  266       W  66-46   11-6 (5-1)
  01/21/15    Campbell                    10-20  267       W  47-46   12-6 (6-1)
  01/23/15    at Radford                  16-15  206       L  67-55   12-7 (6-2)
  01/28/15    at Presbyterian             17-14  148       W  78-56   13-7 (7-2)
  01/30/15    Radford                     16-15  206       W  77-49   14-7 (8-2)
  02/04/15    Charleston Southern         14-17  207       W  53-51   15-7 (9-2)
  02/06/15    High Point                  10-20  288       W  91-87  16-7 (10-2)
  02/11/15    Longwood                     9-22  266       L  73-66  16-8 (10-3)
  02/13/15    at VMI                      12-19  289       W  82-68  17-8 (11-3)
  02/18/15    at Gardner Webb             12-18  197       W  64-61  18-8 (12-3)
  02/20/15    at UNC Asheville            11-19  287       W  59-41  19-8 (13-3)
  02/22/15    Holy Cross                  11-18  312       W  87-78         20-8
  02/25/15    at Coastal Carolina          8-23  335       L  70-57  20-9 (13-4)
  02/27/15    Liberty                     13-18  282       W  70-38  21-9 (14-4)
  03/04/15    vs. VMI                     12-19  289       W  74-58         22-9
  03/06/15    vs. Charleston Southern     14-17  207       L  67-64        22-10

Another year, another Big South tournament choke job. This time in the semi-finals to Charleston Southern.

Oh well. Back to the NIT for the 3rd straight year. We're a #7 seed again and we'll be playing Richmond, our foe from two years ago. We manage to win this time 70-69 and we'll take on the winner of Austin Peay and USC.

We took on Austin Peay and beat them 65-55 to advance to the Elite 8 of the NIT, a pretty surprising result for us. We take on 5th seed Kansas State (21-12) who went 9-9 in the Big 12 for a chance to go to MSG.

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Kansas State 67, Winthrop 52

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Winthrop  (24-11, 14-4):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brenton Cedillo   C    29   2-5   2-3   2   5   0  1   6
Joey Campagna     PF   29   1-3   0-0   4   9   1  2   3
Hal Andrade       SF   27   2-9   1-4   2   6   0  2   6
Stephen Wallace   SG   29  5-10   0-0   1   4   2  3  12
Jamie Pike        PG   29  3-12   3-8   0   3   3  1  10
Stevie Lawrence   PG   18   1-4   2-3   1   2   3  2   4
Emmanuel Coker    SG   10   2-4   0-0   1   2   0  1   4
Hyman Hunter      SF    5   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  1   0
Donn Ross         SG    2   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0
Bryant Bankston   PF   13   2-2   3-4   1   2   0  2   7
Arthur Prado      C     9   0-1   0-0   0   1   1  4   0
Mitchell Morrow   SF    1   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0

Turnovers: 12 (B.Cedillo 2, J.Campagna 1, H.Andrade 2, 
 S.Wallace 4, J.Pike 2, A.Prado 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Cedillo 2)
Steals: 4 (S.Wallace 1, S.Lawrence 1, E.Coker 1, 
 B.Bankston 1)
3P FGs: 5-17 (J.Campagna 1-1, H.Andrade 1-3, S.Wallace 
 2-3, J.Pike 1-6, S.Lawrence 0-1, E.Coker 0-2, A.Prado 
 0-1)

Kansas State  (22-13, 9-9):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Bryan       C    23   4-6   0-0   2   7   4  4   9
Harley Hoag       PF   33   1-2   0-3   2   7   2  1   2
Edmundo Crandall  SF   21   4-9   1-1   1   6   1  2  11
Frederick Guido   SG   33  8-14   1-1   2   6   3  3  19
Mark Gordon       PG   27  3-12   6-6   1   2   1  2  12
Gerry Williamson  PG   16   2-7   0-0   0   0   2  1   4
Garrett Kitts     SG    5   0-0   1-3   0   0   0  1   1
Lenny Freeman     SF   25   2-3   1-3   2   7   2  2   5
John Guzman       PF   13   1-1   2-2   1   1   0  0   4
Erwin Corle       C     3   0-0   0-0   1   2   0  0   0
Chris Gibson      SF    2   0-0   0-0   0   0   1  0   0

Turnovers: 10 (H.Hoag 1, E.Crandall 2, F.Guido 2, 
 G.Williamson 1, L.Freeman 2, J.Guzman 1, E.Corle 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (H.Hoag 3)
Steals: 7 (E.Crandall 2, M.Gordon 3, G.Williamson 2)
3P FGs: 5-14 (B.Bryan 1-2, E.Crandall 2-5, F.Guido 2-5, 
 G.Williamson 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Frederick Guido (KS ST)

We lose and end the year at 24-11. Despite the loss in prestige through his career, the post-season appearances have earned Skip a new contract with Winthrop that would lower his base salary to $95,559 per year, but with incentives and bonuses, he'll earn $144,779 next year in total compensation.

He decided to see what other options exist. In the end, it says that he can get a job at 44 prestige or lower. The idea here of course, is to get a pay raise and as a young, hot coach who has had a successful tenure -- NCAA appearances notwithstanding -- it'd be believable that some program would bring him in to clean up shop.

Looking at the options, the best opportunities were at Towson, William & Mary & Colorado State. In the end, the CSU job looked like the most attractive of those as it seemed to fall to us after Tim Miles only won 7 games the past year, so it seemed like the right move to make even though taking over the worst program in the (at the moment) 7-team Mountain West isn't going to be the easiest row to hoe.

Talking turkey though, salary goes up a lot. His new base salary is $381,500 and with other pay, bonuses and guarantees he's set to make $405,402 next year. If the team is more successful, he'll be in line to earn even more.

He gets a four-year contract to bring the Rams back. And with that, the work begins.

05-24-2012, 09:20 PM	#2
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Episode 2 So the idea is to pick a program that's in a mid-major conference with a team prestige not over 50. I wanted to pick a program that we'd heard of in the past, maybe that has had some mid-major success in real life, so it'd be a good leaping point for our new coach. Anyway, after doing some evaluating our options, our coach Skip Winston is going to be the new head coach at Winthrop! He's starting as a Level 0 coach. His first contract will pay him $104,371 per season. We'll start with a 3-year deal and see where that leads us. Winthrop plays in the Big South (We're using the 2014 alignments in-game with no DC changes yet) and they're a 47 prestige program. Last edited by Young Drachma : 05-24-2012 at 09:20 PM.

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