The Coaching Career of Michael Smith

[Mike3207]

Ok, thanks for all who followed my previous career-but I realized there were some pretty big limitations with the playbooks I had. I've come up with a good slider set for early in my career, 2 new custom playbooks-I'm ready to go!

Coach Michael Smith
Commander
Skills-Team chemistry 3, Playcall 3, Strategy 3, Performance 3.
Special Skills-Ambition, Charm.

Offensive Playbook-TEXAS-Combined Michigan Spread and Texas Tech, some others.

Defensive Playbook-RYAN-base Ryan 4-6, 3-4, 4-3, 3-3-5, 4-2-5, Raider Rover, some others.

Position Philosophies-All Balanced

Health Philosophies-All Moderate

Sliders-my own set. 40/30 defensive awareness(CPU lower), will adjust as needed through career.

House Rules-none, but some guidelines. I will try and balance special skills and skills as best as i can, keeping in mind a lot of coaches will be looking to buy as many special skills as they can from the start.

GM-will look to get advanced special skills last

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2008 18 Day Countdown

Franchise Tag:

Texans-P Matt Turk-85-39-1.8 million
Bears-ROLB Lance Briggs-90-25-8.4 million
Panthers--RT Jordan Gross-92-27-7.0 million
Titans-DT Albert Haynesworth-92-26-9.1 million
Steelers-LG Alan Faneca-93-29-7.1 million
Ravens-ROLB Terrel Suggs-88-24-8.4 million
Patriots-WR Randy Moss-96-30-8.1 million
Bengals-RE Justin Smith-89-27-8.9 million

Season Goals-85+ LOLB, 85+ FS, 85 + RG

SS C.C. Brown-RFA Tender 1

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2008 FA Period

FA Signings:

CB Asante Samuel-91-26-5 years, 43.0 million-Titans
CB Nnamdi Asomugha-5 years, 40.0 million-Falcons
CB Marcus Trufant-90-25-5 years, 36.0 million-Saints
FS Eugene Wilson-90-27-5 years, 23.0 million-49ers
LT Flozell Adams-86-32-1 years, 5.4 million
FS Ken Hamlin-86-26-4 years, 16.0 million-Dolphins
HB Shaun Alexander-85-30-4 years, 24.0 million-Broncos
LE Antwan Odom-85-25-4 years, 27.0 million-bucs
CB Randall Gay-85-25-4 years, 19.0 million-Panthers
LG Stacy Andrews-87-26-5 years, 26.0 million-Panthers
K Rob Bironas-90-29-2 years, 4.8 million-Saints
K Jason Elam-90-37-2 years, 4.8 million, Giants
LG Ruben Brown-86-35-1 year, 4.2 million-Lions
RG Jake Scott-86-26-4 years, 22.0 million-Broncos
RG Ben Noll-86-23-4 years, 18.0 million-Texans
K Josh brown-88-28-2 years, 3.8 million-Seahawks
C Jeff Faine-87-263 years, 14.0 million-Texans
K Olindo Mare-85-34-1 year, 1.6 million-Saints
P Mitch Berger-86-35-1 year, 1.0 million-Vikings

Faine's already complaining about his teammates-Virtuoso personalities don't seem to get along with Commanders.

Trades:

49ers trade LT Joe Staley to Texans for 4(115), 2009 4th, and QB Sage Rosenfels.

Texans trade C Chris White to Panthers for 3-67 pick.

Texans trade MLB Zach Diles to Vikings for 5-145 pick.

Texans trade K Kris Brown to Titans for 4-121.

Texans trade P Matt Turk to Browns for 5-150


Gamechanger-Coaching Seminar-500 points for HC


Season Goals:

Draft a Sleeper

Don't Draft a Bust

[Mike3207]

2008 Draft-Round 1

I wonder at what point the CPU becomes aware of the players that will be in the 2009 Draft. It looks like it might be as far back as 2008 FA. There were a lot of teams trade up to get CBs and TEs in this draft.It looks like I might get Zazzali again, and there are very few CBs or TEs in that draft. I have to tip my hat to Buffalo, who got 2 starters at CB without giving up a 1st.

As for me, I made the most of the Saints desire to get a TE. I traded my 1-18 and Owen Daniels to the Saints for the 1-10 pick, where I got the chance to draft Keith Rivers.

Trade-Texans trade 1-18 and TE Owen Daniels to the Saints for the 1-10 pick.

2008 Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1-1	Miami Dolphins	Jake Long	LT	6'7	313
1-2	St. Louis Rams	Vernon Gholston	ROLB	6'3	266
1-3	Atlanta Falcons	Matt Ryan	QB	6'3	218
1-4	Oakland Raiders	Chris Long	RE	6'3	275
1-5	Kansas City Chiefs	Ryan Clady	LT	6'6	319
1-6	Tampa Bay Bucs	Sedrick Ellis	DT	6'1	255
1-7	New England Patriots	Leodis McKelvin	CB	5'10	186
1-8	Baltimore Ravens	Glenn Dorsey	DT	6'1	316
1-9	Cincinnati Bengals	Darren McFadden	HB	6'0	210
1-10	Houston Texans	Keith Rivers	ROLB	6'3	230
1-11	Buffalo Bills	Derrick Harvey	LE	6'4	271
1-12	Denver Broncos	Chris Williams	LT	6'6	315
1-13	Baltimore Ravens	Joe Flacco	QB	6'7	222
1-14	Chicago Bears	Rashard Mendenhall	HB	5'11	225
1-15	Detroit Lions	Mike Jenkins	CB	6'0	200
1-16	Buffalo Bills	Dominique Cromartie	CB	6'1	181
1-17	Kansas City Chiefs	Jeff Otah	RT	6'5	315
1-18	New Orleans Saints	Branden Albert	LG	6'7	317
1-19	Philadelphia Eagles	Jerod Mayo	LOLB	6'2	233
1-20	Tampa Bay Bucs	Dustin Keller	TE	6'4	244
1-21	Buffalo Bills	Antoine Cason	CB	6'0	182
1-22	Dallas Cowboys	Kentwan Balmer	DT	6'5	285
1-23	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gosder Cherilus	RT	6'6	312
1-24	Tennessee Titans	Lawrence Jackson	LE	6'4	271
1-25	Seattle Seahawks	Felix Jones	HB	6'1	222
1-26	Denver Broncos	John Carlson	TE	6'6	250
1-27	San Diego Chargers	Aqib Talib	CB	6'2	180
1-28	Dallas Cowboys	Sam Baker	LT	6'5	305
1-29	San Francisco 49ers	Philip Merling	RE	6'4	226
1-30	Green Bay Packers	Chris Johnson	HB	5'10	198
1-31	St. Louis Rams	Brandon Flowers	CB	5'10	190
1-32	Miami Dolphins	Kenny Phillips	SS	6'2	207

[Mike3207]

2008 Draft-2nd Day

I'll list the trades first, then my picks. I wasn't going to draft Woodson since I had Johnson, but my GM kept insisting on it.

Trades:

Panthers trade 2-38 to Texans for LT Jordan Black, 5(150), and 2009 5th.

Falcons trade 4-100 to Texans for ROLB Morlon Greenwood and 7 (208)

Texans trade 5-146 to Ravens for 6-167 and 7-200

Jets trade 6-165 to Texans for LG Kasey Stoddard

NFL Draft - Rest of Draft
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
2-38	Calais Campbell	Miami	RE	6'7	290
3-67	Ray Rice	Rutgers	HB	5'9	200
3-79	Early Doucet	LSU	WR	6'0	207
4-100	Craig Steltz	LSU	SS	6'1	210
4-121	Josh Johnson	San Diego	QB	6'3	215
5-145	Roy Schuening	Oregon State	RG	6'4	317
6-165	Alexis Serna	Oregon State	K	5'8	170
6-167	Athya Rubin	Iowa State	DT	6'3	322
6-177	Kelin Johnson	Georgia	SS	5'11	212
7-200	Andre Woodson	Kentucky	QB	6'5	230

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2008 Training Camp

GM-Small School Insider


Rookie Signings:

ROLB Keith Rivers-5 years, 15.3 million, 2.5 million signing bonus.

LE Calais Campbell-4 years, 3.9 million, 500K SB.


Season Goals:

Trade for LOLB Ryan Nece
Trade for HB Kevin Faulk
Increase Keith Rivers Play Knowledge to 25%
Increase Andre Johnson's PK to 38%
Increase Demeco Ryan's PK to 38%
Add 10 New Plays
Don't Draft a Bust

Further Season Goals:

Play Keith Rivers 50 downs
Play Jeff Faine 50 downs
Play Ben Noll 50 downs

Training camp news:

Bears ROLB Lance Briggs will sit out the entire preseason to protest his franchise tag by the team.

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2008 Preseason

It's not going to help when you have serious injuries to two of your starting offensive linemen in preseason. I made the best of it though, going 2-2 in preseason.

Preseason Game 1-Texans 33, Broncos 10

Rice 79 rush yds, Doucet 84 rec yds
Rivers 3 sacks, Campbell 2 sacks

Preseason Game 2-Saints 24, Texans 17

Rice 60 rush yds
Ryans 2 sacks, Rivers INT

CU-HC-Regular Season Seminar, OC-Team Chem 2, DC-Team Chem 2

Injury-RG Ben Noll-broken wrist-5-8 weeks-so much for that goal

Injury-RT Eric Winston-broken arm-3-5 weeks


Preseason Game 3-Texans 27, Cowboys 3

Ryans 2 sacks, Johnson INT

CU-QBC-Int Dev QB 2, LBC-Perf 2, DBC-Lrn Dev DB 2


Preseason Game 4- Bucs 16, Texans 3

Rivers sack

CU-OC-Playcall 2, DC-Strategy 2, OLC-Team Chem 2


Preseason Promise-Win at Least 3 Games(tough division)


Season Goals

Beat Titans in Week 3
Win 3/4 games
Beat Jaguars on MNF in Week 13
Re-sign CB Dunta Robinson
Win Defensive Rookie of the Year
Hire a New GM
Hire a New College Coach
Have 80+ Approval

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2008 Depth Chart and Cap Information

I did the best I could to push out the nonproductive players, but I'll be carrying cap penalties for a while. I put down the 4-3 depth chart, but I've got a lot off different defensive formations.

2008 Cap Information:

NFL Cap-116.00 Million
Team Cap-56.98 Million
Cap Room-45.00 Million
Current Penalties-14.02 million
Incentives-0
Next Year's Penalties-11.52 Million

Houston Texans Depth Chart - 2008
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Andre Johnson- 90/91	Jacoby Jones- 69/83
TE	Jay Bobbitt- 71/80	K.C. Higgins- 67/77	Mark Moffitt- 66/81
LT	Iman Goodson- 80/82	Eric Winston- 79//83
LG	Roy Schuening- 72/86	Jeff Darcy- 75/81
C	Jeff Faine- 87/89	Rueben Lucas- 72/84
RG	Ben Noll- 84/88	Hunter Johnson- 75/86
RT	Joe Staley- 86/93	Rashad Butler- 74/75
WR	Early Doucet- 76/91	Darius Duckett- 70/84
QB	Josh Johnson- 68/92	Andre Woodson- 77/94	Matt Schaub- 84/86
FB	Carl Stewart- 76/84
HB	Ray Rice- 79/87	Dan McCarey-71/81	Jamaal Buckingham-66/88
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Calais Campbell- 83/89	Chase Ortiz- 72/78
LDT	Amobi Okoye-86/91	Karren Osby- 74/85
RDT	Athya Rubin- 80/84
RDE	Mario Williams- 88/93	Tony Bake- 66/81
WLB	Jack McDaniel- 74/81	Marco Campbell- 71/77
MLB	Demeco Ryans- 90/92	Verdell Kramer- 73/84	Antrel Gant- 74/80
SLB	Keith Rivers- 90/95	Bryant Kingston-72/78
CB	Fred Bennett- 86/91	Destin Lang- 74/82
SS	Craig Steltz- 83/88	Jamar Adams- 77/80	Jamar Wiley- 73/79
FS	Kelin Johnson- 78/83	Justin Ericson- 73/78
CB	Dunta Robinson- 85/87	Austin Johnson- 73/77
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Alexis Serna- 83/92
P	Ryan Plackemeier- 83/90