Really hate the recruiting now

[woodjer]

Quote: Originally Posted by srudoff

Is it then cheating or gray area to keep people on your list that you're really not interested in just so you'll get a little boost (or not suffer any point losses) in case plans A through D fall through?

Nope, coaches do that all the time. I work in admissions at a small college (I can only imagine its similar, if not worse, at a D-I school) and our coaches will tell kids that they've got them on their list just to keep them interested. They might even answer an email once in a while just to keep them from crossing us off their list before they know that they are set with their roster. In my role, I like it because it keeps people thinking about us that might otherwise not...especially those that won't be playing anywhere anyway. I also hate it with a passion as it gets closer to commitment time because people will call and ask when they'll hear back from the coach about a roster spot...usually I know then that they were a backup. I still make the coach tell them that though.

In the end, I don't care how people do it. I just hate feeling like I'm taking advantage of a programming flaw to "win" and wasn't sure if people felt that way since I am/was considering using that method.

[srudoff]

Quote: Originally Posted by woodjer

In the end, I don't care how people do it. I just hate feeling like I'm taking advantage of a programming flaw to "win" and wasn't sure if people felt that way since I am/was considering using that method.

then i'm sure you end a call immediately as soon as you see that you got the x2 bonus on a recruit, since that would be taking advantage. Same when you see the "unlock" icon behind a recruit.

[Piderman]

I am recruiting with Buffalo and in my 3rd year I so far have 13 3 star guys and one 2 star...on heisman

[Arkavian]

I hated the new recruiting scheme at first, but now that I've got a handle on it, I love it.

I just got finished stealing 3 4 star recruits from Bama that were soft commits since week4.

I worked them all the way through the season until signing day and I got them. It helped to round out my class and it gave me the #1 class in the nation.

Once you get a handle on the recruiting process, it's really fun. Well at least to me lol

[woodjer]

Quote: Originally Posted by srudoff

then i'm sure you end a call immediately as soon as you see that you got the x2 bonus on a recruit, since that would be taking advantage. Same when you see the "unlock" icon behind a recruit.

Hey man, sorry if you took my post(s) to be an accusation of cheating/cheesing...I didn't mean for it to come across that way. In hindsight, I guess I could've worded it differently. Pull n Pray pretty much hit on what I was asking though. I'm still wondering how he got a talking Xbox though...or is it like some Matrix-like thing where you don't see the 1's and 0's anymore, just the hot blonde?

To your point though, no, I don't hang up but I don't think any coach would or should. I guess I was more worried about the math/probability of it than the fact that they occur. Pull is right though, if you keep a shorter list, you sacrifice the "list" points you would otherwise earn in the hope that you'll be able to use a "x2" on someone you actually want.