Underclassmen Going Pro?

[umd]

Anyone else have a mass defection after a successful season? I took the Terps on AA (with default - then more challenging CPU favored sliders) to 12-2 losing to UNC and FSU and beating VT in the ACC Champ and Florida in the Orange Bowl.

I go to players leaving and everyone left. I lost Heyward Bey (Soph) with a school record for TDs, 3 of 4 starting LBs (95, 90and 88 tckls) - 2 juniors and a soph. My All American jr. DE with 8 sacks. Even my nickel back soph CB (4 INTs left and he was rated like 79)

I expected some to leave but not such a mass defection. Even in old gen you'd have underclassmen leave but most were juniors - I probably only lost 2-3 sophmores in the bazillion dynasties I played.

At least in old gen they gave you the opportunity to convince your underclassmen to stay. They need to put that option back into the offseason and recruiting - along with player discipline and suspensions.

All the early going pro really hurt my team and my recruiting. Positions I was not concentrating recruiting for because of all the underclassmen now are severly short handed. I had to scramble to get depth at every position where my juniors and sophs left - particularly LB - along with the graduations.

[Cebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by umd

At least in old gen they gave you the opportunity to convince your underclassmen to stay. They need to put that option back into the offseason and recruiting

It was in 07 and it's in 08.

[baumy300]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Soldier

It was in 07 and it's in 08.

Yeah I was going to say...I can try and convince my guys to stay.

I don't know what his deal is.

I simmed through the rest of a season to check it out and a lot of CPU guys leave. Doesn't bother me too much.

[umd]

Quote: Originally Posted by baumy300

Yeah I was going to say...I can try and convince my guys to stay. I don't know what his deal is.

My deal is a I guess I didn't see it ***...do you just click on the player during that part of the offseason?

[baumy300]

Quote: Originally Posted by umd

My deal is a I guess I didn't see it ***...do you just click on the player during that part of the offseason?

Haha, easy man.

Yeah you highlight them I believe, and then you hit "A" and you should be able to spend hours or something on them. Or maybe just like 30 minutes or something.

[jkra0512]

Yeah you just highlight them and press A....I've gotten guys to stay with about 15 minutes worth, most need 20 or more

[umd]

Thanks - didn't see anything that said you could do that.