Coaching Strategy vs Recruiting

[OMT]

It affects recruiting in 2 ways.

Recruits don't look at what strategy you have set as much as they look at STATS. If you are set to Option and throw the ball all day, you're going to have players that aren't suited for the option. In theory, if you play according to the strategy you set in Team Management, your stats will reflect it and attract recruits. I can't say off the top of my head which stats affect each position, but it is pretty much as you would expect... lots of rushing yards for running backs etc. I'm pretty sure that QB rushing yards will help get mobile QBs interested as well.

All the different strategies have different requirements for number of players at each position. This will effect the playing time pitch. So if you run a spread, recievers will get a bonus in recruiting as there will be more playing time offered.

[yanks26ngoin]

In my personal exprience the type of offense you run means nothing with recruits. With Michigan, I run the spread option and run with the QB alot, yet I still cant seem to get the higher rated scrambling QB's interested in me. Its always the slow balanced QB's and the pocket passers, it pisses me off. I rarely get the high rated speed wideouts, or highly rated speed HB's. So, I will always end up having less speed than I should.

[Young J 334]

Ok I run a balanced offense out of Pitt's playbook. Im usually in the top 10 in all major offensive categories. So thats why I have roughly the same number of interested recruits at every postion on offense? Besides the linemen

[m00d]

Quote: Originally Posted by GetYaWeigtUp

Just wondering if anyone knows...Does your team's coaching strategy determine what type of recruits will be interested in your program? For example, if you run a spread offense, will you attract more scrambling QBs, or Speed WRs and RBs? If your offensive strategy is balanced like OSU, will you attract more Balanced and Power RBs? or will the Speed RBs/WRs and scrambling QBs still be attracted? Thanks!

I believe it has a impact. I run the navy playbook and have many more scrambling qb's and FB's interested in me now than when I ran my team specific playbook. I've also seen this on defense, more DB's interested in the 4-2-5 than the 4-3.

[Anarchy666]

it is a combination of factors, you can't just pinpoint one factor

playbooks
run/pass slider
team success
location & pipelines
team needs
academic standards

all of those impact on attracting recruits. each position is different. you also need to take into account the success of your neighbours compared to your program.

[doctorhay53]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

It affects recruiting in 2 ways. Recruits don't look at what strategy you have set as much as they look at STATS. If you are set to Option and throw the ball all day, you're going to have players that aren't suited for the option. In theory, if you play according to the strategy you set in Team Management, your stats will reflect it and attract recruits. I can't say off the top of my head which stats affect each position, but it is pretty much as you would expect... lots of rushing yards for running backs etc. I'm pretty sure that QB rushing yards will help get mobile QBs interested as well. All the different strategies have different requirements for number of players at each position. This will effect the playing time pitch. So if you run a spread, recievers will get a bonus in recruiting as there will be more playing time offered.

I expected this.....which is why 'PANCKAES' are such a useless, hopelessly negative stat. The number of pancakes should not have anything to do with what OL are interested in my team, it should be my other offensive stats. Do you know what it's based off of? Because I suspect its pancakes.