12-11-2003, 03:13 PM
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Re: Official Whishlist Thread...
All these suggestions are really good. The one that is most significant in my opinion (maybe because I'm an avid follower of recruiting), is that you should have the ability to change recruits positions.
On a yearly basis many recruits switch positions. I'll use my Purdue Boilermakers as an example. Every year they bring in highschool QB's that run in the 4.5 (+-.1) range, and WR's. Mainly because their pass happy offense of the last few years attracts more WR's and QB's than anything else. They have converted WR's into LB's. In fact, two of their starting LB's from this year came out of highschool as WR's (Gilbert Gardner and Landon Johnson). Stuart Schweigert also came out of HS as an option QB (that had interest and possibly an offer from Nebraska, I don't remember) and he has really made the most of a position change. They convert other WR's and QB's, who have a better chance of seeing the field at another position rather than the position of their choice, into DB's, TE's, and LB's.
It is a fact that this occurs numerous times each year on every college campus. I think that if EA Sports incorporated it into the preseason options (same screen with redshirting and custom schedules) that it would work well.
When you switch the person's position, it really should hurt their ratings enough to where they wont be able to contribute until around their sophmore year, assuming you redshirt them, unless they are an unbeliveable athlete or just a diamond in the ruff. Also maybe incorporate GPA into how well they learn a new position. If you switch a position of someone who has a low GPA, then they should struggle learning a new position.
Maybe I would be the only fan of this, but I believe this would be another step in the direction of reality and that it would add some more fun to the recruiting phase that is already fun.
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