Coach Mode

[javy35]

I like playing just "coach mode"...call the plays but let the comp run everything out.

Does anyone else do this? And if so, how's it play on '10. Have been waiting to start a franchise for patch/rosters etc...debating whether to wait til patch 2 or just get it start after this first patch comes out...

Advice?

[Netherscourge]

Re: Coach Mode

I like playing just "coach mode"...call the plays but let the comp run everything out.

Does anyone else do this? And if so, how's it play on '10. Have been waiting to start a franchise for patch/rosters etc...debating whether to wait til patch 2 or just get it start after this first patch comes out...

Advice?

BTW - In Madden 10 you still control kicking, even in coaching mode.


Don't ask why - I can't figure it out either.

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

BTW - In Madden 10 you still control kicking, even in coaching mode.


Don't ask why - I can't figure it out either.

Yes...and you can still control the players on D. I get caught suddenlly controlling a defense all the time while making a last second adjustment.

Not sure why they messed with the way it used to be.

[#1eaglesfan]

Re: Coach Mode

Because it's EA and they always take 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I'd be very intrested in joing a Coach only league. Use to play in one back in the days when the PC version still had online franchises.

[NoleFan]

Re: Coach Mode

I've been a coach mode player since NCAA '05 on Xbox. The only time I changed was when I bought a current gen system and I didn't have that option. In those times, I switched to a player lock where I only controlled the QB and let Madden/Corso call all of my plays...which was loads of fun in and of itself.

Re: Coach Mode in Madden10
I absolutely love it. I have Madden as my defensive coordinator and I'm the HC/OC because I like to run a "spread" offense. For me, I prefer the coach mode of Madden10 to that of NFL Head Coach. I just want to call the plays and see the action unfold on the field. All of the other stuff is not for me.

I use MySkill sliders with the cpu skill at the default 50 and have had tremendous games as of late. I'm waiting on the broadcast cam to start a franchise.

If you want stats, here are the last 5 games I did on MySkill coach mode:

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Went back and gave MySkill another shot for my coach mode pleasure. I just finished a pretty awesome game. It was DET (coach) @ SF and we won it with Stafford hitting Heller on the 10 yd TD pass with 0:00 on the clock.

DET 27
SF 24

DET - SF
Total Off: 377 - 350
Rush Yds: 065 - 104
Pass Yds: 312 - 246
1st Dwns: 015 - 012
Trnovers: 2(0) - 2(0)

Lions
Pass-M.Stafford: 21/35, 314 Yds, 2 TD, 2 Int
Rush-K.Smith: 16-49
Ctch-C.Johnson Jr: 5-104, TD

49ers
Pass-S.Hill: 11/19, 159 Yds, TD, 2 Int
Rush-F.Gore: 19-93, TD
Ctch-F.Gore: 4-56, TD

It was a REALLY nice game....
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Just had another good game using MySkill. The only thing about it is that there are times in the game when you just KNOW that what you're seeing is a result of your sliders constantly moving...like in this one when Stan Hill had consecutive drives end on the 1st play with interceptions by T.McGee. The overall result of the game is VERY pleasing save for the cpu-controlled human HB being a complete waste of virtual flesh lots of times....

49ers (coach) @ Bills

SF 16
BUF 31

SF - BUF
Total Off: 276 - 331
Rush Yds: 018 - 119
Pass Yds: 258 - 212
1st Dwns: 014 - 014
Trnovers: 3 (-3) - 0 (+3)

49ers
Pass- Stan Hill: 24/39, 267 Yds, 2 TD, 2 Int
Rush- Frank Gore: 10-21
Ctch- Josh Morgan: 5-74, TD - Isaac Bruce: 5-63

Bills
Pass- Trent Edwards: 20/29, 213 Yds, TD
Rush- Fred Jackson: 15-89, 3 TD
Ctch- Josh Reed: 6-72, TD
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Seahawks @ Lions (coach)

SEA 13
DET 37

SEA - DET
Total Off: 266 - 317
Rush Yds: 069 - 097
Pass Yds: 197 - 220
1st Dwns: 013 - 013
Trnovers: 2 (-1) - 1 (+1)

Seahawks
Pass- M.Hasselbeck: 19/40, 197 Yds, TD, 2 Int
Rush- J.Jones: 10-43
Ctch- T.Houshmanzaheh: 5-44

Lions
Pass- M.Stafford: 19/27, 242 Yds, 2 TD, Int
Rush- K.Smith: 21-56; M.Morris: 3-36, TD
Ctch- C.Johnson Jr.: 5-58

Another good game. I will say one thing about MySkill...it definitely creates opportunites for upsets.
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One more game. I was the Lions playing host to the Cardinals. I like to spread the field so I ran mulitple WR sets and twins sets to force the D to show their hand.

Cardinals @ Lions (coach)

ARI 35
DET 28

ARI - DET
Total Off: 387 - 392
Rush Yds: 127 - 054
Pass Yds: 260 - 338
1st Dwns: 019 - 014
Trnovers: 1 (0) - 1 (0)

Cardinals
Pass-M.Leinart 14/24, 219 Yds, TD, Int
Rush-T.Hightower 16-107, 2TD
Ctch-S.Breaston 7-86, TD

Lions
Pass-M.Stafford 21/29, 347 Yds, 4TD
Rush-K.Smith 11-38
Ctch-D.Williams 6-102, 2TD; C.Johnson Jr. 5-126
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And this will likely be my last game posting. Strangely, I've enjoyed each game and they have been pretty realistic. I was ripped a new one by Washington's ground game in this one but it's cool. You would think that, being a coach moder, I wouldn't like myskill because it makes the game more challenging and I let the cpu control my players but it's been fun.

Redskins @ Rams (coach)

WAS 20
STL 10

WAS - STL
Total Off: 396 - 184
Rush Yds: 235 - 037
Pass Yds: 161 - 147
1st Dwns: 017 - 009
Trnovers: 1(+1) - 2(-1)

Redskins
Pass - J.Campbell: 17/28, 170 Yds, TD, Int
Rush - C.Portis: 14-154, TD
Ctch - C.Portis: 4-42

Rams
Pass - M.Bulger: 13/23, 153 Yds, 2 Int
Rush - S.Jackson: 9-32
Ctch - K.Burton: 4-68

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

I've been a coach mode player since NCAA '05 on Xbox. The only time I changed was when I bought a current gen system and I didn't have that option. In those times, I switched to a player lock where I only controlled the QB and let Madden/Corso call all of my plays...which was loads of fun in and of itself.

Re: Coach Mode in Madden10
I absolutely love it. I have Madden as my defensive coordinator and I'm the HC/OC because I like to run a "spread" offense. For me, I prefer the coach mode of Madden10 to that of NFL Head Coach. I just want to call the plays and see the action unfold on the field. All of the other stuff is not for me.

I use MySkill sliders with the cpu skill at the default 50 and have had tremendous games as of late. I'm waiting on the broadcast cam to start a franchise.

If you want stats, here are the last 5 games I did on MySkill coach mode:

______________________________________________

Went back and gave MySkill another shot for my coach mode pleasure. I just finished a pretty awesome game. It was DET (coach) @ SF and we won it with Stafford hitting Heller on the 10 yd TD pass with 0:00 on the clock.

DET 27
SF 24

DET - SF
Total Off: 377 - 350
Rush Yds: 065 - 104
Pass Yds: 312 - 246
1st Dwns: 015 - 012
Trnovers: 2(0) - 2(0)

Lions
Pass-M.Stafford: 21/35, 314 Yds, 2 TD, 2 Int
Rush-K.Smith: 16-49
Ctch-C.Johnson Jr: 5-104, TD

49ers
Pass-S.Hill: 11/19, 159 Yds, TD, 2 Int
Rush-F.Gore: 19-93, TD
Ctch-F.Gore: 4-56, TD

It was a REALLY nice game....
__________________________________________________ __

Just had another good game using MySkill. The only thing about it is that there are times in the game when you just KNOW that what you're seeing is a result of your sliders constantly moving...like in this one when Stan Hill had consecutive drives end on the 1st play with interceptions by T.McGee. The overall result of the game is VERY pleasing save for the cpu-controlled human HB being a complete waste of virtual flesh lots of times....

49ers (coach) @ Bills

SF 16
BUF 31

SF - BUF
Total Off: 276 - 331
Rush Yds: 018 - 119
Pass Yds: 258 - 212
1st Dwns: 014 - 014
Trnovers: 3 (-3) - 0 (+3)

49ers
Pass- Stan Hill: 24/39, 267 Yds, 2 TD, 2 Int
Rush- Frank Gore: 10-21
Ctch- Josh Morgan: 5-74, TD - Isaac Bruce: 5-63

Bills
Pass- Trent Edwards: 20/29, 213 Yds, TD
Rush- Fred Jackson: 15-89, 3 TD
Ctch- Josh Reed: 6-72, TD
__________________________________________________ __

Seahawks @ Lions (coach)

SEA 13
DET 37

SEA - DET
Total Off: 266 - 317
Rush Yds: 069 - 097
Pass Yds: 197 - 220
1st Dwns: 013 - 013
Trnovers: 2 (-1) - 1 (+1)

Seahawks
Pass- M.Hasselbeck: 19/40, 197 Yds, TD, 2 Int
Rush- J.Jones: 10-43
Ctch- T.Houshmanzaheh: 5-44

Lions
Pass- M.Stafford: 19/27, 242 Yds, 2 TD, Int
Rush- K.Smith: 21-56; M.Morris: 3-36, TD
Ctch- C.Johnson Jr.: 5-58

Another good game. I will say one thing about MySkill...it definitely creates opportunites for upsets.
______________________________________________

One more game. I was the Lions playing host to the Cardinals. I like to spread the field so I ran mulitple WR sets and twins sets to force the D to show their hand.

Cardinals @ Lions (coach)

ARI 35
DET 28

ARI - DET
Total Off: 387 - 392
Rush Yds: 127 - 054
Pass Yds: 260 - 338
1st Dwns: 019 - 014
Trnovers: 1 (0) - 1 (0)

Cardinals
Pass-M.Leinart 14/24, 219 Yds, TD, Int
Rush-T.Hightower 16-107, 2TD
Ctch-S.Breaston 7-86, TD

Lions
Pass-M.Stafford 21/29, 347 Yds, 4TD
Rush-K.Smith 11-38
Ctch-D.Williams 6-102, 2TD; C.Johnson Jr. 5-126
___________________________________________

And this will likely be my last game posting. Strangely, I've enjoyed each game and they have been pretty realistic. I was ripped a new one by Washington's ground game in this one but it's cool. You would think that, being a coach moder, I wouldn't like myskill because it makes the game more challenging and I let the cpu control my players but it's been fun.

Redskins @ Rams (coach)

WAS 20
STL 10

WAS - STL
Total Off: 396 - 184
Rush Yds: 235 - 037
Pass Yds: 161 - 147
1st Dwns: 017 - 009
Trnovers: 1(+1) - 2(-1)

Redskins
Pass - J.Campbell: 17/28, 170 Yds, TD, Int
Rush - C.Portis: 14-154, TD
Ctch - C.Portis: 4-42

Rams
Pass - M.Bulger: 13/23, 153 Yds, 2 Int
Rush - S.Jackson: 9-32
Ctch - K.Burton: 4-68

Nice. This is basically all I play when it comes to Madden.

What do you do about the kicking game? Just control it yourself?

[NoleFan]

Re: Coach Mode

Yeah, unfortunately we have to control the kicking. If it gets too easy for you you can try to always keep the directional arrow straight and try to use the right stick to control the direction of kicks. That's pretty challenging.

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

Yeah, unfortunately we have to control the kicking. If it gets too easy for you you can try to always keep the directional arrow straight and try to use the right stick to control the direction of kicks. That's pretty challenging.

Yes, I figured something like that. Does changing the controller so that you don't control either team work? Might get tedious...

What about all the bugs people complain about? Have you noticed any of those really becoming problematic in coach mode?

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

Also Nolefan...what are your settings (Qtr length, level, penalties, etc)

[NoleFan]

Re: Coach Mode

Also Nolefan...what are your settings (Qtr length, level, penalties, etc)

Re: Bugs
Over the years, those of us that play coach mode tend to have a considerable amount fewer issues with the game.

Re: Settings
I use MySkill as my "level". It will take a while (Maybe 10-15 games) for that to start to settle down. I use 11-min qtrs with 15-sec run off. Penalites I believe I use billharris44's from the slider forum.

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

Re: Bugs
Over the years, those of us that play coach mode tend to have a considerable amount fewer issues with the game.

Re: Settings
I use MySkill as my "level". It will take a while (Maybe 10-15 games) for that to start to settle down. I use 11-min qtrs with 15-sec run off. Penalites I believe I use billharris44's from the slider forum.

Cool...are you going to wait for the second patch to start your franchise?

[vaibhavp3]

Re: Coach Mode

I like playing just "coach mode"...call the plays but let the comp run everything out.

Does anyone else do this? And if so, how's it play on '10. Have been waiting to start a franchise for patch/rosters etc...debating whether to wait til patch 2 or just get it start after this first patch comes out...

Advice?

dont get me wrong but why do people play coach mode dont you pay 60$ to play the the game.

[javy35]

Re: Coach Mode

dont get me wrong but why do people play coach mode dont you pay 60$ to play the the game.

To each his own. I really enjoy it, I understand others that don't. Let's not derail the thread tho.

[NoleFan]

Re: Coach Mode

Cool...are you going to wait for the second patch to start your franchise?

Nah, I'm not waiting on Title Update #2...just the broadcast camera. I'm sure all of the updates from title update #2 will work with existing franchises as well. I can't say for sure but that's normally how it works.

[lowndsy]

Re: Coach Mode

I have always played coach mode as iam a rubbish QB. Love madden 10 as a coach experiance. Only issue is players may not increase yearly as well as they should on basis that pancakes are not happening i get about 1 a game if iam lucky, also tackles my top tackler end of year has 80-90 top overall is in the 160`s. Playing 12 mins acc 15 seconds clock. Love it tho patch 2 should sort these issues.