question on recruiting

[phenom1990]

i didnt play last years version and was wondering how recruiting was last year. was it too easy, too hard or just right? also did you like the new recruiting system last year?

[Dame]

I thought it was fair or just right as far as getting the right recruits but took too long

[hogfan]

Still too easy, IMO.

But I liked the format.

[woody56]

wasn't hard, just took to long

[Village Idiot]

Definitely still on the easy side, but pretty fun I thought.

[shaunlmason]

I think it will be much more interesting this year because of online dynasties.

There are usually a handful of good players at each star rating (meaning players that are prototypical).

I think those players will be highly contested.

Especially if people in the dynasty are competitive.

[VWarrior]

Well like others have said, it wasn't too much different from previous versions in terms of your ability to have consistent success in your recruiting classes. Once I built South Carolina into a perennial SEC power, I didn't have much trouble consistently putting together top 5 recruiting classes. That being said, I can't say is was quite as easy as previous versions. I did have find myself losing more prospect battles to other schools, having more trouble remaining the school to beat on a prospect's list of offers, and getting more sub-Top 10 recruiting classes than I was used to.

My only real gripe with it was the individual phone calls you had to make every week did get a bit tedious, especially when you've got a lot of scholarships to give and your recruiting board is loaded. That seems to have been alleviated in '09 as I believe you can simply set how much time you want to spend recruiting a prospect on a given week and the CPU does the rest. Seems to be a step back towards the previous system while maintaining new depth (which I prefer, BTW).

This year should be especially interesting online, though. I get a bit giddy thinking of the prospects I offer to and see names of schools coached by other humans on his list as well. Haha, let the battles begin!