Questions for upcoming Head Coach podcast - POST HERE!!!

[Donny_Moore]

Hey guys, we are trying to put a Head Coach podcast together sometime in the near future.

If you want to ask us anything about the game, we will try and address as many of these quality questions in the podcast as we can.


Thanks,
NFL Head Coach 09 Dev Team

[osubucksfan47]

Alright, first question!:

So about how long do you think it would take someone to get through a whole NFL Season starting from the '08 Draft?

[Bodsy_lol]

Second Question

What are the chances of taking a weak team to the superbowl?

is it possible or it is like a rebuilding stage?

[Step2001]

When will we know that their will be a NFL Head Coach 10?

When does the development team get started on implementing the ideas that almost made the game (09) & new ideas that came up on the boards? I ask, because the assumption is that as soon as this years game goes gold. The dev. team is back working on the next years version.

What are the top five things the HC dev. team would like to add to HC10?
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How finely tuned are the draft day trades?

Can you give an example of what a team with the 1st pick in the draft would accept as a fair trade out to a team holding a pick in the Top 5?

How many players have you seen a team have on I.R.?

How many players and or Draft picks can you trade at one time? Is it still just 3 of any combination?

Any chance you could trade all of your 2009 & 2010 draft picks for let's say a player or the top overall selection in the 09 draft? (Kinda like the Vikings giving up everything to the Cowboys for Herschel Walker OR the Saints trading for the chance to draft Ricky Williams)

A player who is a bust for one team. Can he turn out to be gold with a new team? That's based on coaching and the system you use on Offense and Defense.

Are their players in Free Agency & the draft who are just not any good? No matter who coaches him & what system he plays in the player just sucks.

How well does the CPU rotate the RB's especially, but every position to keep the players fresh and from wearing down?

Does the games have the NFL rules on numbers? Where players at certain positions cannot wear single digits. QB's can wear #'s 1-19, RB's #'s 20-49, WR's #'s 10-19 & 80-89, etc, etc.
Will the CPU adjust it's players jersey numbers to adhere to this rule?
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Coordinators! If you give your coordinators full control of their units, Are they more likely to stay with you? This is based on teams coming for them after the season.
How do you build a strong relationship with your staff? Obviously letting them do their jobs is one, but what else can be done?

Promoting within! Do positional coaches gain enough knowledge where they will be able to be promoted to a higher level position?

Does it effect the position coaches if you go outside the organization to fill the higher level postion they are qualified for?

Are coordinators in (do they comment or suggest) on the hiring of coaches who will coach the positions in their units?
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Training Camp - When evaluating players at the bottom end of the roster. How do we evaluate the late round rookies and rookie free agents?

Do we set a daily schedule for the practices, whether it's one to two practices a day? Do we place in the number of days off we have?

During the training camp practices & players get hurt. Are we told right then and their the status or do we wait for further testing over the next couple of days?

What kind of trades has the CPU pulled off between other CPU trades during training camp and before the trade deadline during the reg. season?

[Sven Draconian]

Let me start this by saying I'm absolutely stoked for this game. After the past few years of Madden and NCAA (including '09) I'm starting to get the feeling that Head Coach is the only thing left for those of us who want a realistic game. No matter what, I'll always be better then the computer if I can control the QB and RB.


Will players ever refuse to re-sign with you no matter what? Good stats, playing time, winning team but a guy still doesn't want to be resigned so he can test the market?

What about free agents? Will guys ever not want to be part of your team?

Have any steps been done to make it tougher to stack your team (ala Madden). Understandably in Madden its tough to screw your team with cap problems. You can re-sign virtually anybody you want and still get free agents. Is this also going to be possible in Head Coach.
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We've heard the the draft is pretty detailed, but how much truly effect the players, IE, how much is just fluff. For example, will the draft strategy of just going after potential become obvious? Likewise, will the computer know this as well?

Does your scouting department ever just screw up? A guy has a good scouting report and high potential from your GM but when you get him on your team he's low rated with low potential. If that is in, is there any other source of information (stats, all-star games, ect...) we also have to use.

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With the feature that allows players to memorize and perfect their plays, does this add extra value to keeping a player instead of brining in a FA, or does the "memory" re-set every season? Likewise, would it transfer from team to team (IE, Tampa 2 teams often re-cycle the same style of player. West Coast QBs get cycled around ect. All because they know the system).

Does practice time effect this memorization as well? IE, getting my backups reps during practice will increase their knowledge. Will putting them in during games also help with this. Will we have to make a choice between how many reps starters get vs how many reps backups get with this effecting how deep are playbook can get?

How does all this effect lineplay? Will my line man wiff blocks if they don't practice enough? Does the Oline develop "chemistry" the more they play together?

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How realistic are injury rates? I believe 75% of DB's miss atleast one game during the season do to injury. Most RB's/LB's will miss at least some time as well. Is there a slider for this?

Will players have chronic injuries during seasons. IE, a guy hurts his hamstring during 2 a days and he never fully recovers during the season.
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Is there any "team chemistry", and if so does it actually affect anything?

[DW112578]

Will you be actually able to use the uploaded plays you created in NFL Head Coach in Madden 09's Franchise mode or are they strictly for Play Now mode?

[Josh_Looman]

Quote: Originally Posted by DW112578

Will you be actually able to use the uploaded plays you created in NFL Head Coach in Madden 09's Franchise mode or are they strictly for Play Now mode?

Guys, we need more questions for the podcast...please add anything else you'd want to know!

[jballa838]

if you were to remake the game, what would you do differently?