Howdy all,
I had HC in the Madden Collectors Edition, but my son loaned it out a while back.
Yesterday I found HC 09 at Wally World for 10$ so here I am again. I honestly forgot how much I love this game.=)
Trying to emulate ..somewhat..my Bucs recent moves, I started a new 'chise with a created coach. I picked Ambition for a special skill and boosted my offense and defense a tad.
I started before the draft and proceeded to trade away dang near everyone. For some reason no one wants Luke Petti--stubbedmytoeonIR--gout. Go figure. After many, many, many trades I finally got through my first draft.
I had a plan until a few players for some reason, kept falling. Had to change on the fly.
My draft finished like this:
Round Pick Player Pos Contract ($/years bonus)
1 14 D.Harvey LE 12.00/5 3.00
1 15 D.McFadden HB 11.80/5 2.50
2 5 B.Flowers CB 4.06/4 500k
2 7 C.Campbell RE 2.61/4 500k
2 32 P.Lee CB 2.58/4
3 3 D.Moore DT 1.60/3
3 8 J.Greco RT 1.68/3
3 10 E.Doucet WR 1.79/3
3 11 H.Douglas WR 1.99/3
3 14 K.Lichtensteiger C 1.76/3
3 19 P. Wheeler MLB 1.63/3
3 24 A.Woodson QB 1.67/3
3 30 J.Finley TE 1.73/3
4 1 X.Adibi LOLB 1.45/3
4 2 C.Avril LOLB 1.51/3
4 16 J.Hester FB 1.50/3
4 20 Z.Bowman CB 1.01/3
4 21 H.Burton WR 1.18/3
4 24 K.Johnson SS 1.17/3
4 31 A.Serna K 1.17/3
5 14 A.Larson P 790/3
Recieved DT M.Patterson from Eagles through trade.
Draft Picks for 2009 draft
1st round - None - This is my one and only regret, but with the talent I assembled, I won't dwell on it.=p
2nd - 2
3rd - 2
4th - 1
5th - 1
6th - 1
7th - 2
Cap Status
Team Cap - 54.79
Cap Room - 50.74
Current Penalties - 10.47
Incentives - 0
Next year cap penalties - 4.17
*****Peeking ahead, simming through to next off season, and losing some more high priced players on last years roster, my cap will look like this:
Team Cap - 33.69
Cap Room - 80.42
Current Penalties - 5.37
Incentives - 0
Next year cap penalties - 0
Back to the present, I am "In the hot seat" for my job.
My season promise is to make the playoffs.
If I can win some games and please the owner, it looks like the Bucs will be in solid shape for years to come.
If anyone is interested, I will post updates, if not, thank you for taking the time to check out my post.
Peace=)
***added
I am using the steelers playbook on offense, and the bucs cover 2 on defense.
Thanks for the feedback folks. Yep, I know some..most of my picks will want mega contracts when their rookie deals
I plan on keeping a few, but will more than likely trade em away for picks when they are in their last year.
As for how I got that many picks, I got started by getting the 2nd overall picks for players only. I then traded #2 overall for 5 overall plus a 2nd and 3rd. I then traded the #5 pick for #8 and a more second rounders.
I just kept doing that through the 4th round.
My biggest shock was Mcfadden dropping to #15 overall. I have never seen him drop that far before.
It was a blast=)
My first generated draft has English in it, so I will be looking to move up next draft=p
Peace=)