I wholeheartedly agree. I loved being able to go from high school to college, and then to the pros. Thats was a great concept, but the implementation was wrong. Or, like you said they didn't build on the idea enough...and left it up to the calender...which as horrible.
Also, the game plays different in this mode. They tried to make it so hard when your a young player that...you don't want to play the mode long enough to become a 2nd or 3rd year starter.
...they just dropped the ball with this mode altogether. Like I said...it has no presentation...those emails, text messages, and interviews are just...
It needs some major work, I'll just leave it at that.