Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

[TDenverFan]

As of now, it seems fairly random how transfers are handled. Sometimes you get a few players, othertimes you lose some. Instead, here's how I'd handle it:

1- Players who want to leave your team inform you, and list one of four reasons (Playing Time, Close to Home, Clash with Coaches, Dislike School) for leaving. You can try to get them to stay, but it's unlikely they will change their mind.

2- Permission. I believe the NCAA allows other coaches to contact transfers if the school gives permission. Unless the transfer is from a rival or in-conference opponent, this is granted automatically simply to speed this up.

3- Recruiting. You have 3 hours/week to land transfers during the 5 weeks of post-season recruiting. Recruiting transfers is similar to regular recruiting, except you know a few of their pitches.

If they transfer for playing time, obviously their Playing Time Rating is of Very High importance.

Close to Home would mean their proximity to home cannot be below a B+ for you to land them.

Clash With Coach- You must be different than their current coach (Ex. Different Playing style, Much Younger than Current coach, More/Less Experience)

Dislike College- Your college must differ from their current school by a lot. (Ex. If a player is from a small private college, a big state school gets the edge. If the school they were at is in Texas, being located in the Northeast gives you a boost.)

For Clashing w/Coach and Dislike their Current college transfers, you get a bonus similar to the pipeline state bonus if you satisfy the conditions.

Hope that made sense!

[Mrbad31]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

Love the ideas. I would also like to see the juniors and seniors who have graduated be able to switch schools if they want also. Make it rare of course maybe like 20 guys a season. Wisconsin wouldnt have gotten Russell Wilson, if not for this rule.

[jmaj315]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

Love the ideas. I would also like to see the juniors and seniors who have graduated be able to switch schools if they want also. Make it rare of course maybe like 20 guys a season. Wisconsin wouldnt have gotten Russell Wilson, if not for this rule.

I think 20 is too high, but maybe like 5-10?

[TN - BRAVES FAN]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

As of now, it seems fairly random how transfers are handled. Sometimes you get a few players, othertimes you lose some. Instead, here's how I'd handle it:

1- Players who want to leave your team inform you, and list one of four reasons (Playing Time, Close to Home, Clash with Coaches, Dislike School) for leaving. You can try to get them to stay, but it's unlikely they will change their mind.

2- Permission. I believe the NCAA allows other coaches to contact transfers if the school gives permission. Unless the transfer is from a rival or in-conference opponent, this is granted automatically simply to speed this up.

3- Recruiting. You have 3 hours/week to land transfers during the 5 weeks of post-season recruiting. Recruiting transfers is similar to regular recruiting, except you know a few of their pitches.

If they transfer for playing time, obviously their Playing Time Rating is of Very High importance.

Close to Home would mean their proximity to home cannot be below a B+ for you to land them.

Clash With Coach- You must be different than their current coach (Ex. Different Playing style, Much Younger than Current coach, More/Less Experience)

Dislike College- Your college must differ from their current school by a lot. (Ex. If a player is from a small private college, a big state school gets the edge. If the school they were at is in Texas, being located in the Northeast gives you a boost.)

For Clashing w/Coach and Dislike their Current college transfers, you get a bonus similar to the pipeline state bonus if you satisfy the conditions.

Hope that made sense!

Should have this same process repeated too after cut players, and be able to recruit the players cut from other teams, then after that have a final roster cut.

[speedy43]

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I like it, OP!

Should have this same process repeated too after cut players, and be able to recruit the players cut from other teams, then after that have a final roster cut.

Also agree with this point. It would be great to see some of those guys that aren't quite good enough for your team make it to a team that really needs them instead of completely disappearing.

[TDenverFan]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

Should have this same process repeated too after cut players, and be able to recruit the players cut from other teams, then after that have a final roster cut.

This would be a great add, too! The 6th string WR Alabama cuts could easily be a starter on some Sun Belt squad.

[jello1717]

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Clash With Coach- You must be different than their current coach (Ex. Different Playing style, Much Younger than Current coach, More/Less Experience)

I just found the bold part funny.
"Sorry coach Saban, but I feel like you've just won too many national championships. I'm gonna go try out that new dude that just signed on with UAB."

Anywho, I like the ideas OP. I also agree that JR(RS) players (and only them so as not to have to worry about figuring out which SRs were able to finish school in 3 years) should be able to transfer, with the main reason being playing time, and be able to play immediately (for any school so we don't need to worry about trying to implement graduate programs for schools).

[Mrbad31]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

Love the ideas. I would also like to see the juniors and seniors who have graduated be able to switch schools if they want also. Make it rare of course maybe like 20 guys a season. Wisconsin wouldnt have gotten Russell Wilson, if not for this rule.

You guys are right 20 is too many....maybe about 10. I just saw on espn a lineman from colorado is going to nebraska. You see a lot more quarterbacks do this than the other positions.

[BannedNinja]

I like all of these ideas. Chances of tgem being implemented anytime soon, probably zero, though I hope I'm wrong.

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[stormisbruin]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

I just found the bold part funny.
"Sorry coach Saban, but I feel like you've just won too many national championships. I'm gonna go try out that new dude that just signed on with UAB."

I think it's more of "You're too old" or something like that. That doesn't really apply to Satan, I mean Saban, but I know there's players out there who would rather play for Kliff Kingsbury than Mack Brown. I would. And Brown has a national championship and conference championships and BCS bowl wins vs. Kingsbury, who is in his first year as a head coach ever.

[Lawdawg25]

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I think it's more of "You're too old" or something like that. That doesn't really apply to Satan, I mean Saban, but I know there's players out there who would rather play for Kliff Kingsbury than Mack Brown. I would. And Brown has a national championship and conference championships and BCS bowl wins vs. Kingsbury, who is in his first year as a head coach ever.

Storm has a point. Some players want to play for a coach who is young and "cool." Sometimes younger coaches are more friendly and relaxed as well.

[Moses06]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

Should have this same process repeated too after cut players, and be able to recruit the players cut from other teams, then after that have a final roster cut.

I agree and think we should be able to recruit cut players as well. I believe they should lump transfers and cut players into the same pool and have a 2 week recruiting period, immediately after the normal recruiting period/signing day, using a lot of the ideas from the OP. Would allow the ability to fill holes on your roster after signing day, and thoroughly replenish the transfer pool in general, without it being too easy to snag the best transfers (only if you have open slots on your roster).

[TDenverFan]

Re: Re-Do How Transfers are Handled

I agree and think we should be able to recruit cut players as well. I believe they should lump transfers and cut players into the same pool and have a 2 week recruiting period, immediately after the normal recruiting period/signing day, using a lot of the ideas from the OP. Would allow the ability to fill holes on your roster after signing day, and thoroughly replenish the transfer pool in general, without it being too easy to snag the best transfers (only if you have open slots on your roster).

I think rather than a separate recruiting period maybe 3 or so hours per week could be dedicated solely to transfers/cut players during the off-season recruiting (So you would have 13 hours 10 for High School Players 3 for Transfers).

[BleedGreen710]

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Unfortunately I don't believe the part about the players disagreeing with the coach and transferring will ever be added - for similar reasoning as EA Sports getting rid of player discipline. Its an ugly part of college football. This game is practically an advertisement for the NCAA football and I don't think theres any way that the NCAA would sit there and say 'yea lets further bring to light the issue of players transferring because they don't get along with the coach'. I think they keep player transfers simple because they don't want to get into those kind of details because it might make the NCAA football look bad.

[Dr Death]

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Unfortunately I don't believe the part about the players disagreeing with the coach and transferring will ever be added - for similar reasoning as EA Sports getting rid of player discipline. Its an ugly part of college football. This game is practically an advertisement for the NCAA football and I don't think theres any way that the NCAA would sit there and say 'yea lets further bring to light the issue of players transferring because they don't get along with the coach'. I think they keep player transfers simple because they don't want to get into those kind of details because it might make the NCAA football look bad.

Unfortunately, you are 100% correct. The NCAA tries to mask the reality by being politically correct and yet all of us know the truth. Every year players get suspended or even kicked off of teams because of their own immaturity and/or stupidity and yet we can't have that in the game because the NCAA doesn't want to look bad... {SMH}