Just roll with coaches if it feels the same. Like i said, it was just a precaution from previous problems. Earlier in release using coaches seemed to sometimes juice up the offenses, and it produced high scoring games with ridiculous stats.
Glad you tested this. Let us know if it goes off the rails. But i doubt it will because it sounds like you’ve played a few games with coaches.
When i fooled with online a month ago, the default settings has fire coaches turned OFF. This seemed to help the game a bit. In offline, you could turn it off but with 32 team control, you can fire and hire coaches when neccesary at season’s end.