Staff Draft

[Cory]

So, for those of us that are new to the multiplayer thing how does the staff draft work? Can I pick coaches that I'd like to target? Do I set my preferences for new hires somewhere and the game picks them for me? Do all the coaching hires get taken care of in one sim or are there rounds like in single player?

Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I'm really underwhelmed with my staff and want to make sure I don't screw up and end up with them for another year.

Thanks.

[Sharkn20]

This is the worst part of the game in MP for me... If you want to change an specific coach set 100 in preferences and choose what attributes you do want, if there is one who matches that and is better than your coach you will sign him, it requires some practice, but anyway I donīt like the system

[Guest]

It's all one sim. Go to Retain Staff, click Finished with Renegotiation (when you are done), then the preferences screen comes up.

[Cory]

OK, I got it down. I didn't renegotiate with any of my staff because I don't want to keep them so it never took me to the staff preferences screen. So on Monday I guess I'll be introduced to my new coaching staff. Thanks for your help.

[sawblade300]

OK, I got it down. I didn't renegotiate with any of my staff because I don't want to keep them so it never took me to the staff preferences screen. So on Monday I guess I'll be introduced to my new coaching staff. Thanks for your help.

You can only renegotiate with coaches in their final year. Even if you don't, you still click finished with renegotiations to move to the staff preferences. If you want to fire everyone, set them each to 100. Then change the preferences below to what you want in each attribute.

If you don't do this, the default setting for firing a coach is 50. So if there isn't a better option, you'll keep who you have. At least if you set it to 100, there's a better chances they'll be replaced.

[Guest]

Staff Draft is an absolute mess. I don't like it one bit and if you end up unhappy with your coaching staff it's probably bad luck more than anything.

All I'm trying to say is if you end up with crap coaches, hang tight because you can get rid of them next year.

[IrishGuy65]

Staff Draft is an absolute mess. I don't like it one bit and if you end up unhappy with your coaching staff it's probably bad luck more than anything.

All I'm trying to say is if you end up with crap coaches, hang tight because you can get rid of them next year.

100% agreement here.

[Cory]

Will I poach other people's coordinators if they fit my preferences? For example, if I say that scouting is most important and somebody has an OC whose scouting is 90 and their overall suitability is higher than my current HC will I poach that OC?

[Aston]

I believe you can only promote coordinators to head coaches, if they are under contract.

[Sharkn20]

I believe you can only promote coordinators to head coaches, if they are under contract.

Agree

[Guest]

At least the staff draft is one sim now. I used to hate the three sims for staff in the old version.

[Cory]

This turned out better than I thought it would, but not as well as I had hoped. I had scoped out a couple coaches that should have been there when I was drafting that I would have been happy with. I didn't get those guys, but the coaches I got are nominally better than last years staff in all but one case. My assistant coach is pretty dismal, but I can live with that for a year. It could have gone better, but it also could have gone much, much worse.

[Guest]

Assistant Coaches are frequently terrible, especially if you're drafting towards the bottom, as they frequently get drafted for other (higher) positions.

[Aston]

I'm not quite sure what they are good for really. I got one with good scouting and interviewing bars, though. Not bad for picking so low in the draft.

[Guest]

So did my conditioning coach get a promotion? I am trying to figure out how my 83 rated guy is not longer with my team. Not really sure how this works.