What NCAA Recruiting Should Be

[NikB13]

All the RPG style and hat choosing ideas would go a long way with the recruting presentation. the new style is great, but if they had some drama towards NSD it woul be spectactular.

[jbrew2411]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCTiger8

I really argee with the ATH section. I hate recruiting a 5 star ATH only to find out he's a 75+ QB a 60 Safety and 40 in everything else, especially when I already have several quality QBs. I think one thing that should be adjusted is the way ATHs are presented when selecting a final position. One of the big thing with athletes is that they have various skill sets that can be utilized all over the football field, but usually they have "raw" talent which hasn't been refined yet. I think showing the individual's potential rating at a specific position would be a better way to gauge the final position. Scrambling type QB? Might only have a 80 potential at QB but may have a 85 at safety with some good coaching (which is a separate issue all together). I just think there needs to be refinement with regards to ATHs in recruiting. There needs to be a better way to address these recruits, especially as they are widely coveted throughout the game.

I'm with you on this one. I hate to get an ATH and the only position he can play is corner. Most ATH in real life play both ways in high school and return kicks. I would like to see ATH's that could be good on both sides of the ball. I hate the QB Ath's because that is all they can play. That is not an ATH. Look at Russell Sheppard who signed with LSU he could play QB, RB, WR, and made on D. I don't see that in this game.

[TrevJo]

NCAA has so many other issues that need to be fixed aside from revamping recruiting. They have too many requests for bells and whistles to fix something that isn't broken without sacrificing quality.

The only problem is that recruiting is too easy. And recruiting is too easy for one simple reason: The CPU is ******** at assessing its needs.
If a CPU school has 1 good LT and 2 lousy RTs coming back, the CPU will not put much focus into recruiting LTs, because they have fulfilled the roster minimum.
Now EA should listen carefully because this is the part that concerns them: The roster minimums need to be increased to 4 or 5 for positions like tackle, guard, defensive end, etc. And the CPU needs to be smarter about recognizing weaknesses and needs for the future. Fix this!

A further problem along the same lines (but not directly related to recruiting) is that a CPU team with two 85 LGs and two 70 RGs will start one of each instead of starting both LGs.

[TrevJo]

You guys are nuts on the ATH thing. Recognizing what position an ATH is going to be good at is as easy as breathing.

[NikB13]

Quote: Originally Posted by TrevJo

You guys are nuts on the ATH thing. Recognizing what position an ATH is going to be good at is as easy as breathing.

Ya i kno which is why i dont like it. ATH should be able to play a multitude of positions at a high level. not just one and the rest crap.

[hustle55]

Quote: Originally Posted by NikB13

Ya i kno which is why i dont like it. ATH should be able to play a multitude of positions at a high level. not just one and the rest crap.

I agree totally an ATH should be able to play a lot of different positions.

[mattbooty]

A couple thoughts.

1. on the ATH thing, I don't think the problem is so much that you can't tell what position they will play, but that they will only be good at one position (maybe 2). Realistically an ATH should be able to move between QB, WR, HB, CB, S, etc with a minimal drop in skills. Most ATH in 2009 are say a 72 rated WR, a 60 CB, and 40 at everything else... at that point why not just make the recruit a WR in the first place, why are they even listed as an ATH.

2. I have always thought it would be great to earmark 10 junior HS players that would automatically give them a bump next season when you actually recruit them. For instance you see the juniors, and whichever ones you pick they will bump you up a few spots on their list when recruiting starts (potentially get students interested in your program when they wouldn't have been otherwise).

3. I love the idea that very few Hard commits happen until signing day. What I think should happen is any pre-signing day would be Softs, but the big change is once a player soft commits, all other schools should fall off their board. You can still monitor that player during the season, and if another school appears on their board (which would happen with maybe 20% of soft's) that tells you that they are starting to rethink their commitment and you need to start throwing more time at them to get them to hold to their commitment.

[TrevJo]

Quote: Originally Posted by NikB13

Ya i kno which is why i dont like it. ATH should be able to play a multitude of positions at a high level. not just one and the rest crap.

I forgot to comment on this aspect. But in my experience I have not seen ATH that are only good at one position. I always see them maybe 2 or 4 points ahead of their next best position in their overall ranking, I don't know where you guys are seeing this guys that are 10+ points worse at their second best position.