Increasing team unity?

[HellBass]

Hey everyone,

I did a search for team unity, and I got a lot of information about how it effects simming, etc. However, I didn't find any information on how to INCREASE team unity. I have a very good team full of young players that is 10-1, but has very low (20%) team unity. Are their drills or certain weekly options to perform that can increase this value?

Thanks,
CBASS

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by HellBass

Hey everyone, I did a search for team unity, and I got a lot of information about how it effects simming, etc. However, I didn't find any information on how to INCREASE team unity. I have a very good team full of young players that is 10-1, but has very low (20%) team unity. Are their drills or certain weekly options to perform that can increase this value? Thanks, CBASS

Keeping the same starting 5 and rotation increases team unity

[BlackBerry]

If you're 10-1 you should probably be on your way. Usually you need to have a good group of players that have grown together and a couple of good upperclassmen players that can be COF's (Coaches on the Floor) to help unite the team.

And as mentioned before, make sure your starting lineup is consistent, as well as the roles of the players off the bench.

[HellBass]

Is coach on the floor related to offensive awareness? How can I help train for that attribute? I am starting all freshman and sophomores, so the SR leadership thing is hard to find this year.

Also, is there a place to set roles for each player? I haven't seen that yet...am I overlooking that?

[jello1717]

Quote: Originally Posted by HellBass

Is coach on the floor related to offensive awareness? How can I help train for that attribute? I am starting all freshman and sophomores, so the SR leadership thing is hard to find this year.

Close.

In order for a player to be a COF, he needs to fulfill 2 requirements:
1. He must have 80 awareness on the team unity screen. This awareness rating is an average of the players offensive awareness and defensive awareness, so a guy with great offensive awareness, but crappy defensive awareness will likely not qualify. Furthermore, to be a COF in a game, this is based on his in game awareness rating which will be higher as long as the player has good confidence (as good confidence increases all ratings in game). The only caveat here is that I don't know how confidence and COF works for simmed games.

2. He must have 4/6 bars of experience (or whatever it's called) on the same team unity page.

So, a very aware FR won't be a COF.
A 4 year starter with low awareness won't be a COF.
A very aware SR who has rarely played throughout his career, and thus doesn't have much game experience, won't be a COF.
However, a very aware SO who has started every game will likely become a COF towards the end of his SO year, and will definitely be one at the beginning of his JR year.

EDIT:
Oh yeah. And if you have a player that you want to be a COF, but doesn't meet the awareness criterion, you can have him train this in the development section. For training, awareness is one of the options (like shooting, rebounding, etc) and it'll increase his O. awareness, D. awareness, clutch, and something else too I think, maybe consistency.

As far as the experience criterion goes, the only way to improve this is by playing him. I think that the end of the SO season is about the earliest a player can fulfill the experience requirement for COF.

[tweadle]

I decided this season to turn off "Team Unity" and turn on "Clutch." My previous 2 seasons I've had these features the other way around. I'm not sure I like that Unity effects my guys attributes while on the floor.
I've not decided 100% on this but I'm rolling with it for now. Just throwing that out there since we're talking about Team Unity.

[stlstudios189]

I like the team unity idea, the more a team plays together the better they become over the course of the season/s. I think the higher the unity becomes the better they play.

[tehova]

just seeing this thread title makes me want to pull my game back out and fire it up.


but i'm actually trading in my videogame hour (7-8) for a p90x routine starting monday