Coaching sliders work!!! Huge impact

[Oraeon1224]

I have almost finished my slider set for playing but have been frustrated by the CPU blitzes and lack of sticking with a running game. In previous years the coaching sliders only effected simulated statistics. None-the-less I decided to experiment.

Coaching slider default 52 for run/pass team threw the ball ~65% of the time
Coaching slider 0 for run/pass team ran the ball ~70% of the time (was >90% until the forth quarter when behind by 3 touchdowns, then abandoned the run)
Coaching slider 100 run/pass team threw the ball >90% of the time

Defensive aggression slider:
Default 60: Team blitzed almost every down
Aggression 0: Team blitzed 1/5 plays and usually only 1 defender
Aggression 100: Team blitzed every down with multiple defenders

This is monumental. This means that we can actually have teams play like their real counterparts in the NCAA this year. Unfortunately the NCAA team didn't actually set these sliders up for the teams. I am going to try to gather %run for all teams in the NCAA and make slider adjustments for all teams. It would be great if others could help with this. To create this statistic check your favorite teams statistics on Yahoo sports box scores for the 2009 season. Please exclude all non-major school games (i.e. scrub games with backup and run heavy) and divide run attempts by total plays (run + pass attempts).

As an example: University of Louisville 35.8 rush att per game / 65.8 plays per game = 54.4% run plays (for slider 100-54 = 46; which would be the correct setting for the slider; currently set at 53 by default).

I am going to do this for my test opponent team and see if the slider is spot on for % of plays or if it needs a bit more aggressive adjustment.

[Oraeon1224]

As another note the blitzes can be adjusted with the defensive aggression slider. I feel the AI is currently blitze happy but I don't know where to get statistics for the number of blitzes a team runs. If the slider is set at 0 the teams rarely blitz and never multiple men, if set to 100 they blitz every play and multiple defenders.

Please let me know if you have insight into the % of time a team blitzes. I am currently leaning towards reducing this slider for all teams by 10.

Finally I am not into simulation statistics, but if anyone is interested in testing how these sliders effect season simulated stats let me know your results.

[youALREADYknow]

Don't waste your time with box scores. I went through this same exercise for NCAA 09 to get realistic sim stats for all teams.

Team Rushing Stats: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

Team Passing Stats: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

Figure out rushing attempts divided by passing attempts and then adjust based on the NCAA setting.

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by Oraeon1224

As another note the blitzes can be adjusted with the defensive aggression slider. I feel the AI is currently blitze happy but I don't know where to get statistics for the number of blitzes a team runs. If the slider is set at 0 the teams rarely blitz and never multiple men, if set to 100 they blitz every play and multiple defenders. Please let me know if you have insight into the % of time a team blitzes. I am currently leaning towards reducing this slider for all teams by 10. Finally I am not into simulation statistics, but if anyone is interested in testing how these sliders effect season simulated stats let me know your results.

For defense you can figure out how many sacks, TFL's, and turnovers a team generates when compared to their overall defensive ranking and determine an aggression based on that.

Examples:

• High Aggression Rating = forces a lot of turnovers, gets a lot of sacks and TFL's but allows a high number of total yards
• Average Aggression Rating = forces a lot of turnovers, gets a lot of sacks and TFL's and allows a low number of total yards (elite defense)
• Low Aggression Rating = doesn't force a lot of turnovers and doesn't get many sacks or TFL's

The key would be finding the correct balance in the slider to determine what an "average" aggression rating is. Average is clearly not 50, so if average is somewhere around 25-30 then low becomes 5-15 and high becomes 40-60.

Team Sacks: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

Tackles for Loss: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

Turnovers Forced: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

Total Defense: http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.js...&div=IA&dest=O

[youALREADYknow]

Oraeon, if you can figure out which slider levels are ideal for low/average/high defensive aggression then I can work up a normalized distribution of slider settings for all NCAA teams based on last year's statistics.

Let me know if that sounds good.

The Run/Pass is easy enough to do with the stats available from NCAA.

[jwjones]

[quote=youALREADYknow;2041358397]Oraeon, if you can figure out which slider levels are ideal for low/average/high defensive aggression then I can work up a normalized distribution of slider settings for all NCAA teams based on last year's statistics.

Let me know if that sounds good.

The Run/Pass is easy enough to do with the stats available from NCAA.


use: teamrankings dot com. good info there. Trust me. First timer.

[claystone]

TCU's gameplan is a very good gameplan that's in the game. Their team is kicking my butt 31-0 in the 4th quarter. This is CPU vs CPU mode.

[coachchris]

I created this list a few weeks ago, I was going to come up with the correct sliders for run pass but have not had the time to test and sim.

Here is the list:

RUN/PASS RATIO
Team	PASS ATT	RUSH ATT	SACKS	PASS ATT+SACKS	RUSH ATT - SACKS	TOTAL PLAYS	Pass %	Run %	Team
Air Force	153	815	11	164	804	968	17%	83%	Air Force
Akron	342	393	26	368	367	735	50%	50%	Akron
Alabama	346	601	20	366	581	947	39%	61%	Alabama
Arizona	484	430	13	497	417	914	54%	46%	Arizona
Arizona State	418	382	26	444	356	800	56%	45%	Arizona State
Arkansas	439	395	25	464	370	834	56%	44%	Arkansas
Arkansas State	330	428	30	360	398	758	47%	53%	Arkansas State
Army	161	593	10	171	583	754	23%	77%	Army
Auburn	364	550	21	385	529	914	42%	58%	Auburn
Ball State	313	435	30	343	405	748	46%	54%	Ball State
Baylor	431	346	31	462	315	777	59%	41%	Baylor
Boise State	458	508	5	463	503	966	48%	52%	Boise State
Boston College	350	473	19	369	454	823	45%	55%	Boston College
Bowling Green	596	360	29	625	331	956	65%	35%	Bowling Green
Buffalo	402	434	20	422	414	836	50%	50%	Buffalo
BYU	419	470	22	441	448	889	50%	50%	BYU
California	393	471	31	424	440	864	49%	51%	California
Central Michigan	479	515	17	496	498	994	50%	50%	Central Michigan
Cincinnati	472	361	15	487	346	833	58%	42%	Cincinnati
Clemson	390	496	18	408	478	886	46%	54%	Clemson
Colorado	473	379	43	516	336	852	61%	39%	Colorado
Colorado State	325	416	21	346	395	741	47%	53%	Colorado State
Connecticut	375	528	21	396	507	903	44%	56%	Connecticut
Duke	501	339	28	529	311	840	63%	37%	Duke
East Carolina	452	529	12	464	517	981	47%	53%	East Carolina
Eastern Michigan	327	421	25	352	396	748	47%	53%	Eastern Michigan
Florida	364	555	28	392	527	919	43%	57%	Florida
Florida Atlantic	444	434	20	464	414	878	53%	47%	Florida Atlantic
Florida International	433	422	34	467	388	855	55%	45%	Florida International
Florida State	437	422	20	457	402	859	53%	47%	Florida State
Fresno State	321	555	21	342	534	876	39%	61%	Fresno State
Georgia	346	447	12	358	435	793	45%	55%	Georgia
Georgia Tech	168	792	12	180	780	960	19%	81%	Georgia Tech
Hawaii	569	292	36	605	256	861	70%	30%	Hawaii
Houston	747	403	18	765	385	1150	67%	33%	Houston
Idaho	396	456	24	420	432	852	49%	51%	Idaho
Illinois	331	497	31	362	466	828	44%	56%	Illinois
Indiana	440	369	16	456	353	809	56%	44%	Indiana
Iowa	392	454	29	421	425	846	50%	50%	Iowa
Iowa State	380	516	17	397	499	896	44%	56%	Iowa State
Kansas	506	379	32	538	347	885	61%	39%	Kansas
Kansas State	298	504	24	322	480	802	40%	60%	Kansas State
Kent State	393	393	19	412	374	786	52%	48%	Kent State
Kentucky	326	551	16	342	535	877	39%	61%	Kentucky
Louisiana Tech	320	499	27	347	472	819	42%	58%	Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette	406	460	14	420	446	866	48%	52%	Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe	329	488	16	345	472	817	42%	58%	Louisiana-Monroe
Louisville	365	424	36	401	388	789	51%	49%	Louisville
LSU	336	435	35	371	400	771	48%	52%	LSU
Marshall	404	471	26	430	445	875	49%	51%	Marshall
Maryland	392	410	36	428	374	802	53%	47%	Maryland
Memphis	405	436	16	421	420	841	50%	50%	Memphis
Miami (Fla.)	416	463	35	451	428	879	51%	49%	Miami (Fla.)
Miami (Ohio)	534	352	58	592	294	886	67%	33%	Miami (Ohio)
Michigan	329	494	25	354	469	823	43%	57%	Michigan
Michigan State	423	419	14	437	405	842	52%	48%	Michigan State
Middle Tennessee	436	519	19	455	500	955	48%	52%	Middle Tennessee
Minnesota	385	430	40	425	390	815	52%	48%	Minnesota
Mississippi	377	503	16	393	487	880	45%	55%	Mississippi
Mississippi State	266	555	20	286	535	821	35%	65%	Mississippi State
Missouri	467	444	20	487	424	911	53%	47%	Missouri
Navy	110	820	22	132	798	930	14%	86%	Navy
Nebraska	364	512	19	383	493	876	44%	56%	Nebraska
Nevada	293	607	13	306	594	900	34%	66%	Nevada
New Mexico	470	361	41	511	320	831	61%	39%	New Mexico
New Mexico State	269	503	23	292	480	772	38%	62%	New Mexico State
North Carolina	368	477	26	394	451	845	47%	53%	North Carolina
North Carolina State	421	419	32	453	387	840	54%	46%	North Carolina State
North Texas	413	420	12	425	408	833	51%	49%	North Texas
Northern Illinois	274	530	14	288	516	804	36%	64%	Northern Illinois
Northwestern	531	503	31	562	472	1034	54%	46%	Northwestern
Notre Dame	447	401	25	472	376	848	56%	44%	Notre Dame
Ohio	402	455	28	430	427	857	50%	50%	Ohio
Ohio State	316	563	23	339	540	879	39%	61%	Ohio State
Oklahoma	519	485	15	534	470	1004	53%	47%	Oklahoma
Oklahoma State	336	555	11	347	544	891	39%	61%	Oklahoma State
Oregon	338	547	13	351	534	885	40%	60%	Oregon
Oregon State	478	440	29	507	411	918	55%	45%	Oregon State
Penn State	397	467	17	414	450	864	48%	52%	Penn State
Pittsburgh	338	479	15	353	464	817	43%	57%	Pittsburgh
Purdue	449	388	20	469	368	837	56%	44%	Purdue
Rice	452	407	30	482	377	859	56%	44%	Rice
Rutgers	327	484	40	367	444	811	45%	55%	Rutgers
San Diego State	448	328	16	464	312	776	60%	40%	San Diego State
San Jose State	403	351	34	437	317	754	58%	42%	San Jose State
SMU	472	378	36	508	342	850	60%	40%	SMU
South Carolina	440	435	36	476	399	875	54%	46%	South Carolina
South Florida	297	508	38	335	470	805	42%	58%	South Florida
Southern Mississippi	391	512	17	408	495	903	45%	55%	Southern Mississippi
Stanford	313	536	8	321	528	849	38%	62%	Stanford
Syracuse	354	421	27	381	394	775	49%	51%	Syracuse
TCU	326	595	12	338	583	921	37%	63%	TCU
Temple	280	551	22	302	529	831	36%	64%	Temple
Tennessee	401	476	18	419	458	877	48%	52%	Tennessee
Texas	540	513	32	572	481	1053	54%	46%	Texas
Texas A&M	509	544	29	538	515	1053	51%	49%	Texas A&M
Texas Tech	669	319	31	700	288	988	71%	29%	Texas Tech
Toledo	445	409	18	463	391	854	54%	46%	Toledo
Troy	529	444	24	553	420	973	57%	43%	Troy
Tulane	373	395	29	402	366	768	52%	48%	Tulane
Tulsa	389	480	45	434	435	869	50%	50%	Tulsa
UAB	291	463	21	312	442	754	41%	59%	UAB
UCF	379	480	33	412	447	859	48%	52%	UCF
UCLA	436	421	28	464	393	857	54%	46%	UCLA
UNLV	417	389	15	432	374	806	54%	46%	UNLV
USC	379	438	18	397	420	817	49%	51%	USC
Utah	405	485	20	425	465	890	48%	52%	Utah
Utah State	376	496	32	408	464	872	47%	53%	Utah State
UTEP	422	401	25	447	376	823	54%	46%	UTEP
Vanderbilt	352	451	24	376	427	803	47%	53%	Vanderbilt
Virginia	363	410	40	403	370	773	52%	48%	Virginia
Virginia Tech	249	573	31	280	542	822	34%	66%	Virginia Tech
Wake Forest	417	429	28	445	401	846	53%	47%	Wake Forest
Washington	396	390	27	423	363	786	54%	46%	Washington
Washington State	372	354	53	425	301	726	59%	41%	Washington State
West Virginia	347	508	25	372	483.5	855	43%	57%	West Virginia
Western Kentucky	313	444	37	350	407	757	46%	54%	Western Kentucky
Western Michigan	528	344	23	551	321	872	63%	37%	Western Michigan
Wisconsin	340	581	23	363	558	921	39%	61%	Wisconsin
Wyoming	410	496	38	448	458	906	49%	51%	Wyoming