Coaching schemes

[Shon 23]

Does anyone bother changing your coach's default coaching schemes, and matching their coaching schemes to your starting players' play-style? Or do you just leave it at default? Does is even matter if you do match them, or is it just there for show, primarily (it being useless)?

What exactly does it affect, if anything? This question has probably asked since M25, but I was wondering if anything changed in M15 with coaching schemes; if matching the appropriate schemes to your player's play-style makes any difference whatsoever this year.

[WilliamLight]

hello!

I try to do that, because I read somewhere that it affects your players XP:s when they match your schemes. If they match=more XP:s from the games. but it was few years ago.. I don´t know if it works that way anymore. funny thing is, it doesn´t always affect positive way to your players rating, when you change your team style to fit the players style.. it doesn´t make any sense.. I like the idea, but it doesn´t always work the way it should.

[Shon 23]

Yeah, I also read last year on here, for M25 that if you matched the schemes it increased the XP slightly for your players, but I never found out the truth to that, or tested it myself to be sure.

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForTheQuinn94

Does anyone bother changing your coach's default coaching schemes, and matching their coaching schemes to your starting players' play-style? Or do you just leave it at default? Does is even matter if you do match them, or is it just there for show, primarily (it being useless)? What exactly does it affect, if anything? This question has probably asked since M25, but I was wondering if anything changed in M15 with coaching schemes; if matching the appropriate schemes to your player's play-style makes any difference whatsoever this year.

I do the opposite I match the players to my coaching/team building style. I usually start with a team that needs a complete rebuild and use schemes for free agency/draft. For instance I prefer classic pocket passers to mobile QB's. For me scheme is just there to help sort through players. It's like the old infomercials "set it and forget it", I set it once and never go back into that screen.

[Shon 23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheba2011

I do the opposite I match the players to my coaching/team building style. I usually start with a team that needs a complete rebuild and use schemes for free agency/draft. For instance I prefer classic pocket passers to mobile QB's. For me scheme is just there to help sort through players. It's like the old infomercials "set it and forget it", I set it once and never go back into that screen.

Now, yet again Sheba we are somewhat alike in how we play CFM. Before, it was the pad and pen for our "draft board," scouting free agency, ect and now, it's fitting players to the schemes, not the other way around, if I am understanding you correctly.

I did something similar to this in M25 instead of matching schemes to player play-style, actually. I decided on the coaching schemes I wanted for each position available to set, and how I thought I would build my team around these types of players, then I'd go out and try to scout/draft certain players that were still pretty good, but fit my system/schemes. I had an idea in my mind of how I wanted the team to play, THEN I'd re-build into that kind of team based off of the coaching schemes.

That may sound dumb, but it was kind of fun. I just want to know though if getting slight XP-boosts for players matching coaching schemes to their play-style, is true though.

That might make me re-think how I use the schemes this time around with XP being so valuable, but I'm having my doubts it actually works that way... but then which way does it work? lol Does it just boosts the overalls of players maybe? A visual reference of sorts? I don't know..

[BadAssHskr]

i made the assumption, they were there for those who wish the let the cpu do all their drafting/roster filling dirty work for them. it would give the cpu some idea about the type of player you are after at the position.

[Shon 23]

Quote: Originally Posted by BadAssHskr

i made the assumption, they were there for those who wish the let the cpu do all their drafting/roster filling dirty work for them. it would give the cpu some idea about the type of player you are after at the position.

That is certainly a possible explanation. It would make sense if you planned on letting the CPU draft for you. Too bad I don't think EA has ever really explained the purpose or usefulness of the coaching schemes from M25, but your theory could very possibly be correct.

[Hooe]

If I recall correctly, the player scheme setting doesn't have any effect on XP gain (double-checking this, will correct if I'm wrong). Rather it's there primarily for changing the calculation of the OVR formula per-position, which changes the user's at-a-glance first impression of a player and the CPU's roster building AI outright via manipulation of the OVR rating.

The team scheme, however, ("Spread", "Power Run", etc.) certainly impacts player progression. The costs of specific attribute upgrades decrease if there's a match between a player's player style and your coach's offensive / defensive scheme setting (mainly intangible and mental things like AWR).

As to the topic, I do adjust these once at the onset of my CFM as to help me build the team I want to build.