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>>I think it is necessary and realistic for staff ability to degrade over time<<

Hmm. Think of all the coaches who have 20, 30 year careers and BB has them dropping off after 5 weeks? I don't think that is even remotely realistic.

Why necessary, for the sake of argument?

It would render the whole staff idea pointless if it didn't.
Hire a level 10 of each staff position and your done. Neveer have to check back again, because a lvl 10 is a lvl 10.

Why necessary, for the sake of argument?

Refer to what Riceball said.

Remember that time is greatly accelerated here. 14 weeks = 1 year

The coaches that have long careers are relatively rare.

That said, could the staff system be improved?

Of course. Not having skill drops is not an improvement, however.

>>Hmm. Think of all the coaches who have 20, 30 year careers and BB has them dropping off after 5 weeks? I don't think that is even remotely realistic.<<

All of the coaches with 20, 30 year careers with one professional basketball team? I think that would be approximately 0.

As far as necessary, I guess you could just have set it and forget it staff members, but I think managing staff is a part of the game that would be missed if staff members didn't lose skill over time.

Guess you never heard of Red Auerbach.

Jerry Sloan is in his 20th year right now I believe.

...and if you look at college many coaches stay with one team for very very long periods of time.

0 was an approximate number :)

Guess you never heard of Red Auerbach.

16 years with Boston for him.

Yes, pro coaches don't hang around as long with one team ls college coaches do, however this fantasy game bears much more resemblance to college ball than pro ball. Thus my comment.

The game engine uses NBA rules, but the offensive and defensive tactical options more closely resemble college ball. NBA teams don't utilize the now-legal zone defense as often as college teams, nor do they ever use full court press for more than a few minutes at a burst, and then mostly at the end of must-win games. On offense, Pros don't play run and gun any more (or at least since they stopped wearing short-shorts). The Princeton offense is college only, no NBA uses it.

BTW, no complaints about the choices, they make for a nice college game.

The draft, of course bears no relation to the pro draft in that each team appears to me (at least those dozen or so drafts I've checked out) to intake 3 17 year-olds. This is a college recruiting class in all but name.

I'm curious why BuzzerBeater chose to bring in players at 17 instead of 21, which would have matched pro ball rather closely. It seems to me an inappropriate kludge from Hattrick, one which could have been avoided by simply adding four years to the Hattrick player life cycle at each point in the player career.

Anyway, I do see your point about letting coaches wear out.

One final question:

Its been stated that a 9-rated coach is equal to every other 9-rated coach you are offered. That is, the salary doesn't indicate shades of ability beyond the rating.

Is that true of a 9-rated coach who has devalued from a 10? Is he the exact equivalent of a new 9-rated coach?

Is that true of a 9-rated coach who has devalued from a 10? Is he the exact equivalent of a new 9-rated coach?

Yes.

I'm curious why BuzzerBeater chose to bring in players at 17 instead of 21, which would have matched pro ball rather closely. It seems to me an inappropriate kludge from Hattrick, one which could have been avoided by simply adding four years to the Hattrick player life cycle at each point in the player career.

I've never seen a 17 year old. Are you referring to 18 year olds?

I think the ages reflect the possibility of those leaving college early for the pros (although 18 year olds are pretty much banned from going into the NBA Draft).

I thought this season's 18 year-olds were 17 when they were taken in the draft.

In any event, the scholars who enter the NBA rarely are less than 20. Just curious about the age choice.