Final Coaching Stage question.

[JesterBlaze]

I'll be losing my HC to Norfolk in this final coaching stage. Norfolk has a great HC currently under contract not accepting new offers.

What happens in the Stage 3 mechanics? I'm wondering if I'm better off not offering anything to any coaches because that way I might get a good shot at being designated a good "stage 3 released" HC by the FOF workings.

I'd hate to sign a mediocre HC based on an actual offer if it's going to cause a great HC to sit in the coaching pool until the next off-season.

When all offers are accepted or denied in the Stage 3 Running does the FOF engine rank the coaches (including released coaches) in any way and then dole them out highest contract first? Or is it all random?

[JesterBlaze]

Also, what dictates how much $$ we can spend? I thought it was Franchise Value.

[Kobeck]

you know way more about this than me - lol

FWIW I thought it was profit & loss

[Chris Rex]

I think it's yearly profit. I think. In my case, no more than 60 % attendance, bonuses, etc = never able to hire an upper tier coach :-/

[Matt]

jester, it's profit that drvies that offer.
what was your offer?
just because NFK is higher offer, doesn't always mean the coach will choose theirs.

you should always max offer on coaches, especially if they are good. If it's your coach, you always have a much higher chance to resign. there's a huge "home cooking" logic in the SH process.

[JesterBlaze]

I think the numbers were something like (Norfolk) $10.5M to (Lawrence) $8.8M.

I had a $30M profit, which wasn't bad if you don't count Portland, who's way ahead of the rest of the IFL in that area. Certainly I should have had enough profit to outbid Chicago for the old WV coach, which is what caught my attention on this whole matter. I wonder if I have any "dead coach money" from dropping the remaining contract on OC Bryant White last season in order to bring Alan Crespo on board.

[SteveBsFan]

I'd hate to sign a mediocre HC based on an actual offer if it's going to cause a great HC to sit in the coaching pool until the next off-season

Agreed on this. Another flaw in a very screwy coaching system by the game. I wish we could come up with a pretty fair system on coaches. Personally I'd like to see the 1st stage be just to re-sign former coaches, similar to the 1st stage in FA. I'm not sure of the flaws, and I'm sure there will be some, but any system we can come up with would probably be better than FOF's default.

[jley618]

Agreed on this. Another flaw in a very screwy coaching system by the game. I wish we could come up with a pretty fair system on coaches. Personally I'd like to see the 1st stage be just to re-sign former coaches, similar to the 1st stage in FA. I'm not sure of the flaws, and I'm sure there will be some, but any system we can come up with would probably be better than FOF's default.

The coaching portion of this game is so insignificant, that adding a rule like tat is more trouble than its worth. Just my 2 cents.