What determines a player becoming a coach?
What determines a player becoming a coach?
I haven't looked deeply into this, but it seems as if Madden just turns higher rated retired players into coaches. Is that just by the games design or is there a column that could determine this? Because if there is it was be cool to set it for lower skilled players that eventually retire.
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Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
Brock wrote:I haven't looked deeply into this, but it seems as if Madden just turns higher rated retired players into coaches. Is that just by the games design or is there a column that could determine this? Because if there is it was be cool to set it for lower skilled players that eventually retire.
That's a normal process in the NFL. Player do become coaches. Some of the even lower rated players have become good coaches.
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I know. I was just wondering if it was something that could be edited in a csv file or something. Since it only seems like the elite players become coaches.
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Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
In real life, I usually thought the not-great players became better coaches. Mike Ditka is quite controversial, he may be the best player who turned into a credible coach. Tony Dungy too. Most very good coaches who were players barely clung to the NFL.
There's several things about the coaching cycle I find weird. I won 3 superbowls with Wade Phillips and he retired "i fulfilled all my career goals" he said. 5 or 6 seasons later he was the defensive coordinator of the Browns, the worst team in the NFL. I'm not sure how he came out of retirement and ended up back in the coaches pool, and was available to d-coord.
There's several things about the coaching cycle I find weird. I won 3 superbowls with Wade Phillips and he retired "i fulfilled all my career goals" he said. 5 or 6 seasons later he was the defensive coordinator of the Browns, the worst team in the NFL. I'm not sure how he came out of retirement and ended up back in the coaches pool, and was available to d-coord.
Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
d36williams wrote:In real life, I usually thought the not-great players became better coaches. Mike Ditka is quite controversial, he may be the best player who turned into a credible coach. Tony Dungy too. Most very good coaches who were players barely clung to the NFL.
There's several things about the coaching cycle I find weird. I won 3 superbowls with Wade Phillips and he retired "i fulfilled all my career goals" he said. 5 or 6 seasons later he was the defensive coordinator of the Browns, the worst team in the NFL. I'm not sure how he came out of retirement and ended up back in the coaches pool, and was available to d-coord.
lol yeah its a known "bug" or weird thing. Belichick retired from the patriots only to become a head coach of the Vikings a few years later.
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In case anyone's interested in fixing the "I've fulfilled my career goals" bug, there's a post on the front page.
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Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
I think it's a random selection. I currently have multi-year franchise play in 07, 08, 09 and 11. Bret Farve only showed up as a coach for hire in 08. He's the OC for my team. The team has won a SB, so it will be interesting to see if the game makes my HC retire if/when the team wins a second SB. If so, Farve will get promoted to HC.
Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
Brock wrote:I haven't looked deeply into this, but it seems as if Madden just turns higher rated retired players into coaches. Is that just by the games design or is there a column that could determine this? Because if there is it was be cool to set it for lower skilled players that eventually retire.
I don't know where any of it is determined, but from what I can tell, it seems like the players that come back as coaches always had a high OVR / they played a long time in the league. It would be cool if less prominent players could come back too.
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Re: What determines a player becoming a coach?
Danchat wrote:Brock wrote:I haven't looked deeply into this, but it seems as if Madden just turns higher rated retired players into coaches. Is that just by the games design or is there a column that could determine this? Because if there is it was be cool to set it for lower skilled players that eventually retire.
I don't know where any of it is determined, but from what I can tell, it seems like the players that come back as coaches always had a high OVR / they played a long time in the league. It would be cool if less prominent players could come back too.
Yeah, I figured. Also I was hoping that there was something specific that could control it. I guess, I'll just delete the players/coaches I couldn't see being coaches.
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