Coaching Change

[Coach Stag]

So I'm ending my 5th season as Iowa's coach, getting a little tired of playing the same Big-10 (11) opponents...deciding on where I may want to go after the season. Narrowed it down to: FSU, Georgia, or Georgia Tech.

I was wondering how often the rest of ya'll change teams, or do you start a new dynasty? How many dynasty's do you run at once?

I also have a Texas Tech dynasty going, but I spend more time on Iowa right now.

[GaryGuanine]

I usually have one dynasty going at a time. Last year I made a user-created school, but this year I went with Rutgers. I had one dynasty in 2004 that I ran for 8 seasons, and I played with UCLA for 4 and then switched to Army to develop them.

In this year's game, after Rutgers's seniors graduated and the offense became a D+, I realized I would have had more fun with another job. But I love my Scarlet Knights, and I'll have fun turning them into a powerhouse. If I got them really good, I might switch to another project, though.

Gary

[DuckFan]

I finished over 40 complete dynasties in 05. Of those, I would say that 7 or 8 of them had me stay with one team all the way through. I know I played the Ducks straight through twice, my alma mater (a D3 school) several times, a created school in Alaska, and once all the way through with Montana.

The rest of my dynasties I changed coaching jobs somewhat frequently. I think my record was 8 different schools getting the NC in one career, which is not much of an achievement until you realize that I was simming virtually every game.

I would say that probably 70% of the dynasties I start don't get past year 6. I get bored with winning, or I get a new idea for something that requires that I restart. I just bailed on my Ducks dynasty in year 10 because I wanted to try something new... Hence the Temple Owls thread...

[VTHokie32]

You "finished" a dynasty? I didn't even know that was possible! How many seasons did you play? What does it do when you get to the end?

[Coach Stag]

Well, the Hawkeyes won back-to-back NCAA titles and Mathias Parker (my stud Heisman winning JR QB) was going to declare for the draft so I accepted a job offer with FSU.

Looking forward to hearing the war chant and playing some ACC teams.

Now I just need to find some players.....

[DuckFan]

You "finished" a dynasty? I didn't even know that was possible! How many seasons did you play? What does it do when you get to the end?

Forty years and it's done... Just like in Madden you get 30...

I assume the difference is because people can coach longer in college than in the pros... As for what it does when you are done, it gives you a code that you can put in so that when you play online all your players get a +5 bonus on their speed...

[maddenbowl62]

Forty years and it's done... Just like in Madden you get 30...

I assume the difference is because people can coach longer in college than in the pros... As for what it does when you are done, it gives you a code that you can put in so that when you play online all your players get a +5 bonus on their speed...

I always thought that dynasty was 120 years. Do you play your dynasties and franchises as a job? It seems like you would have no time for other things.

[DuckFan]

I don't play online... That obviously saves me some time...

Plus, when I am on my 10th dynasty or so, there are large parts of it that I just hand off to the CPU. I personally control certain key things, but let the CPU do the rest.

The fastest I have finished a Dynasty was in 31 hours. But that particular one I was just running a test of coaching styles. So the only hands-on changes I would make were in the run-pass percentages and the default offense and defense. That sim run was the one that convinced me the game was broken in the percentages. I took a 2-star program to 2 straight national titles by year 16 just by changing coaching styles... No playing, no recruiting... Just coaching style changes...

I have no doubt that I have spent as much time with NCAA as any four of EA's playtesters combined... But it's a nice mental exercise for me... And it gives me practice for planning my conquest of Europe in 2013.

[GoCOLTS]

Oh crappers, another person who wishes to dominate the world or a country in a message board. I hate these they bore me, be creative take over the computer industry or microsoft and make their porducts not crappy or something not the fricken world.