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I'm not in any playoffs, just been a manager for a few weeks. I can't seem to find this info. How long is the offseason? When does the next season start? What should I be doing during that time? Any activities better than others? Thanks for any help.

Off season takes rougly 3 weeks. First week, quarter and semi-finals of the play-offs. Second week Finals 2 or 3 games between the two best of each conference. Week 3 draft and end of that week on saterday, the first game of the new season.

What you can do during those three weeks. You get 1 scrimmage scheduled in week 1 and 1 in week 2 of the offseason. You also can schedule a scrimmage every week. So you can play two games in those weeks.

I have been twice out of the play-offs and I can tell you, it is a very long time. So I advice to buy a book. There is except the scrimmages not much to do.

Thanks very much. It does sound boring.

If there are scrimmages there must be training, right?

if you are not in the playoffs, during the weeks in which your players do not pay league games, you do not have to pay salary. In addition, since you only have one game per week, it might be advisable to train FT or stamina

Even if you're out of the playoffs, don't you get two scrimmages? The automatic one on Sat, and the manually arranged one on Thurs?

Two position training is reasonable in that case, though of course buffing FT and stamina isn't a bad thing. Clearly, for all the newbs, don't train gameshape, m'kay.

I would suggest figuring out what guys you want to keep and which ones you want to get rid of. You have 19 guys on the roster which is far too many. Get that cut down to 11-13 as soon as possible. You do seem like you have several guards you can train though, so 2 position is an option is you are going to keep those guys. If you are planning on keeping 10 or more guys for next season and you don't have a NT prospect then I say train FT two weeks and Stamina the other cause it is going to get harder and harder to get chances to do that, especially if you end up drafting a really talented player this season.

Also, I noticed you are in 6th place which means you'll be playing Relegation games, which are meaningful... I'm not exactly sure how they work in DV but in higher leagues if you lose you drop back a level. I think in DV you can get switched to another DV league cause you'd removed then replaced... but I'm certain on that. So you might play 3 games against the 6th or 7th place team from the other side. So you could end up with one week of full training.

Right for both. Altough one week of Stamina per season is a good IMHO.

That would depend on where his players stamina are at right now wouldn't it? Once he gets them up to a decent level (respectable?), I would agree that once a season is enough.

Thanks very much for the tips. I'm just getting familiar with this game and figuring out the roster is the next big thing.

Dropping back a level sounds pretty bad but I don't see competing for anything significant for a couple of seasons, so I guess it isn't so bad. I like the idea of another full week of training. This could work out ok.

I don't think you'll necessarily move leagues if you end up losing the relegation series. I joined at the end of last season, was "awarded" the 8th place team, which should automatically relegate. But I didn't.

As for trimming your roster and training, there are three good guidelines to remember:
One, a player trains most effectively between ages 18-22, though training later can still be effective.
Two, the player's potential doesn't speed their training at all, just what their maximal abilities can reach. And for players that will be effective in the lower US divisions, even starter, star and allstar will be sufficient.
Three, players can start to see their skills decline around age 32.

Given that, your purchase of Mezzogori looks ok, especially if he has been trained up to this point in the season (and depending on his skill breakdowns).Your guard Soon however is a bit old to train, so will never bump up on his HOF potential. But you didn't spend much on him, so no big deal.

Now you just have to decide whether you want to try and train guards or big men. It's very hard to train both in the same season effectively, so most people focus on one group, and then purchase the others. Maybe the draft results will decide it for you though.

[Edit - Actually, sorry I forgot that Jimmy Delatorre is definitely worth training, so I'd keep focusing on him for the rest of the season, and prioritize shorter, guard type prospects for the draft]

Hope that's at least a bit helpful!

Last edited by Tangosz at 6/30/2011 2:56:57 PM