i like the approach they did on hattrick, that the TIE/CT etc. have effects on the fanbase .
But this ain't reality, and for me TIE/CT etc. is more about tactic then connection, i won't say that i never make an deal but on one deal they come 10 normal tie even cause tie normally ain't fair cause if my opponent tie at home it is my chanche to rob an away game, so i got everyweek the question did i try to win both game(home tie, away normal) or if i take the sure win and play normal @home. Without those one home game i normally got problems in the following week, and even in my league where most of the teams are on one level i got some obligatonary TIE, maybe the one out of respect against strong opponents or the one against the weaker teams.
Thats are big point of strategy, like the management of minutes(which is unrealistic too, players like Kobe usually plays all the weak here even the star trainee plays maybe 50 Minutes in 3 games), and if the coach take this out like propose and corrects wrrong tactics more(i like to play hit or miss tactics when i am the outdog like 1-3-1 etc) like propose in the first post i'll miss something in game.
Your propose with less change looks better to me, but even your connection betwenn winning and loosing and enthusiam, maybe it's realistic but it is also foresight ;) So i could get suprised by a weaker teams which just play harder, which especially makes the cup exciting. Even with the coach abilities, i'm pretty hapy that i could change team tactics and strategies a lot just in rotating my rooster and don't have the sign over my door defense win games , or inside rules because i got a coach who supports that.