GeminiVy on effectively using RPEs

2006-12-31T19:10:40Z

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The first and most important rule of recruiting: '''Be true to yourself'''. Many of the "better" recruiting strategies only work if you're both thorough and thoughtful in your recruiting, and willing to re-evaluate and adapt as more information becomes available. There's no shame in four-max if you don't have much time to commit and are still having fun. In addition, being true to yourself also means being realistic in who you max. If you're adverse to risk, like myself, that means avoiding players that you know will be intensely recruited, however tempting they might be. It doesn't matter how studly the player is: if you're not willing to stay on the big tie, then don't get in to begin with because you're just wasting RPEs.

The following advice is targeted to Small Programs. The rest of you don't need any more help. :P

I'm going to throw out two semi-controversial statements, and by defending them, hopefully do a decent job of explaining my recruiting philosophy.

# Four-max is suicide in the long run. How bad is four-max in terms of RPE usage? Let's say you max four players and give out ten scholarships (gotta save four for the maxes) in the first week. Your RPE yield would be 32*4 + 10*15 = 278 RPEs. Compare that to the other extreme: giving out 1 RPE to 35 different players. Your RPE yield would be 16*35 = 560 RPEs. That's more than TWICE the yield, without using a single scholarship, while also getting to carry over 33 (68-35) RPEs to the next week. The lesson: '''maximize the bonus RPEs'''. Two-max is probably best, but three-max is a good compromise between effort and results. If you go four-max, you're putting yourself at a disadvantage right from the beginning of the recruiting season. If you do decide to go two-max or three-max, that's when my second statement comes in.
# You should only give out 17 RPEs or 1 RPE before the W3/W12s come out. The reason for this is simple: there's not enough information to justify any other RPE allocation. Why spend 9 RPEs on a recruit when he might show up on the Top 75 list the next day? Instead of spending 9 RPEs two weeks in a row, spend 1 RPE the first week, and then spend 17 RPEs the next week if he doesn't appear on the list. The number of RPEs is the same, but there's much less risk in the second approach. There are exceptions to this. For example, you might spend 9 RPEs on a recruit in the first week, with the intention of maxing him the next two weeks if he doesn't show up on the Top 75 list, getting the upper hand on anyone who only spent 1 RPE the first week. The lesson: '''have a reason for every RPE you spend'''. If you think you can get a lead, max out. If you're not sure, be sparing with your RPEs. You can always spend them later when you know more; you can't get them back when they're gone.

Recruiting Basics

2006-12-31T19:02:47Z

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=Maxes=
The best players will receive the maximum number of recruiting points (17) each week from multiple coaches. If you want a chance of signing the best players you will have to do the same, so plan accordingly how many players you will max. LTT teams can theoretically max 4 players, but that leaves no points for a safety net.

'''Tips'''
*Maxing the 2 or 3 best recruits available is likely to leave you in high ties with only a 20% chance (or worse) of landing each player. You may want to consider maxing 1 or 2 of the best players and 1 or 2 guys who are likely to be low ties (or even leads)

=Safety Net=
While Ideally you should be aiming for at least three clear leads so that you can avoid walk-ons.

'''Tips'''
*Use the early recruiting bonus
When you spend one or more points, or give a scholarsip on/to a player in the first week of recruiting you will receive a bonus of 15RPE on that player. In the second week you will receive 13 additional RPE and you receive 2 less bonus RPE each week.

*Make a large safety net
Maximise your use of the early recruiting bonus by making a large safety net in the first week. Especially when you are first starting, consider using only 2 maxes and spending 33x1 RPE on safety net players until you get a feel for which players get maxed in your league and which ones don't get recruited at all. This will give you 33 players at 16RPE after the first week.

*Experiment
Use your safety net to discover which sorts of players (by scout, attributes, height, preference, position etc) get maxed in your league and which ones don't. If you can find a pattern for effective players that don't get maxed you're on your way to building a good safety net each season.

*First Drop
If its late in the season and you can't establish any more leads consider getting to first drop (1/x) on recruits. The team in the lead might sign 3 different players and then you will be in a position to sign that player.

=General Tips=
*Players need 28RPE to be guaranteed to sign with you, they might sign for less, but get to 28 to make sure.
*If you are more than 3RPE behind on a recruit you are unlikely to have the first chance of signing the player, consider spending your points elsewhere
*Even if you have a clear lead on a player you need to spend 5RPE on that player each week to guarantee a 1RPE lead on that player.
*Don't forget to give scholarships to players you want to sign!

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