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CBL-Commish · 07-03-2007, 10:52 AM

Suggestion

Have an option for coach's contracts to have an infinitely repeating club option. They will only leave if fired.

Reason

There are many major league coaches who are basically tied to a franchise. For example, Elrod Hendricks was the Orioles' bullpen coach for 20-some years. That was his happy place. He had absolutely no desire to sell his services to the highest bidder. He would have taken $50k to coach for the Orioles forever. He would have been happy to have died in the Oriole Park bullpen. There is no way, aside from invoking commish/God mode, to model this behavior in OOTP.

Priority

Medium-low. Nice to have, better model of some real life coaches, but not crucial.

07-03-2007, 10:52 AM	#2
CBL-Commish All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,999	Suggestion Have an option for coach's contracts to have an infinitely repeating club option. They will only leave if fired. Reason There are many major league coaches who are basically tied to a franchise. For example, Elrod Hendricks was the Orioles' bullpen coach for 20-some years. That was his happy place. He had absolutely no desire to sell his services to the highest bidder. He would have taken $50k to coach for the Orioles forever. He would have been happy to have died in the Oriole Park bullpen. There is no way, aside from invoking commish/God mode, to model this behavior in OOTP. Priority Medium-low. Nice to have, better model of some real life coaches, but not crucial. __________________ For the best in O's news: Orioles' Hangout.com Last edited by CBL-Commish; 07-03-2007 at 11:33 AM.