Well,I finally took the plunge.I'm in a historical universe with recalc so what I did first was turn off player development completely so that recalc was the only thing that determined how the players would perform,and then I changed the player evaluation settings to the one's recommended by Wolf and then finally,I turned off ratings,potential ratings and stars so the only thing I now have to go on are stats and scouting reports.As an added wrinkle I have players retiring according to history so there's always the chance that I trade for somebody who's all set to retire
.The reason I did it now was so that I never see any of the ratings for next season,they will be hidden from the start.I don't have to worry about the draft because I have players entering the league with the team they broke in with.Its the best I could do to keep the league as historically accurate as possible while still making it as challenging as possible.