[SirMichaelJordan]

Originally Posted by naturaldopamine

The real question is does it really make a difference who you hire?? Wish there was some raw data to prove what these ratings actually change, if anything.

Like real life, there aren’t any raw data that proves staff makes a huge differences in development therefore features like this in the game have effect but nothing huge. Turning staff off will put everyone on a neutral playing field in development. When it’s on, some teams will have a edge over another.

Managers and Bench Coaches


Aside from their reputation, managers should be judged based on their personality, strategy, and style.

Manager Personality can be one of Personable, Easygoing, Normal, Temperamental, or Controlling. Each personality will affect his relationship to the players on the team. A personable manager will tend to be friendlier with the players, but may not have as much control in the room if the team is going through a tough stretch. A controlling manager is more of the opposite – while some players will respect his style, many will not enjoy playing for him. However the controls should help the clubhouse from devolving into chaos. A temperamental manager will tend to either love players or hate them, however there is often a reason that manager has made it that far despite his personality. An easygoing manager will go with the flow – the players like him in good times, but might not in tough times.

Manager Style will often dictate their game strategy, and will reflect their mentality when managing: Conventional, Sabermetric, Smallball, Tactician, or Unorthodox. The text of the "Personality and Style" description will elaborate on the exact implications of their style.

Roster Strategy for managers will guide how they build their lineups – a manager that heavily favors prospects will be more willing to give the young player a chance, for example.

The Relationships tab for managers has 2 panes, relationships and development. Relationships describe both the general overall impression the team has of the manager, as well as detailing which players will have good or bad relationships with the manager. Development Influence indicates which players whose development the manager will be particularly effective (high) or ineffective (low) at influencing.

Bench Coaches have the same personality, style, and strategy ratings types as managers. Their training effects on players are slightly different, focusing more on running and fielding than other areas.

Hitting and Pitching Coaches


Coaches are mainly guided by their focus: Hitting coaches may be focused on power, contact, patience, or neutral; pitching coaches focuses are power, finesse, groundball, or neutral. They will emphasize development and improvements based on their tendency – power hitting coaches will tend to help all players' power ratings increase, for example.

The focus also defines players who the coach will work best with - a power hitter will tend to get a better overall improvement from a power focused hitting coach. The Relationships tab indicates which players are classified as belonging to the same style as the coach.