Player Managers

Rosco Peabody · 05-17-2017, 10:45 PM

Anyone know if it's possible to hire a current player on the team to be the team's manager?

jpeters1734 · 05-17-2017, 11:03 PM

it's not unfortunately

NoOne · 05-17-2017, 11:06 PM

a coach is a different entry, so it's just making a coachid and adding the players name and some link, since you can go to coach profile page or player page from within each (one of the two at least..)

pretty sure they have to be retired for the option to be made. since it's technically a different entity in the game, you could make a coach and name them the same and it really isn't much different, except the generation of ratings might not be as kind when simply 1 random coach created. then just make sure to rename their coach profile if they happen to become one later.

even though the game provides a quick little link to switch between, it's exclusive info... may even still have that link after you rename them, lol... you could look into what's exported and if it's a column of data for players, replace the coach id with the one you created... it would link to your coach after that, if possible. plausible, but i don't know what's there by rote.

Rosco Peabody · 05-18-2017, 09:21 AM

Aw that stinks.

In my fictional league, I have a 34 year old player who has a "Captain" status on his Team Chemistry. He's nearing the end of his career, but is still productive. I'd like to get rid of my manager and hire him.

Rosco Peabody · 05-18-2017, 09:21 AM

Oh! I have an idea!

What if I retired him, turned him into a coach, then unretired him. Would that work?

byzeil · 05-18-2017, 12:52 PM

One work around.

Clone the player and the clone will show up in the FA list. Then retire the clone and make him a coach.

The only drawback is the coach doesn't have the former player profile attached to him.

byzeil · 05-18-2017, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rosco Peabody

Oh! I have an idea!

What if I retired him, turned him into a coach, then unretired him. Would that work?

I tried this. First it gets rid of his current contract and second, when I unretired him he went away as a coach.

Rosco Peabody · 05-18-2017, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by byzeil

I tried this. First it gets rid of his current contract and second, when I unretired him he went away as a coach.

Oh that stinks!! Even if he is signed?

05-17-2017, 10:45 PM	#1
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05-17-2017, 11:06 PM	#3
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	a coach is a different entry, so it's just making a coachid and adding the players name and some link, since you can go to coach profile page or player page from within each (one of the two at least..) pretty sure they have to be retired for the option to be made. since it's technically a different entity in the game, you could make a coach and name them the same and it really isn't much different, except the generation of ratings might not be as kind when simply 1 random coach created. then just make sure to rename their coach profile if they happen to become one later. even though the game provides a quick little link to switch between, it's exclusive info... may even still have that link after you rename them, lol... you could look into what's exported and if it's a column of data for players, replace the coach id with the one you created... it would link to your coach after that, if possible. plausible, but i don't know what's there by rote.

05-18-2017, 09:21 AM	#4
Rosco Peabody All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 1,092	Aw that stinks. In my fictional league, I have a 34 year old player who has a "Captain" status on his Team Chemistry. He's nearing the end of his career, but is still productive. I'd like to get rid of my manager and hire him.

05-18-2017, 12:52 PM	#6
byzeil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ, US Posts: 2,007	One work around. Clone the player and the clone will show up in the FA list. Then retire the clone and make him a coach. The only drawback is the coach doesn't have the former player profile attached to him.