AI sign/fire personnel..Thoughts

[Mntwins]

Thinking about having my GM do this. Does the AI do a decent job at it?
Or am I better off doing it myself. Problem is it's such a pain in the ass.

[wsenkow]

Originally Posted by Mntwins

Thinking about having my GM do this. Does the AI do a decent job at it?
Or am I better off doing it myself. Problem is it's such a pain in the ass.

I agree about the 'pain' so I assign the task to the AGM for the minor league levels only. You will find that near the end of the season you may want to intervene a bit and check if some of the personnel have gained reputation, slip in an extension if their contracts are near expiry, or even gauge to see if one should be promoted to replace someone at the major league level or at least a higher up minor league team, perhaps even a vacancy if timed right. Moving someone up yourself is a good idea because you cut off the AGM from hiring a new person of lower reputation for a team at a higher level.

This is still, by far, worth the time and effort saved by going down the entire list of potential staff only to find out they are not interested for the level you need them for.

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by wsenkow

I agree about the 'pain' so I assign the task to the AGM for the minor league levels only. You will find that near the end of the season you may want to intervene a bit and check if some of the personnel have gained reputation, slip in an extension if their contracts are near expiry, or even gauge to see if one should be promoted to replace someone at the major league level or at least a higher up minor league team, perhaps even a vacancy if timed right. Moving someone up yourself is a good idea because you cut off the AGM from hiring a new person of lower reputation for a team at a higher level.

This is still, by far, worth the time and effort saved by going down the entire list of potential staff only to find out they are not interested for the level you need them for.

I like the idea of hiring my own....but I am going to suggest in v18 we make some more staff changes, building on what was implemented in 17. One of the suggestions I plan on bringing my up, is a way to filter your search for staff based on interest. So if you are looking for a pitching coach to fill a vacancy with you A- team, you can automatically see which coaches would be interested, and go from there. This will make it much easier to do this process on your own.

[endgame]

A number of filters that would be welcome at the ancillary coaching level, like seeking pitching coaches that favor prospects, etc.. Works, IIRC, well for managers, but the coaches filter is non-functional. In addition, although I hear it's not possible- or it is a pain to do -the scroll-through arrows should be made available for the screens, and not flipping back and forth to click on names for profile viewing.

[wsenkow]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

I like the idea of hiring my own....but I am going to suggest in v18 we make some more staff changes, building on what was implemented in 17. One of the suggestions I plan on bringing my up, is a way to filter your search for staff based on interest. So if you are looking for a pitching coach to fill a vacancy with you A- team, you can automatically see which coaches would be interested, and go from there. This will make it much easier to do this process on your own.

You always have great ideas. I should follow you wherever you go!