Taking advantage of players

cooluu · 06-26-2011, 03:09 PM

Player A wants 5 million/year for 3 years.
I offer him 4.5 million/year for 4 years.
His counter offer is 4.5 million/year for 3 years
I then offer 4 million/year for 4 years
He counter offers 4 million/year for 3 years
I eventually settle on a contract for 2.5 million/year for 3 years (he started with great morale and ended as very unhappy)

When the player is set on a certain number of years, in this case 3, you can lower his demands pretty significantly.

This is useful for meeting a budget, but it is very unrealistic.

Sebastian Palkowski · 06-26-2011, 04:10 PM

We always try to improve the AI, maybe the toughest part of a game to get right. The AI in iOOTP is the same as in OOTP (PC/Mac), so any improvements there will find its way into iOOTP at some point.

HavenHunting · 06-26-2011, 09:39 PM

I tried something like that with greinke and and he cut off negotiations with me pretty fast.

cooluu · 06-27-2011, 01:47 AM

It seems like it doesn't work as well with established players

Supernovae · 06-27-2011, 06:55 AM

I've been able to do something similar, but for large contracts I almost cut the demand by 50%.

Say, Zach Greinke is looking for a 5 year/17 M per year contract. I offer a 3 yr/9M per year contract. He returns with some negotiating of his own - the usual "I've got other interested teams - if you're interested in signing me then you better up your offer." So, I up the offer to 3 YR / 11M per season and after more negotiating I end up signing him to a 3 year/12.5M per year contract.

Then again, I've had some negotiating fall to the player. I started a fictional league and was interested in signing a FA first basemen during the off season. He wanted 3 YR/6M per season. I offered him a 1 YR/3M deal. After some back and forth negotiating he received some better offers that increased his asking price to 4.3M per season. However, he was very adamant about two years. So, I caved and offered him the 2 YR/4.3M per season deal. He accepted. Shortly after wards, he was traded for a prospect or two.

06-26-2011, 03:09 PM	#1
cooluu Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 21	Taking advantage of players Player A wants 5 million/year for 3 years. I offer him 4.5 million/year for 4 years. His counter offer is 4.5 million/year for 3 years I then offer 4 million/year for 4 years He counter offers 4 million/year for 3 years I eventually settle on a contract for 2.5 million/year for 3 years (he started with great morale and ended as very unhappy) When the player is set on a certain number of years, in this case 3, you can lower his demands pretty significantly. This is useful for meeting a budget, but it is very unrealistic.

06-26-2011, 04:10 PM	#2
Sebastian Palkowski Developer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 5,114	We always try to improve the AI, maybe the toughest part of a game to get right. The AI in iOOTP is the same as in OOTP (PC/Mac), so any improvements there will find its way into iOOTP at some point. __________________ Buy Franchise Hockey Manager 10

06-26-2011, 09:39 PM	#3
HavenHunting Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 150	I tried something like that with greinke and and he cut off negotiations with me pretty fast.

06-27-2011, 01:47 AM	#4
cooluu Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 21	It seems like it doesn't work as well with established players

06-27-2011, 06:55 AM	#5
Supernovae Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 160	I've been able to do something similar, but for large contracts I almost cut the demand by 50%. Say, Zach Greinke is looking for a 5 year/17 M per year contract. I offer a 3 yr/9M per year contract. He returns with some negotiating of his own - the usual "I've got other interested teams - if you're interested in signing me then you better up your offer." So, I up the offer to 3 YR / 11M per season and after more negotiating I end up signing him to a 3 year/12.5M per year contract. Then again, I've had some negotiating fall to the player. I started a fictional league and was interested in signing a FA first basemen during the off season. He wanted 3 YR/6M per season. I offered him a 1 YR/3M deal. After some back and forth negotiating he received some better offers that increased his asking price to 4.3M per season. However, he was very adamant about two years. So, I caved and offered him the 2 YR/4.3M per season deal. He accepted. Shortly after wards, he was traded for a prospect or two.