First time playing. Amazing Game. Questions about scouting

Harveytime · 10-09-2018, 03:05 AM

New to this game. I love it, I was an OOTP player for a few years. I was curious if anyone could let me know a few details.

1. Wondering how many scouts I should have in each area (Im controlling an OHL team)

2. Is it okay to have the same assistant coach be the Offensive and Defensive coach at the same time?

3. whats more important Skill coach or O or D coach?

4. In trades does the AI value overagers a lot less than a younger player ? If im looking to go all in during a coming season is it smart to trade for an Overager early or at the trade deadline

. THANKS for any help with those questions.

Appreciate it in advance. Cheers

JeffR · 10-09-2018, 12:47 PM

With junior scouting's a little easier, since you can focus on one part of Canada. Basically, hire as many scouts as you can afford, and use most of them to scout players eligible for the upcoming draft(s). You'll want somebody in Europe for the import draft, but that's a big area to cover effectively, so you may want to have your guys focus on a couple of regions.

You can get an idea of whether or not your scouting is adequate by watching the scouting levels of players eligible for the upcoming draft - ideally, get as many up to A as possible.

If he's rated highly at coaching both forwards and defencemen, it won't hurt to use the same guy in both spots. There's not too much of a difference in relative importance of the speical coaching slots.

The AI does value overagers lower, yes, so if you're a contender you can probably grab one relatively cheaply from a rebuilding team at the deadline.

Harveytime · 10-09-2018, 07:16 PM

Awesome thanks Jeff

10-09-2018, 03:05 AM	#1
Harveytime Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 117	First time playing. Amazing Game. Questions about scouting New to this game. I love it, I was an OOTP player for a few years. I was curious if anyone could let me know a few details. 1. Wondering how many scouts I should have in each area (Im controlling an OHL team) 2. Is it okay to have the same assistant coach be the Offensive and Defensive coach at the same time? 3. whats more important Skill coach or O or D coach? 4. In trades does the AI value overagers a lot less than a younger player ? If im looking to go all in during a coming season is it smart to trade for an Overager early or at the trade deadline . THANKS for any help with those questions. Appreciate it in advance. Cheers

10-09-2018, 12:47 PM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,625	With junior scouting's a little easier, since you can focus on one part of Canada. Basically, hire as many scouts as you can afford, and use most of them to scout players eligible for the upcoming draft(s). You'll want somebody in Europe for the import draft, but that's a big area to cover effectively, so you may want to have your guys focus on a couple of regions. You can get an idea of whether or not your scouting is adequate by watching the scouting levels of players eligible for the upcoming draft - ideally, get as many up to A as possible. If he's rated highly at coaching both forwards and defencemen, it won't hurt to use the same guy in both spots. There's not too much of a difference in relative importance of the speical coaching slots. The AI does value overagers lower, yes, so if you're a contender you can probably grab one relatively cheaply from a rebuilding team at the deadline.

10-09-2018, 07:16 PM	#3
Harveytime Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 117	Awesome thanks Jeff