Should I give this Bench Coach a Trial Run or Perhaps a... Test?

Infinite_Jester54 · 05-31-2023, 04:31 PM

Was looking at the options for a 3B coach in my new standard game as Cleveland, and say an unusual option. What do you think, should I give the kid a shot?

Statsman1 · 06-01-2023, 03:21 PM

I feel like he is the PA announcer, sneaking onto the field on Picture Day.

brotherblues · 06-01-2023, 04:07 PM

A true survivor of the great pre-release purge.

Pelican · 06-03-2023, 01:36 PM

One thing I have found is that hiring recently-retired players as coaches (after first making them a coach on the drop-down screen on their profile page) is that, while they of course start as “unproven”, they can rapidly develop into effective coaches. Not sure if the game has any built-in preference for former players as coaches. If I have a limited choice, say between a bunch of veteran coaches with too many “poor” ratings, and a new guy who is merely “unproven”, I take the new guy. He at least has a chance to improve, and no adverse track record to hold him back. He will relatively quickly accumulate ratings through his “on the job” training, and then I can decide whether to keep (or promote) him.

05-31-2023, 04:31 PM	#1
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06-01-2023, 03:21 PM	#2
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06-03-2023, 01:36 PM	#4
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,978	One thing I have found is that hiring recently-retired players as coaches (after first making them a coach on the drop-down screen on their profile page) is that, while they of course start as “unproven”, they can rapidly develop into effective coaches. Not sure if the game has any built-in preference for former players as coaches. If I have a limited choice, say between a bunch of veteran coaches with too many “poor” ratings, and a new guy who is merely “unproven”, I take the new guy. He at least has a chance to improve, and no adverse track record to hold him back. He will relatively quickly accumulate ratings through his “on the job” training, and then I can decide whether to keep (or promote) him. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.” Last edited by Pelican; 06-03-2023 at 01:38 PM.

06-01-2023, 04:07 PM	#3
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