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#40179	09/30/2016 9:14:43 pm		Ignore
FurySK Joined: 02/07/2015 Posts: 299 Inactive	The list of managers appears to be expanding more than is necessary for the amount of active users in the game. Having conducted a search last night, it appears that there are quite a few that have so many negatives that they'd be unlikely to find a home on any team ever. In other words, any suggestion that removes a good chunk of awful coaches so that it's not 3-4 hour rummage for a new owner would be good news here in my opinion. 3+ seasons of not being hired, or make it possible to search by comments (which would be terrible for players, but not awful for coaches i feel), or have the engine cut the bottom feeders so that the list isn't as long, or searching coaches is possible by year of entry into the game. Something along those lines.
#40181	09/30/2016 10:02:56 pm		Ignore
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	It also would make sense to stop creating below average managers altogether. No one is ever going to employ them. It's not like players where you draft and don't know what you're getting. No manager should even be created with less than a 38 or so total rating.
#40196	10/01/2016 6:26:18 am		Ignore
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Maybe another way to do it would be to make new managers all 36 years old? You would know for sure you're looking at the new crop of managers without having to code a search option.
#40207	10/01/2016 3:01:07 pm		Ignore
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2236 New York Lancers V.4	There are plenty of people who do employ below average managers, and who don't know how to code a search for the new ones. It isn't that difficult, but there are countless teams out there where you look at the manager and think, "Why??" Too old, or too costly, or too poor - or all of those.
#40208	10/01/2016 3:13:06 pm		Ignore
Garnet Joined: 02/13/2016 Posts: 147 Inactive	How do you code a search for one of the new managers?
#40215	10/01/2016 4:56:57 pm		Ignore
mcrmoe Joined: 09/24/2014 Posts: 290 Inactive	@Garnet Python is your friend for that.
#40227	10/02/2016 11:51:20 am		Ignore
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2236 New York Lancers V.4	Go here. That is the last of the managers available (ID# 2680). If you change the last two digits in his link to the one below (ie. 2679) you'll find the guy before him. Keep doing that and you can go all the way down until you find one you like - some will be taken, but there are plenty that are not.
#40231	10/02/2016 12:55:30 pm		Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9591 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I suspect this might have been intentional. A lot of people complained when Steven improved the Player search features so that the waivers became more tactical and less of an endurance game. So I think he might have put the managers in to reintroduce an endurance mechanic into the game. I don't like endurance mechanics myself, but a lot of folks complained pretty loudly when the last one was removed.
#40232	10/02/2016 2:39:38 pm		Ignore
FurySK Joined: 02/07/2015 Posts: 299 Inactive	While there are ways currently to search for newer managers, that would eliminate some decent but not great managers from the first few generations. Ideally i think the best idea is to probably remove some managers who don't meet a very basic level of potential skill. Or have them grow year over year even if they aren't coaching a big league club (and say they were coaching independent league or the minors where we don't hire coaches right now).
#40700	10/13/2016 7:57:55 am		Ignore
zsidq Joined: 09/13/2016 Posts: 5 Inactive	I really agree with this. As a new owner, I am still in the process of burning through managers. I think there are a few too many really bad managers available, and only like 5 acceptable managers for every 50 unacceptable ones. It would really be convenient to have better managers available. Cheers!

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