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While Max is focusing on college, volleyball, and studying (and a part time job), I'm focused on incrementally updating some TMVL items.
With an assist from some Boston Rob feedback, we've put together a Recruiting Dashboard.
I wanted to do this in order to:
- help coaches determine what required positions they need to recruit
- help coaches see where they are in the process for ongoing recruiting
- give coaches a visual on the players that are in future recruiting sessions
- show the positions that have been filled
The "dashboard" tab on the recruiting page will get you to this information.
Please send any additional ideas/feedback and I'll see if I can update it further.
Thanks,
Al
Readers Comments
Question re: setters. Rules only require 2 on the roster, and we only use 1 per match. Max 4 matches per session, so 2 setters can cover everything.
Why does the dashboard seem to be recommending 4 setters per team? I have 4 on my roster, with 3 surviving to next season, yet the dashboard tells me that I need to draft another.
Wondering if there is a specific reason, or if there's a "4" where there should be a "2", like at Libero & Right Side.
Great question Kevin! I think we need a Recruiting Dashboard v1.1 update here to better characterize some terms. The minimums are:
To start a new season your roster must meet all these minimums:
- 2 Liberos
- 2 Setters
- 4 Outside Hitters
- 4 Middle Blockers
- 2 Right Sides
- At Least 16 players
Each team started the season meeting the above criteria. The idea here is that if I replace the positions for my graduating seniors I will once again have a legal roster to start season 3.
But maybe there's a way to characterize that by positions. Maybe the statements should be a mix of required/recommended. Like for your team it should be:
Required
- 4 recruits required
- 1 RS
- 1 OH
- 1 MB
Recommended
- 1 RS or 1 S or 1 L
Maybe the recommended part isn't even needed. The real goal is really to help people get a feel for what they should be going after so no one only recruits 4 setters for example.
Between competitive recruiting (which we're doing now) and the Discovery Recruiting (Sessions 10-11) each team will have the chance to hit their required positions. PLUS teams can expand rosters to up to 20 over time.
Can you provide your feedback/ideas for dashboard updates and perhaps I can make a couple of tweaks to better clarify?
Thanks!