I'm in with this plan. As a bonus, anything that puts Ian Lindsay as an in-game match assistant for Al is going to be awesome. "Well, we would have won if Ian had come through for us."  "Yet again, we had to explain to Ian that bringing the Libero forward to run an offside trap is not helpful in this sport."

Can you use more than one coach per match?

Thanks Kevin!  :-)

Steve: I will need to add that but only one assistant per match.

I like it. Can't wait to try it out!

I have further questions.

Taking Phil Dawson at Albuquerque as an example: in the initial proposal it sounded to like Micki would know he had RCV, BLK and DEF abilities but each game it was random which was 100% and which were 90% and 70%. Now it looks fixed.

Is it 

A. Random each game

B. You know which abilities he has when you draft but you don't know which are E, Q and A and these are assigned when you get the assistant coach (similar to maxSL in Sanc).

C. You know these before you draft.

I'm ok with any of them.

And it looks like Christian Mahomes is elite at all three abilities. Is this possible or just typing quickly?

Steve: Yes I did adjust from the initial proposal to the final draft here.

The idea is that certain coaches are skilled in different abilities (which I've seen over the years watching Max and the coaching he's received in clinics).

The concept is then that its rare that you will have assistants at an elite level across multiple abilities (usually there is a drop off and/or they will say "go work with with that other coach over there, he's the serving expert" for example).

So with all that in mind, when only one ability is available, that's an automatic E.

When there are two skills, it will be either an E-E (rare-ish) or E-Q (very common) and maybe a rare E-A combo

With three skills E-E-E will be rare (likely just one), minor amount of E-E-Q (again maybe one), at least a couple E-Q-Q, and mostly E-Q-A.

Those rough counts aren't final so I'm open to a proposal there on combos and counts based on the info at the beginning of the post.  

Then the E (100% effective), Q (85% effective), and A (70% effective) will be used. (feel free to make a case on a diff percentage)

But yes, each assistant coach skill (EQA) is tied to a specific skill/ability.  So an E at ATK is always (100%) effective at getting that +1 for ATK players on the team in that match of the session.

I think the answer then is C if I followed your post clearly.  

I like it   dont understand it 100% but I am in!

Thanks, Al. Yes C. And i like the original 16 choices becoming 18.

I can see some coaches having interesting decisions. We are weak at MB so I might have the choice between E BLK single ability or E RCV A BLK where I'm ok at RCV.

As for percentages on Q and A I think 98% and 97%  with all the 95% fails I keep getting in United ;-)

Once you remove the clear and good home court rule change, I'm not sure I understand these rules at all.

I'll do my best to continue to explain and answer any questions so please ask.  I'm currently spending evenings updating the end of season code to automate the process of awarding RP based on competition finish so we don't have to deal with a manual step.  

Yes, Steve, I think there may be some element of what you describe.  It is hard to know for certain until we give it a try...and yes, assume the normal service from Olmec on how 5% chance of something happening, in reality can be much higher for certain managers...  :-)

John: Home court was too strong I think.

So now rather than away getting -1 on all 6, home now gets +1 on ATT, BLK and DEF

Then you have a choice of Directors, one gives you 40-60 extra RP every week, the other takes -1 off the away team's SRV, RCV and SET but not 100% of the time, So the latter is a slightly toned down version of the current rule.

If I've done it correctly all teams will play one home and one away each session except the third and fourth sessions where we have 2 conference games and a non conference, later sessions when we have the seeded WM Cup and Coference tournaments, and the last two sessions where we have one non conference game.

Then the coaching assistants. we all get three and they last three seasons once we get going (similar to BRBs that last two seasons). For next season we have 1 that will retire at the end of season 4, one that will retire at the end of season 5 and one that reitires at the end of season 6. From season 5 onwards we get a replacement meaning we always have three.

The replecements will be split into 3 groups, 6 with three abillities, 6 with two and 6 with just one ability. There will be a draft to decide who gets who each season.

All coaches will be Elite in at least one ability (meaning the team gets +1 for all players on his speciality 100% of the time). Those with 2 or 3 abilities could be either E, Q or A on their abilities.

You can only use one coach per game and a coach can only be used once per session. First session is four games so one game will not have a coach. Later on, especially if out of the cup competitions, some only get two games in a session so one coach won't be used.

As noted in recent emails, we will hold off on the assistant coaches/directors for at least 1 more season.  Hoping to get Max's help with coding that and interested in seeing if we can get to a good spot on home court advantage in season 4.  Thanks to everyone for the ideas and feedback.  I think the assistants/directors WILL add some good strategic elements when added, just need to phase them in at the right time.  

Great adds!