EHM The Blue Line

Is there an optimal number of coaches per practice category, i.e. conditioning, tactics, off. skills, etc.? I usually assign about four coaches to each category and save one coach just for goalies.

Also, does anyone have experience trying to develop Marc Staal? I played a few seasons with him and can't get his speed attribute past 11 playing top minutes. Do certain players have attribute caps to keep the game honest?

4 in every category is a bit much imo. i usually have 2 or 3 max. have you installed the newest patch. there was some kind of problem with player development that has been taken care of.

For my practice, i use two coaches for each category (when i have two good ones, else i use just one). And maximum 4 categories by coach, so he can concentrate harder and better on those specific ones.

It worked really well in EHM05, and as the practice system hasn't change for 07 it works well the same way.

The numbers you should look at for what coaches to assign to what skill are actually their attributes. That's what I go by. If you have a coach who is only good at goaltending then only set him to work with goalies... if you have let's say for tactics (as that's an easy one-category example) three coaches that are sufficiently skilled with 17, 18 and 14 in tactical then just set the guys with the 17 and 18 to work with the boys or the guy who isn't quite as good is pulling down the average quality of instruction your team is receiving. Keep in mind if you have young players your coaches should have skills for working with youth.

You shouldn't give coaches too many reponsibilities, 3 or four categories at the max. So again look at your stats and see if someone can take over some categories to allow others to focus on their skilled areas.

As for player building and development there are a billion variables to it really; but the game does have "hidden" stats that say how good a player can be now and how good he can become in the future. You'll never train a guy destined to be a fourth liner into an All-Star but you sure can have a guy even if he has the upside to be an All-Star "develop" into a fourth liner It's about a lot more than just attribues or even potential though; there are also factors of playtime, coaching, training, avoiding injury, and getting experience in big games just to name a few.

question. wich coaching attributes are most important for skating and fitness practise?? i know its the ones on the left side, but do you know wich one in particular that has to be high.

I don't know the "official word" on this one but I always look at for fitness/skating high motivation, working with youngsters (if needed), discipline, and of course adaptability is a bonus that should allow a coach to 'reach' different players most effectively.

For fitness and skating, a coaching style of conditionning-based is a boost

Motivation and discipline are the attributes i watch for fitness. For skating, i try to have a coach who is good at coaching forwards, and an other who is good at coaching defensemen, as forwards and D-men don't have the same type of skate-style.

Shadd666 wrote:Motivation and discipline are the attributes i watch for fitness. For skating, i try to have a coach who is good at coaching forwards, and an other who is good at coaching defensemen, as forwards and D-men don't have the same type of skate-style.

I do that as well

I've heard that you should only have one guy coaching goalies, but I have two coaches that have 17 in coaching goalies. Is it better to have two coaches working with my two guys (1 on 1 training) or is it better to just let my main goalie coach focus on that and my other coach focus on his other duties?

Powerslave wrote:Is there an optimal number of coaches per practice category, i.e. conditioning, tactics, off. skills, etc.? I usually assign about four coaches to each category and save one coach just for goalies.

Also, does anyone have experience trying to develop Marc Staal? I played a few seasons with him and can't get his speed attribute past 11 playing top minutes. Do certain players have attribute caps to keep the game honest?

He's on 55 for me which translates to 11. Practice says its going up still though. But its not a problem him having low speed because his other attributes are high, so its not a problem for me. He's currently doing a good job for me on my second line after 2 seasons.

noctambulist wrote:I've heard that you should only have one guy coaching goalies, but I have two coaches that have 17 in coaching goalies. Is it better to have two coaches working with my two guys (1 on 1 training) or is it better to just let my main goalie coach focus on that and my other coach focus on his other duties?

If both have few other duties, you should tell both to coach goalies. If one of them already has 3 or 4 other practice schedules, maybe use just one coach for goalies

Alright, i am at my first season in the "Q" all my players (well many of them) or on a green streak on training... My only problem is the tactic training... How do i get some green in the tactics attributes? Teamwork is always red (i got the samething in the NHL EMH 05 couple months ago) it seem that i CAN'T get some green in tactics!

Help please!

I usually stick to only one coach per practice area, and each coach assigned to only about two to three areas. Seems to work pretty well for me.

B. Stinson wrote:I usually stick to only one coach per practice area, and each coach assigned to only about two to three areas. Seems to work pretty well for me.

Alright so one coach per drill
and each coach do 2-3 drills...

I just got a 90 tactics and a 99 on youngster player for the Q as assistant coach... He might do the job!

Alex the Tall wrote:I just got a 90 tactics and a 99 on youngster player for the Q as assistant coach... He might do the job!

For sure, he might!
Maybe good numbers in motivating, level of discipline and man management would help, but i'm not that sure...

In EHM2005, I always used to have one designated goaltending coach, one fitness coach, and the rest were training skills/tactics. Now I'm not quite sure what I have; the goaltending coach is still there, but everything else is much more distributed.

Yeah, i guess my problem is: I only have conditioning and general coaches...