Coach Ratings & Acquiring Coaches

[maxxamo]

Greetings,

I've read through a ton of the rules and literature, but can't seem to find where it specifically talks about Coaches. How do I offer a contract to a coach, how do I speak to a GM about acquiring there coach, and whats the paperwork involved with that?

Also, how do Coach ratings work exactly?

Thanks,

[KingsGM]

Less than 24 hours in the league, and you've got more posts than half of the other GMs!

The Kings changed coaches earlier this year. As I recall, I simply made an offer to one of the player agents (either Alvaro [vancouver] or Dom [columbus]). Upon reaching an agreement, the PA would need to notify John [detroit] so he could process the move in the SIM. I'm not sure how the coaches ratings work. All I knew at the time was that anyone was going to be better than Mike Keenan.

I haven't seen anyone poach a coach from another team yet since I've been in the league. I think you would need to get the OK from the existing GM (who would have to find a replacement before the deal could be make) and then make an offer to a player agent. The last caveat is that when you release a coach, he'll need to be paid his remaining contract in cash. This may be waived if the coach is simply jumping from one team to another, but that's something for the GMs & PAs to work out, I suppose.

Good luck with that.... Personally, I saw an improvement in my team's performance after I canned Keenan. Though, I'm not entirely sure if I can attribute the improvement to the coaching change or to the other player changes that were occurring around the same time.