Ideas for Football Mogul 2008

First and foremost, this game, like Baseball Mogul starts at the wrong point in the season. A GM is usually hired at the end of one season and the beginning of a new season. This gives him/her time to analyze the team, look for weaknesses and needs and then try to resolve them through the free agency and draft. The games should begin right after the Super Bowl and then run through the year.
Second, add coaches and give them values that impact the teams readiness and morale.
Third, create a character factor for players that allows for suspensions for bad behavior, either by the team or the league.
Fourth, create a "holdout" catagory for players
Fifth, reduce the number of players on the teams and add the practice squads.
Sixth, repackage the plays, such as offensive packages for "single back" teams and adjust the roster positions for the starting team to reflect this, such as two tight ends for a signle back offensive or three defensive linemen and four linebackers for "3-4" teams and allow the player to build a playbook of plays to simplify and speed up the selection process.
Seventh, include motion in the plays where it is common and its impact on a defense.
Eight, add audibles.
Nineth, allow the profit levels to be adjusted to reflect different types of ownerships.
Tenth, expand the characteristics and especially include endurance and show it besides the players during the season as a bar or color dot or someone of reflecting fatigue.
11) Expand the scouting report and indicate the morale level of the player and his attitude toward the team, coaches and management.
12) Maybe add retired players as an option.
I'll add more as I think of them, but please, most important of all, adjust the start point so that we can build our own team as best we can, not run through a regular season, and hopefully the playoffs, before we can make changes.

I got the best idea:
NO MORE FOOTBALL MOGUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by TacoBoy

I got the best idea:
NO MORE FOOTBALL MOGUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yeah to be honest it's a pretty horrible game. I don't think they could do enough to make me want to play it again.

If they do anything, I would say to start from the ground up and try to build something respectable.

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Originally Posted by TacoBoy

I got the best idea:
NO MORE FOOTBALL MOGUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I sort of hate to ask this, but this seems as proper a place as any to ask on this site...but what are the good football simulation games?
I've been playing the Football Mogul demo for a week or so and I think it's ok. Not on par with Baseball, but not so bad I think it should be discontinued.
Which games do you recommend? I want to see how they stack up before I buy one.

Well for me Madden is still the best. I know it's not text based but you don't have to play the games either. You can sim or even coach the games if you choose. I enjoy just simming out seasons on madden and it is far an away better and more accurate than this Fm garbage. Of course madden 2007 is very expensive. You could get madden 2004 out of the bargain barrell at any used game store for about $1.99 and still have a more enjoyable/ realistic sim than this. It's not like FM has accurate rosters anyway, so your not missing out on anything there. There's also NFL head coach which is a very interesting game. It costs $20 new and even cheaper used. It is an entertaining game and worth $20. Much more enjoyable and realistic than FM. There is also Front office Football which is solely text based like FM. I have tried the demo and while it's not the best game it is far and away more enjoyable and realistic than FM. Basically to be brutely honest FM is not a very good game. I would try Tecmo Bowl before I bought this.