Playing Sports Management Games

[blazertaz13 2]

I am curious what everyone does when playing certain sports games.  Do you play just play as a GM, coach or both?  For those of you that coach/manage do you playout each game or sim?

For me it depends on the sport.  For FM, college basketball and OOTP I tend to coach out/manage games.  This tends to make seasons last longer, but I feel that I get more immersion.  For pro basketball or football I just want take on the GM role.  

Thanks for the answers.

[artigas 0]

you are the coach 

 

[msolo5 0]

i play as gm because it gives me more power within the organization and it is also more of a sim style approach

[[email protected] 0]

I do both at times it depends on how good my teams are and how much time I have to play

 

[Silver_Storm 0]

im completely new, but so far its GM, drafting players that go on to have amazing careers is what I love

 

coach is still way to new for me to understand

[drummerJ99 26]

On 11/30/2020 at 8:00 AM, blazertaz13 said:

I am curious what everyone does when playing certain sports games.  Do you play just play as a GM, coach or both?  For those of you that coach/manage do you playout each game or sim?

For me it depends on the sport.  For FM, college basketball and OOTP I tend to coach out/manage games.  This tends to make seasons last longer, but I feel that I get more immersion.  For pro basketball or football I just want take on the GM role.  

Thanks for the answers.

9 times out of 10 it's GM only, unless I'm doing a college style game where there isn't really a gm.

[Aserbaijan23 2]

I'm also new and trying to get into all the mechanics. I'm trying to be the GM first.

[jacob.stopkotte 1]

I like the GM role I like the long term rebuild type role than the day to day strategy 

[carlrich 1]

For me it also depends on the sport, but I do like playing as a GM.

[Jimboslice6170 0]

I usually only play gm.

[goat 0]

It depends how much time I have. I'd prefer the fast-paced sim style that you get as a GM, but sometimes I like to try out coaching mechanics.

[mknowlton83 0]

I mainly enjoy playing as coach. More in depth and depth chart management is huge

[Rigafan 17]

I prefer to play as GM. I like to run my sports sims as business managements if possible and let my coaches do their thing. 

 

If its hockey I may set the lines but I never do the coaching game to game. Sometimes for important games I'll view the game as if I'm 'in the GM box' watching it out live!

 

I'm not a soccer fan but I really wish Football Manager would allow a GM mode for the MLS one day. 

[jmack3299 0]

I like to be the GM and just watch the teams I put together. 

 

[ianbm36 0]

I normally play as a GM... I think it's just a little bit easier but that's just my opinion

 

[rustay2112 0]

I play as the GM and rather would build up teams than to actually play them.

[Thuringwethil 0]

Usually i play as a GM.

[sixxdogg48 1]

I play as GM like to watch the teams i put together. 

[TxChiliBowl 0]

GM almost exclusively. I found that the game becomes too when I manage the games individually. It's more challenging to build a team and send them out to battle without you. 

[ramglz23 0]

I've played as coach, but intend to play GM, it seems more fun to me.

[Xosei13 0]

Welp

[adriangzz_14 0]

I usually played as a coach, but I want to try a new game mode. 

 

[dester23 0]

I like both. 

But usually in FM, you have not many choices 

[k2thazwb 0]

my only complaint is in the college games you can pick what team you want. I rather it be like the old college hoops 2k8 where you start at somewhere like Albany and work your way up

[Salmon 0]

I like both coach and gm in OOTP. Draft Day Pro Basketball going to focus on gm.