Adaptability?

[DoctorJ]

Has anyone found there to be any kind of penalty for giving no points to adaptability for training? The AI always suggests a ton towards it and based on what the manual says I see no reason to allocate anything to it unless you have a specific position change in mind for the guy, and even then I'm not sure how you implement it since there appears to be no option to designate a position change at this stage of the game.

[Miral]

I would think you will see the results of adaptability when the game advances to the next season towards playing at other positions. I'm wondering if adapatability has to do with making a player more rounded (i.e. a RB becoming more receiver like), or if its just for making them better at playing other positions

[DoctorJ]

[QUOTE=Miral]I would think you will see the results of adaptability when the game advances to the next season towards playing at other positions. I'm wondering if adapatability has to do with making a player more rounded (i.e. a RB becoming more receiver like), or if its just for making them better at playing other positions[/QUOTE] The manual says it helps towards changing positions and that younger players react better to the changes than older players. But frankly when it comes to changing linemen to linemen or OLB to ILB and other lateral moves I have seen no ratings hits. Haven't tried QB to WR or something radical like that.

[BYU 14]

In my experience it seems when a player is close to being maxed out in ratings it dumps a lot of points here. This is just a guess, but it sould be that the AI recognizes this and realizs that anymore points in Football development would not be productive. Conversely I have never seen the AI place many points in adapability for a young player that had plenty of room to improve, so it almost makes sense that this is what's happening. If this is the case I think those points would be better served being placed in strength and conditioning when you hit suggest and let the user put them in adaptibility if he/she planned to change the players position later on. I think you are better served being in shape and stronger, than being adaptable for a position change that will never come...... This rating could also have an impact on something else we may not know about as well....Could that be the case?

[Runtheball]

[QUOTE=BYU 14] This rating could also have an impact on something else we may not know about as well....Could that be the case?[/QUOTE] I'd like to see an answer to this question. The manual states that adaptability is for postion changes, but if you don't intend to change a players position, is there ANY reason to give points to adaptability?

[Arlie Rahn]

Adaptability does play a part in determining how a player does when not in his specified position (ie, FB playing TE, OLB playing DE, DE playing DT, SS playing CB,...). So, it is important to keep in mind for that reason.

[flanman]

unless i plan on changing a players position (which is very rarely), I dont put any points into adaptability. It seems like a waste of points otherwise.

[Capital]

[QUOTE=Arlie Rahn]Adaptability does play a part in determining how a player does when not in his specified position (ie, FB playing TE, OLB playing DE, DE playing DT, SS playing CB,...). So, it is important to keep in mind for that reason.[/QUOTE] Based on Arlie's comments, I guess an injury during the season could force a player to play out of position and then gain a small bonus. I have had to do this on occasion. That being said, it seems to me that strength might be the way to go when players are maxed.

[Roll Tide]

Playing with the adaptablity ratings helps when you see a need to move a player based on your roster. I've moved WR to RB and TE to FB with very good success.