May 1st to November 6th

PRE SEASON RECRUITING SCHEDULE & MANAGER TIPS

May 1st (Sunday)
Buy Reports & Request Scheduling
Buy Reports

 

  • Mandatory Action: Make sure you get to this recruiting reports screen and make selections. Use Export MP in the top right hand corner. Then post your export notice to #cbgm-exports channel.
  • Optional: Phone your athletic director and ask for the type of schedule you want. (If you do this, you must export from your office too!)
May 29th (2nd Year +)
Transfer Declarations
Transfer Declarations Email

We find out which players might be disgruntled and are leaving your team. Transfers can happen from fights within the team and lack of playing time.

 

  • Suggested Action: Get ready for the upcoming transfer session and understand what players you may have lost.
June 2nd (Thursday) (2nd Year +)
Transfers
Transfer Players
  • Mandatory Action: Press advance, goto transfers, make your contacts and scholarship offers. Make sure you save before you export on the transfers list. When you finish your transfers and you want in on some, you must report your export to #cbgm-exports channel.
June 25th (Saturday)
Summer Travel Recruiting Schedule
Pick Camps

 

  • Mandatory Action: Make sure you get to this summer travel screen and then export summer travel from the top right hand corner. Then send a notice to #cbgm-exports channel of each team you exported.
June 26th (Sunday)
Start of Recruiting
Use Recruiting Screen

 

  • Suggested Action: Setting up your recruiting watch & call lists if you want to be prepared for camp information. Begin to call players that are not cold that are interested in you. Choose to host players if you feel confident. 
July 7th (Thursday)
Start of Scouting Live, National (Indy Elite, ECJ, Georgia Done)
Scout Live Starts and National Camps Done
  • Suggested Action: Data has come in from National (Indy Elite, ECJ, Georgia Done). Scout live players you want to get more detail about. This will create more accuracy in their letter grades for scouting.
July 11th (Monday)
West (Las Vegas Done)
West Data, Scout Live Resets

Data has come in from the West Region aka Las Vegas Revue. Have a peek on how they faired if players are on your watchlist.


  • Suggested Action: You will notice you have all 3 of Scout Live, and 3 of your Campus Visits again. You will be able to invite other players to come see your school. Send those out.
July 25th (Monday)
Great Plains (Houston Done), Mid-West (Chicago Done)
Houston & Chicago Data, Scout Live Resets
  Data has come in from the Great Plains and the Mid-West. Have a peek on how they faired if players are on your watchlist.

  • Suggested Action: You will notice you have all 3 of Scout Live, and 3 of your Campus Visits again. You will be able to invite other players to come see your school. Send those out.
July 31st (Sunday)
Southeast (Memphis Done), Atlantic (Big Apple Done)
Memphis & Big Apple Data (End of Camps)
Data has come in from the Southeast and the Atlantic region. Have a peek on how they faired if players are on your watchlist.

  • Suggested Action: You will notice you have all 3 of your Campus Visits again. You will be able to invite other players to come see your school. Send those out.
August 7th (Sunday)
Campus Visits
Campus Visits & Calls

 

  • Suggested Action: Invite more players to your campus. Phone the players you want to find out more about in preparation for pitching in-home visits.
August 14th (Sunday)
Campus Visits
Campus Visits & Calls

 

  • Suggested Action: Invite more players to your campus. Phone the players you want to find out more about in preparation for pitching in-home visits.
August 21st (Sunday)
Top 10 Lists & Campus Visits
Top 10 Lists Update

You will notice that players have displayed an update on their top 10 schools and interest in their favorite schools. The race is heating up!

 

  • Suggested Action: Adjust your approach based on the newest Top 10 lists per player. Fix your scholarship offers and prepare to focus on players you can scoop. Phone the players you want to find out more about in preparation for pitching in-home visits.
August 28th (Sunday)
Campus Visits
Campus Visits & Calls

 

  • Suggested Action: Invite more players to your campus. Phone the players you want to find out more about in preparation for pitching in-home visits.
September 4th (Sunday)
Campus Visits
Campus Visits & Calls

 

  • Suggested Action: Invite more players to your campus. Phone the players you want to find out more about in preparation for pitching in-home visits.
September 11th (Sunday)
In Home Visits and Pitching
Start In Home Pitching! Early Commitments.

Today is the day that players who are in LOVE with a school MIGHT give a verbal commitment to a school and avoid the whole competition of in-home pitching.

 

  • Mandatory Action: You must send out in-home visits to players. When you are done the day, you must report your office export in the #cbgm-exports channel as a key reporting date.
  • Suggested Action: Get your four top players together, make sure you have a scholarship out there and get your best pitch together to visit your favorite recruits!
September 18th (Sunday)
In Home Visits and Pitching
Biggest Decision Commitment Day!

This is the day that the majority of players begin to make their commitment. They've seen you come visit, their parents have even heard your best shot. What will happen?

 

  • Suggested Action: Keep visiting the players you want to recruit. Do everything you can by continuing to in home visit. If players have said they are not interested, time to move on and change to someone else to get your recruits!
September 25th (Sunday)
In Home Visits and Pitching
In Home Visits and Pitching, Round 3

 

  • Suggested Action: Keep visiting the players you want to recruit. Do everything you can by continuing to in home visit. If players have said they are not interested, time to move on and change to someone else to get your recruits!
October 2nd (Sunday)
In Home Visits and Pitching
Finalize Strategy, In Home Visits, Round 4
  • Suggested Action: Set your strategy and practice properly. We are moving a lot of days next! Keep visiting the players you want to recruit. Do everything you can by continuing to in home visit. If players have said they are not interested, time to move on and change to someone else to get your recruits!
OFF-SEASON FINISH - November 6th (Sunday)
Advance to Season, Redshirt Deadline
Advance to Season, Contact Ends

You made it through a CBGM off-season. Now's the time to set your depth charts and get ready for the season.

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