Offers to multiple coaches

nebben · 09-01-2025, 08:35 AM

A GM in my online league made offers to multiple coaches and managers for the same job. During our sim, many of them accepted the offers.

What resulted is the game hired a manager or coach then fired them and replaced them with another manager or coach who accepted the offer.

And this put the team on the hook for the fired coaches' salaries.

The GM says they've always done this and never had this happen. I always thought you could only offer a job to one coach at a time. That if you offer a job to someone, that offer replaces the existing one.

Clearly, that's not how it worked in this case.

Is this a bug? If so, I'll submit it in the proper thread.

Does anyone know for sure how offers to coaches work?

Baseballman2K5 · 09-01-2025, 05:47 PM

I'm pretty sure he is on the hook for all those salaries and it's always been this way. If you sign anyone, player or coach, and then release them before their contract is up...you're on the hook for it

Bagpipes5 · 09-01-2025, 09:18 PM

Just be sure he's not using it as a griefing mechanism. I had an owner in one of my leagues sign other teams coaches and release them like this all off-season with the intent of just messing with the other teams, they were booted.

tejdog1 · 09-01-2025, 11:08 PM

I think this can also be done with IAFAs to "circumvent" the cap. Like, if you offer 5 or 6 players the max, and they all agree, you get them all and end up spending like 38m.

That's how it was in 23, anyway.

Bobfather · 09-02-2025, 12:14 AM

Once an offer is accepted, he needs to withdraw the rest of the offers for that job. The game does not realize the job was filled.

Matt Arnold · 09-02-2025, 04:51 AM

It should auto-withdraw the offers when one of them signs. We will investigate that to see why it's not happening.

nebben · 09-02-2025, 07:36 AM

Thanks, Matt. Had this happen to another GM as well.

09-01-2025, 08:35 AM	#1
nebben Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 179	Offers to multiple coaches A GM in my online league made offers to multiple coaches and managers for the same job. During our sim, many of them accepted the offers. What resulted is the game hired a manager or coach then fired them and replaced them with another manager or coach who accepted the offer. And this put the team on the hook for the fired coaches' salaries. The GM says they've always done this and never had this happen. I always thought you could only offer a job to one coach at a time. That if you offer a job to someone, that offer replaces the existing one. Clearly, that's not how it worked in this case. Is this a bug? If so, I'll submit it in the proper thread. Does anyone know for sure how offers to coaches work? Attached Images

09-01-2025, 11:08 PM	#4
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,644	I think this can also be done with IAFAs to "circumvent" the cap. Like, if you offer 5 or 6 players the max, and they all agree, you get them all and end up spending like 38m. That's how it was in 23, anyway. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

09-02-2025, 12:14 AM	#5
Bobfather All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Boston Ma. Posts: 1,605	Once an offer is accepted, he needs to withdraw the rest of the offers for that job. The game does not realize the job was filled. __________________ I play out every game—one pitch mode.

09-01-2025, 05:47 PM	#2
Baseballman2K5 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Phoenix Posts: 458	I'm pretty sure he is on the hook for all those salaries and it's always been this way. If you sign anyone, player or coach, and then release them before their contract is up...you're on the hook for it

09-01-2025, 09:18 PM	#3
Bagpipes5 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: TX Posts: 448 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	Just be sure he's not using it as a griefing mechanism. I had an owner in one of my leagues sign other teams coaches and release them like this all off-season with the intent of just messing with the other teams, they were booted.

09-02-2025, 04:51 AM	#6
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,782	It should auto-withdraw the offers when one of them signs. We will investigate that to see why it's not happening.

09-02-2025, 07:36 AM	#7
nebben Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 179	Thanks, Matt. Had this happen to another GM as well.