Too Many players, too few coaches

I have a very large squad filled with young talent but i'm only allowed very few coaches, 8. The coaches i have a reasonably good but not outstanding. I have asked my board for more coaches but they only gave me one more space (when i asked for scouts they gave me 4) none of their workloads are on heavy (all are light - average) but i think if i had more, my players would reach their potiential quicker. Is their any way i can more when the option become avalible again.

Ps. how long 'till i can ask again?

You can ask again in a few months, but unless something has changed financially / reputation-wise, you'll likely get the same answer, in my experience. Succeed with the club again and again and you'll be allowed more coaches eventually.

I dunno where I heard this, but I seem to remember reading that only the 'best' coach coaching a training category has his ratings used, so you can use lesser coaches broadly to bring the workload down to light without consequence. I proceed assuming this is true, but it may well just be speculation.

I don't know if it has changed in FM11, but in FM10 Facility Upgrades also brought in more coaching spots.

You don't have to guess when you can ask again, just go to a coach/scout/physio outside your club and offer them a contract, see how many you're allowed on the offer page, then withdraw the offer.

In your situation I would steer clear of 1st team coaches and get specialised coaches for each category with high 'working with youngsters' (2xfitness, 1xGK), set my assman to coach all categories main squad and youth, and get a general youth coach next available spot.

I have a very large squad filled with young talent but i'm only allowed very few coaches, 8. The coaches i have a reasonably good but not outstanding. I have asked my board for more coaches but they only gave me one more space (when i asked for scouts they gave me 4) none of their workloads are on heavy (all are light - average) but i think if i had more, my players would reach their potiential quicker. Is their any way i can more when the option become avalible again.

Ps. how long 'till i can ask again?

Just get promoted, the number of coaches and scouts goes up... (or has for me after both my promotions). I actually had more coaches and scouts than my board allowed for two seasons despite being in the same division. I got promoted, signed more coaches, then noticed the next season that I wasn't allowed as many as I had. I asked the board for more, they refused, I offered them all long contracts (if the board were gonna sack em behind my back it was gonna cost em ) and gave them a new deal every year... then I got promoted again after 3 seasons and the numbers increased again (and I filled them all again )

I have a very large squad filled with young talent but i'm only allowed very few coaches, 8. The coaches i have a reasonably good but not outstanding. I have asked my board for more coaches but they only gave me one more space (when i asked for scouts they gave me 4) none of their workloads are on heavy (all are light - average) but i think if i had more, my players would reach their potiential quicker. Is their any way i can more when the option become avalible again.

Ps. how long 'till i can ask again?

As far as I know, there aren't any fuzzy, shady influences on anything when having more coaches. There doesn't seem to be some sophisticated algorithm behind coaching quality, the number of coaches, the quality of the players on a particular schedule or anything like that.

If the training category is at 3,5 stars it is better than if it is at 3 stars. As of yet I haven't noticed a dynamic rating between those two ratings. Only the best coach in each category counts toward the rating. As long as the workload is Light, there does not seem to be an improvement when having more than one coach there. The reputation of the coach does not seem to have an influence on anything regarding training.

This feature is, in my opinion, exactly what it looks like.

There is a way to have more coaches than you're actually allowed. It involves making your old players into player/coaches. Scroll down to post 277 in this thread, which explains how it's done http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/232807-FM11-FC-United-of-Manchester-Thread-The-Red-Rebels!/page3 . Here's a screeny to show how many coaches I had in my old save, using the exploit.

Why would you want more than 8 anyway? you just need 1 good one for each catagory and you're set. Sure, as you get higher you can try and have special "youth" and senior coaches but I don't think it's important as long as you sign coaches with respectable working with youngsters traits.

There is a way to have more coaches than you're actually allowed. It involves making your old players into player/coaches. Scroll down to post 277 in this thread, which explains how it's done http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/232807-FM11-FC-United-of-Manchester-Thread-The-Red-Rebels!/page3 . Here's a screeny to show how many coaches I had in my old save, using the exploit.

Just want to point out you have the exact amount of coaches your meant to, you have 4 free space because you have no first team or youth coaches